Based on a true story, the darkly comic and unsettling The Maids tells an account of two sisters employed as servants in a wealthy household who engage in elaborate role-playing games, each taking turns as their superior, Madame. However, thanks to long-suppressed frustrations and desires, their private rituals intensify with devastating consequences. This celebrated drama is a provocative examination of social hierarchy and the masks people wear to survive in a world filled with inequality.

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In an immersive experience devised and curated by Griffin Hewitt, Don't Touch the Art transforms a large building into a living gallery of performance where multiple works, both new and TIFT favourites, unfold simultaneously across rooms, hallways, and hidden corners. Each encounter is designed to be a surprise, and every choice to enter, remain or move on to find a different installation will shape a unique self directed journey for each patron. No two experiences are exactly alike: the combination of works, encounters, and pathways available on any given evening may also differ, creating new possibilities for  every return visit. Don't Touch the Art blurs the boundaries between exhibition, performance, and exploration, inviting audiences to become active participants in a theatrical experience unlike any other.

A second edition of Don't Touch the Art will be presented at the Rose Theatre in Brampton between January 14 and 17, 2027, featuring expanded content with a combination of returning and new entries.

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A powerful new work by contemporary Ukrainian playwright Oleg Mikhailov, Letters of Ice and Sand makes its world premiere in Barrie. Written from inside a nation at war and spanning generations of conflict—from the Soviet-Finnish Winter War to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine—the play gives voice to those whose lives have been shaped by violence, displacement, love, and loss, offering a deeply human perspective on one of the defining global crises of our time.

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The gripping and thought-provoking drama, inspired by true events, blends political intrigue, romance, and questions of identity as it follows a French diplomat who becomes entangled in a decades-long relationship with a mysterious Chinese opera performer. As assumptions, fantasies and realities collide, long-held perceptions are challenged with disastrous consequences. 

Anton Chekhov's The Seagull is a poignant portrait of artists, dreamers, and lovers struggling to find significance in a changing world. At the centre of the play is the young writer Konstantin, whose desire to create new forms of art is met head-on with resistance by those in his sphere. Relationships unravel and aspirations are tested, exposing the tensions between youth and experience, innovation and tradition, success and failure. 

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The Hayloft is a comedy about the increasingly difficult dream of building a life together. When a married couple transforms their newly renovated in-law suite into a vacation rental, parents, neighbours and guests begin to test both their patience and their relationship.

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