When
June 30, 2025 at 7:30pm
Where
Meridian Hall, 1 Front Street East
What
Acceptance Speeches
Nominees should be prepared to give an acceptance speech of 60 SECONDS OR LESS.
As a live awards show, the Doras have a strict maximum running time. If you exceed 60 seconds, you will be cued off the stage.
In addition to your personal remarks, TAPA recommends that you mention/thank the producing company of your nominated show, the Dora Awards jurors, sponsors of the award Division or specific cash sponsors for some categories, and TAPA.
Statue note: if you receive an award on stage, please support the statue with one hand under the base. Do not carry the statue by the circular “arms” at the top – they are fragile.
Photography notice: TAPA employs a dedicated photographer for the Awards ceremony and will share photos to social media, the TAPA website and TAPA communications.
Substitutions
The named award recipient may accept the Dora statue and deliver a thank-you speech on stage ONLY; no substitutions will be permitted.
If the recipient is unable to attend the ceremony, the on-stage VIP Dora presenters will accept the award on behalf of the recipient and the Dora Manager will contact the recipient to arrange a pickup from the TAPA office of their statue at a later date.
The Dora Awards will have audio-description available. TAPA is working with Superior Description for the Dora award show ceremony. Listening devices are available at the box office. An advance, audio described introduction of this service, venue description and additional program information is available to listen here:
The Dora Awards will also provide on-stage ASL interpretation.
The orchestra level of Meridian Hall is barrier free for patrons using wheelchairs or similar assistive devices. The mezzanine and lower lobby spaces can be accessed via elevator from the main lobby. Accessible washrooms are located on all levels. Meridian Hall maintains specific wheelchair-accessible seating locations on the orchestra and mezzanine levels—please contact the box office for more details.
For more information, please click here for the Meridian Hall venue guide.
Assistive devices
Patrons using assistive devices such as wheelchairs or walkers will be accommodated in an accessible area of the theatre. A wheelchair is available at Meridian Hall for use by patrons during their visit.
Meridian Hall uses an infrared system to enhance performance audio. Patrons may borrow a receiver from the patron services desk located in the main lobby. There is no charge, but a piece of identification must be left as a deposit.
Binoculars are available for rent from the patron services desk located in the main lobby for a small charge.
Support persons and service animals
Meridian Hall is happy to offer free admission to support persons for patrons with access needs at all TO Live Presents events. Other events may charge full admission price for support persons. Service animals are welcome at Meridian Hall at no charge. Please contact our box office at 416-366-7723 | 1-800-708-6754 to make appropriate seating arrangements.
Parking for patrons with disabilities
Meridian Hall has limited accessible parking in the main driveway available on a first-come, first-served basis. For inquiries about accessible parking or to book an accessible spot, please call 416-368-6161 x7135.
Questions or concerns
Any questions or concerns about services for patrons with access needs may be directed to our box office at 416-366-7723 | 1-800-708-6754 or email us at boxoffice@tolive.com.
Meridian Hall is located at 1 Front Street East in Toronto — at the southeast corner of Yonge Street.
Getting There
Meridian Hall is easily accessible by TTC, GO Transit, UP Express, Bike Share Toronto, and vehicle.
Carbon footprint: private vehicle emissions can be the highest contributor to the carbon footprint of live event production. TAPA strongly recommends that Dora Awards attendees consider using lower/zero emission alternatives when traveling to and from the ceremony, such as public transit, bicycle or car pooling.
Transit
Transit users can reach Meridian with a short walk two blocks east of Union Station, or two blocks south of King Station.
Bike Share Toronto
With over 800 Bike Share docking locations in Toronto, please consider cycling to an event. Several stations are near Meridian Hall including those on Scott Street, Front Street and Church Street. Find a location near you.
Parking
Meridian Hall is a short drive north of the Yonge Street exit off Lakeshore Boulevard/Gardiner Expressway.
Meridian Hall has no onsite parking available, except for a limited number of spaces for guests with accessible needs.
Public parking can be found at several lots in the local area, including at:
• Brookfield Place, 181 Bay Street, across from Meridian Hall
• Scott Street, public lot just east of Meridian Hall
• The Esplanade, public lot just south of Meridian Hall
New this year!
Support for Parents and Caregivers at the Dora Awards:
Babes-In-Arms, Feeding Room
Babes-in-Arms
For those with the very youngest of audience members, we welcome babes-in-arms. Please contact us to book seats on the aisles for ‘standing and swaying,’ and close to the exit for easy access. We also have a limited number of baby noise-cancelling headphones available. Please note, the theatre atmosphere will have audience lights out and full sound on.
In collaboration with Meridian Hall, we are able to offer a separate, private room for feeding of babes-in-arms, with close access to the auditorium. The room will be equipped with comfortable chairs. Way-finding signs in the lobby will indicate how to get to the room.
* Balancing Act is a national initiative that supports and advocates for artist and arts worker parents and caregivers. To learn more, visit balancingactcanada.com
The annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards celebrate excellence on Toronto stages and are the oldest and largest professional theatre, dance and opera awards program in Canada. Founded in 1979, with the first ceremony occurring in 1981, the Dora’s recently marked a 45 year anniversary. The Dora Awards evolve constantly, adjusting and adapting to changes in the broader performing arts industry and the needs of the TAPA membership. There are currently 43 award categories across 7 distinct “divisions.”
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All Registered Productions 2024-2025
General Theatre Division
| 1939 | A Canadian Stage and Belfry Theatre joint production in association with The Stratford Festival |
| A Streetcar Named Desire | Soulpepper Theatre Company |
| All Messed Up and Nowhere To Go | The Second City |
| Benevolence | Tarragon Theatre in association with Why Not Theatre and Broadleaf Creative |
| Blind Dates | Theatre Passe Muraille |
| Come Home – The Legend of Daddy Hall | Tarragon Theatre |
| Craze | Tarragon Theatre and Modern Times Stage Company In Association with Theatre ARTaud |
| Duel Citizens (90th Second City Mainstage Revue) | The Second City |
| Erased | An Open Heart Surgery Theatre production in partnership with Theatre Passe Muraille |
| Fat Ham | Canadian Stage |
| Feast | Tarragon Theatre |
| Feu Monsieur Feydeau! | Théâtre français de Toronto |
| FLEX | Crow’s Theatre and Obsidian Theatre Company Co-production |
| Hamlet | Canadian Stage |
| Honey I’m Home | Lester Trips (Theatre) presented by Factory Theatre |
| Hypothetical Baby | Nightwood Theatre in association with The Howland Company |
| Interior Design | Tarragon Theatre |
| Kim’s Convenience | Soulpepper Theatre Company, in association with Adam Blanshay Productions and American Conservatory Theatre |
| Mahabharata: Part One: Karma: The Life We Inherit | Why Not Theatre presented by Canadian Stage |
| Mahabharata: Part Two: Dharma: The Life We Choose | Why Not Theatre presented by Canadian Stage |
| My Name is Lucy Barton | Canadian Stage |
| Oraculum | Buddies in Bad Times Theatre and Denim & Pythia |
| Playing Shylock | Canadian Stage in association with Starvox Entertainment |
| Roberto Zucco | Buddies in Bad Times Theatre |
| Rosmersholm | A Crow’s Theatre Production |
| seven methods of killing kylie jenner | An Obsidian Theatre Production in Association with Crow’s Theatre |
| Shedding a Skin | Nightwood Theatre in association with Buddies In Bad Times |
| Table for Two | Soulpepper Theatre Company & Obsidian Theatre Company |
| The Bidding War | A Crow’s Theatre Production |
| The Wolf in the Voice | Tarragon Theatre production in association with Nightswimming |
| The Wrong Bashir | A Crow’s Theatre Production |
| There is Violence and There is Righteous Violence and There is Death, or The Born-Again Crow | Native Earth Performing Arts and Buddies in Bad Times Theatre production |
| Trident Moon | Crow’s Theatre and National Arts Centre English Theatre Co-production |
| What the Constitution Means to Me | A Soulpepper and Nightwood Theatre Co-Production in association with Necessary Angel and Talk Is Free Theatre |
| Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Canadian Stage |
| Wights | A Crow’s Theatre Production |
| Winter Solstice | Necessary Angel Theatre Company in association with Canadian Stage and BirdLand Theatre |
| Wonderful Joe | TO Live |
Independent Theatre Division
| A Case for the Existence of God | Coal Mine Theatre |
| A Public Display of Affection | Studio 180 Theatre in association with Crow’s Theatre |
| Age is a Feeling | Haley McGee, Soho Theatre and Soulpepper Theatre |
| All Hail Mrs. Satan | Still Your Friend |
| Big Stuff | Baram and Snieckus Productions |
| Carried by the River | Red Snow Collective |
| Cliff Cardinal’s CBC Special | VideoCabaret |
| Cock | Talk is Free Theatre |
| Constellations | Icarus Theatre |
| Dead Broke | Lost Dreams Collective |
| Dear Robert | VideoCabaret |
| FAOC’s Beige Christmas | FAOC (Maryem Hassan Tollar & Roula Said) and VideoCabaret International |
| Fly Me To The Moon | Shillelagh Theatre |
| For Both Resting and Breeding | Talk is Free Theatre |
| GIRLS UNWANTED | The King Black Box |
| Hedda Gabler | Coal Mine Theatre |
| Hookup | Bad Dog Theatre Company |
| Infinite Life | Coal Mine Theatre |
| INSERT CLOWN HERE | Parlous Theatre |
| Isle of Demons | Guild Festival Theatre |
| Job | Coal Mine Theatre |
| Last Landscape | Bad New Days in partnership with Common Boots |
| Life Sucks. | Outliers Theatre Collective |
| Little Women | Wren Theatre |
| Measure for Measure | HOUSE + BODY In Association with Crow’s Theatre |
| MONKS | Veronica Hortigüela & Annie Luján Presented by The Theatre Centre |
| Mukashi, Mukashi (Once Upon a Time) | CORPUS |
| People, Places and Things | Coal Mine Theatre |
| Performance Review | Outside the March |
| Pochsy IV: Unplugged | VideoCabaret |
| Prove A Villain: A Radical Reimagining of Richard III | Panoply Theatre Collective |
| Qalb – A Journey of the Ego | A 1s1 Theatre production co-presented by Why Not Theatre |
| RED | Riot King |
| SAMCA | Spindle Collective and Riot King |
| Sanguine | Cahoots Theatre |
| SMART | VideoCabaret |
| Takwahiminana | Punctuate! Theatre, presented by Soulpepper Theatre |
| The Caged Bird Sings | Modern Times Stage Company, Aga Khan Museum, Theatre ARTaud |
| The Cunning Linguist | TCL Collective and Aluna Theatre in association with Factory Theatre |
| The Glory of Living | The King Black Box |
| The Irish Pub Play | The King Black Box |
| The Merchant of Venice | Shakespeare BASH’d |
| The Noose | Abigail Whitney Productions presented by the Next Stage Theatre Festival |
| The Rear Window | Bygone Theatre, presented by Hart House Theatre |
| The Roof is Leaking ਛੱਤ ਚੋਂਦੀ ਹੈ | Pleiades Theatre |
| The Tempest: A Witch in Algiers | Shakespeare in the Ruff |
| The Threepenny Opera | Unbridled Theatre Collective |
| This Feels Like The End | Theatre Aurinko presented by the Next Stage Theatre Festival |
| Three Men on a Bike | Guild Festival Theatre |
| Timon of Athens | Dandelion Theatre |
| Truck | Pressgang in association with Factory Theatre |
| We are being watched | Black Pearl Theatre Group |
| When Winter Stole the Sun | Plateau 310 Theatre Company |
Musical Theatre Division
| A Strange Loop | The Musical Stage Company, Soulpepper, Crow’s Theatre, and TO Live |
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Young People’s Theatre |
| Discovering Allan Sherman | Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company |
| Hedwig and the Angry Inch | Bowtie Productions |
| I Was Unbecoming Then | Downtown Theatre presented by the Next Stage Theatre Festival |
| In My Own Little Corner | EveryBODY on Stage |
| Life After | Yonge Street Theatricals, David Barnett, Cynthia Stroum, Grove Entertainment, Thomas Swayne, Jake Epstein, Chilina Kennedy, and Goodman Theatre |
| Not a Cult: The Musical | Small but Mighty Productions |
| Sankofa: The Soldier’s Tale Retold | Art of Time Ensemble |
| The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | Shifting Ground Collective |
| The Flin Flon Cowboy | A Flin Flon Cowboy Collective & Theatre Passe Muraille Co-Production in Association with Why Not Theatre |
| The Wizard of Oz: The Toto-ly Awesome Family Musical | A Canadian Stage Production in Association with the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres |
Opera Division
| Aportia Chryptych: A Black Opera for Portia White | Produced by the Canadian Opera Company, in association with the National Arts Centre’s National Creation Fund, Canada Council for the Arts, and Ontario Arts Council |
| Eugene Onegin | Canadian Opera Company production. All scenery, properties, and costumes constructed by the Metropolitan Opera Shops. |
| Faust | Canadian Opera Company co-production with Malmö Opera |
| Garden of Vanished Pleasures | Soundstreams |
| Jacqueline | Tapestry Opera |
| La Reine-garçon | Canadian Opera Company co-production with Opéra de Montréal |
| Madama Butterfly | Canadian Opera Company presents the Houston Grand Opera production |
| Nabucco | Canadian Opera Company presents the Lyric Opera of Chicago production |
| The Turn of the Screw | Opera 5 |
| Wozzeck | Canadian Opera Company co-production with The Salzburg Festival, The Metropolitan Opera, and Opera Australia |
Theatre for Young Audiences Division
| Alligator Pie | Soulpepper Theatre Company |
| Finding Home: A Salmon Journey Upstream | Theatre Direct, presented by the Harbourfront Centre Junior Festival |
| Les Zinspiré·e·s : le nombre sublime | Théâtre français de Toronto |
| Patty Picker | One Four One Collective in Association with The Assembly Theatre |
| Pettson and Findus at Christmas | Sparrow House Children’s Theatre & Humpty Dumpty Puppet Theatre |
| Taking Care of Maman | A Roseneath Theatre and Black Theatre Workshop co-production |
| The Assembly | A Co-Production of Crossroads Theatre and Colouring Book Theatre |
| The Little Prince | Landon Krentz, Theatre Passe Muraille and Inside Out Theatre Co-Production |
| Unbelievably Believable | Twisted Dog Theatre |
| Wicked Nix | Young People’s Theatre |
| Yassama and the Beaded Calabash // Yassama et la Calebasse aux Cauris | Lua Shayenne, presented by the Harbourfront Junior Festival |
Dance Division
| All that is between | Tiger Princess Dance Projects |
| Big Time Miss | Rock Bottom Movement presented by Fall For Dance North |
| Binary-Codes (Citadel Dance Exchange – Week 2) | Citadel + Compagnie |
| Burn Baby, Burn | Côté Danse presented by Fall for Dance North |
| Community Performance Project (Older & Reckless) | Moonhorse Dance Theatre |
| Contes pour la fin du temps | Citadel + Compagnie |
| Echoes of the Abyss | EMiMOTION |
| Elsinore / Soliloquies (Citadel Dance Exchange – Week 2) | Citadel + Compagnie |
| Embers of Memory (Citadel Dance Exchange – Week 1) | Citadel + Compagnie |
| everything i wanted to tell you (but couldn’t, so here it is now) | Citadel + Compagnie |
| Gesture (Older & Reckless) | Moonhorse Dance Theatre |
| He, Her, They: Humanimal (Flesh) | EMiMOTION |
| heartless | Citadel + Compagnie |
| Jam Session | dance Immersion in association with Canadian Stage |
| Mestiza (Older & Reckless) | Moonhorse Dance Theatre |
| MOEM – BODY | Human Body Expression |
| My House (Older & Reckless) | Moonhorse Dance Theatre |
| Ngoma (Don’t Worry About It) | Citadel + Compagnie |
| Ophis | TRANSCEN|DANCE PROJECT |
| Reflections of the Mind | EMiMOTION |
| Seen (Don’t Worry About It) | Citadel + Compagnie |
| Sister Nightlight | Citadel + Compagnie |
| The Mars Project | Tap Love Tour and Greg ‘Krypto’ Selinger with presenting partner Fall for Dance North |
| Tomato Blues (Older & Reckless) | Moonhorse Dance Theatre |
| VAMPIRIC BED (Flesh) | EMiMOTION |
| একসঙ – Akshongay | Citadel + Compagnie |
Touring Division
| Afrikan Party | Luminato presents Supa Rich Kids by Oulouy |
| I Don’t Even Miss You | Tiny Bears Jaws presented by Factory Theatre |
| Soliloquio (I woke up and hit my head against the wall) | A ROSA Studio Production presented by Theatre Passe Muraille |
| 360 ALLSTARS | Luminato Festival Toronto Presents 360 ALLSTARS |
| Black & Rural | dance Immersion with Pi Theatre |
| BOW’T TRAIL Retrospek | RD Créations presented by dance Immersion, in association with DanceWorks |
| Cispersonnages en quête d’auteurice | A Joe Jack & John Production Co-Presented by Theatre Passe Muraille & Théâtre français de Toronto |
| GOBLIN: MACBETH | Spontaneous Theatre presented by Tarragon Theatre |
| HOME | Luminato Festival Toronto presents Geoff Sobelle |
| Le problème avec le rose | Le Petit Théâtre de Sherbrooke and La Parenthèse Production, presented by Théâtre français de Toronto |
| Le vent se lève (Citadel Dance Exchange Week 1) | Citadel + Compagnie |
| Les Fourberies de Scapin | A PRODUCTION BY COMPAGNIE L’ÉTERNEL ÉTÉ AND LUCERNAIRE DIFFUSION CO-PRESENTED BY THÉÂTRE FRANÇAIS DE TORONTO AND ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE DE TORONTO |
| Make Me Dance | Panta Rei Danseteater, presented by the Harbourfront Junior Festival |
| REMINISCENCIA | Reminiscence | Malicho Vaca Valenzuela presented by Aluna Theatre’s RUTAS International Performing Arts Festival |
| Robot Song | Arena Theatre Company, presented by the Harbourfront Junior Festival |
| ROSA | Carlos Rivera in collaboration with Onndinok (Montreal) and Abra Projects (Mexico) presented by Aluna Theatre’s RUTAS International Performing Arts Festival and Factory Theatre |
| Soft manners (Citadel Dance Exchange Week 2) | Citadel + Compagnie |
| Twas the Night Before… | TO Live and Cirque du Soleil |
| Waiting in the Wings No More | The Disability Collective presents Propeller Dance presented by Fall for Dance North |
| What We Carry | A’nó:wara Dance Theatre, Presented by Native Earth Performing Arts |
| Where The Wild Things Are | Young People’s Theatre Presents Presentation House |
| Wilma | Porta Teatro presented by Aluna Theatre’s RUTAS International Performing Arts Festival |
Innovative Experience
| Game of Life | bluemouth inc. Presented by: The Theatre Centre |
| Love And The Trick Of Time | Cahoots Theatre in collaboration with the Alzheimer Society Toronto |
| R.A.V.E. | A R.A.V.E. Institute and Outside the March production, in association with Luminato Festival Toronto |
Born in Glasgow in 1888, teacher and director Dora Mavor Moore arrived in Toronto eight years later. She devoted her long life to creating theatre and theatre companies in her new home. Her contributions to Canadian professional theatre are immeasurable. Dora Mavor Moore was the founder of the University Extension Players and the Hart House Touring Players with the innovative playwright and teacher Herman Voaden.
The Dora Mavor Moore Awards is a program of 