Canadian Stage

About Canadian Stage:

Founded in 1988 through a merger of CentreStage and Toronto Free Theatre, Canadian Stage (CS) runs modern theatres in Toronto. CS hosts shows at Berkeley Street Theatre, Bluma Appel Theatre and High Park Amphitheatre. The charity aspires to integrate theatre with dance, film and visual arts. It also trains up and coming artists, provides training guides to theatre students and gives scholarships to the best students.

In F2015, Canadian Stage spent $5.1m on its shows. Canadian Stage organized multiple shows, including Shakespeare in High Park.  It funds new artists as part of Canadian Stage’s RBC Emerging Artist Program. The program involves free workshops and conferences, as well as ongoing training.  Canadian Stage has a volunteer internship program, which has yielded 100 graduates. Looking ahead to the 2016 – 2017 season, Canadian Stage is hosting many new performances: Dollhouse (a musical), Who Killed Spalding Gray (a political satire) and Concord Floral (a suburban thriller).

Financial Review:

Canadian Stage is a Mid-Cap charity which received donations and special events revenues of $3.7m. CS brought in ticket sales revenues of $2m in F2015, while spending $2.3m on marketing. Administrative costs are 8% of total revenues and fundraising costs are 15% of total donations. Total overhead costs are 23% and fall within Ci’s reasonable range. CS has total funding reserves of $1.3m that can cover its annual program costs for 3 months.