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15
Oct
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Announcing Bigger Than BIG and organizational restructuring at TIFT

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Today Artistic Producer Arkady Spivak announced a consortium program of emerging voices in artistic direction and curation, as well as a restructuring for Talk Is Free Theatre.Bigger Than BIGOver the last year, together with our Artist BIG cohort (40 artists who are receiving a min ...
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14
Oct
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EXPLORING THE POWER OF FICTION TO CONTROL THE MASSES, A UNIQUELY IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE MAKES ITS MUCH ANTICIPATED CANADIAN PREMIERE

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“The Argentine creator addresses one of his main artistic lines: to encourage fiction to enter museums to generate different experiences in the viewer.” - Catalan ArtsBarrie, ON….Today, TIFT Artistic Producer Arkady Spivak and Barrie Film Festival Director Claudine Benoit announced details of ...
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7
Oct
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UPCOMING FALL PROGRAMMING CHALLENGES THE LIMITS OF EXPRESSION WITH A VARIETY OF PERFORMANCE STYLES FROM INTERNATIONAL AND CANADIAN ARTISTS.

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Barrie, ON….Today, TIFT Artistic Producer Arkady Spivak announced details of the company’s Fall Season that will see a return to indoor venues. TIFT’s fall programming boasts a wide-variety of in-person productions that utilize a myriad of performance styles to make bold statements and initia ...
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12
Jul
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LIMITED TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR INTO THE WOODS AT THE WINTER GARDEN THEATRE IN TORONTO.

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Barrie, ON….TIFT Artistic Producer Arkady Spivak announced today that a limited number of tickets are now on sale for the hit production of Into the Woods running from October 28 to 30, 2021 at the historic Winter Garden Theatre Centre. To better mitigate audience safety, the company will shift ...
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7
Jul
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UPCOMING FESTIVAL OF ECLECTIC OUTDOOR THEATRE EXPERIENCES DRAWS MAJOR ATTENTION AND LIMITED NUMBER OF TICKETS REMAIN.

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Barrie, ON….Today, TIFT Artistic Producer Arkady Spivak announced that over half of all performances of The Bees in the Bush Festival are full and waiting lists have been created. Staged in multiple outdoor locations across Barrie and surrounding area, the festival boasts a line-up of twelve uniq ...
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31
May
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WORLD PREMIERES AND BOUNDARY-PUSHING NEW WORKS FEATURED IN NEW IN-PERSON FESTIVAL

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Barrie, ON….TIFT Artistic Producer Arkady Spivak announced today the programming of The Bees in the Bush Festival, featuring twelve eclectic in-person productions. Running from August 3 to October 3, 2021, all programming will be performed at outdoor locations – using parks, co ...
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25
May
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A NEW COMPREHENSIVE ONLINE RESOURCE TO SUPPORT AND INCREASE THE PRODUCTION OF CANADIAN MUSICAL THEATRE

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Barrie, ON….Today, TIFT Artistic Producer Arkady Spivak announced the new project, the Canadian Musical Theatre Database (CMTDB). This inclusive online resource will advocate for greater access, leading to increased production of Canadian musicals by professional, community and ...
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18
May
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Major new project to dismantle language hierarchy

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CUTTING-EDGE WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY TO NAVIGATE LANGUAGE BARRIERS IN IMMERSIVE WORKBarrie, ON….Today, TIFT Artistic Producer Arkady Spivak announced details of ARIA: Augmented Reality for Immersive Accessibility, providing new access to audiences and artists to imme ...
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11
May
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REIMAGINING CLASSICAL WORKS THROUGH DARING ADAPTATIONS AND MEDIUMS

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Barrie, ON…Today Artistic Producer Arkady Spivak announced The Eternal Ego Festival. The new programming venture will showcase nine conceptual adaptations of multi-character works, in which all roles will be played by a single actor, and in two cases by two actors, using in-perso ...
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23
Apr
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TALK IS FREE THEATRE BUILDS ON LATEST STAR-STUDDED PROJECT’S MAJOR SUCCESS TO INCLUDE AND BENEFIT ALL LOCALLY OWNED RESTAURANTS IN BARRIE.

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“The readings were accomplished, the stories were clear and the humour and drama were expertly realized.” – Lynn Slotkin, The Slotkin Letter.Barrie, ON….Building on the wildly successful Dinner à la Art project launched earlier this month, TIFT Artistic Producer Arkady Spi ...
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Staff Contacts

Arkady Spivak, Artistic Producer

705-792-1949 ext. 122
Email Arkady Spivak


Michael Torontow, Artistic Director



Email Michael Torontow


Cara McRae, Administrator


705-792-1949 ext. 121
Email Cara McRae


Jeff Braunstein, Production Manager


705-792-1949
Email Jeff Braunstein


Richard Varty, Director of Outreach


705-792-1949 ext. 123
Email Richard Varty


Ziigwen Mixemong, YouthDome


705-792-1949
Email Ziigwen Mixemong


Brendan Chandler, Artist in Residence


705-792-1949
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Bigger than BIG Artistic Directors


Noah Beemer
Alexis Gordon
Gabe Maharjan
Joe Pagnan
David Andrew Reid
Merlin Simard