Current and Upcoming Events
We gather with our neighbours in parks, on streets, and in public spaces all year long through theatre and storytelling. Explore what’s happening now at Clay & Paper Theatre - plays, parades, giant puppets, workshops, and community-built performances that bring story to life in the public realm.
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The Machine
Remount Summer 2026
The Machine is a compact, dark, clown- and puppet-fuelled satiric street show skewering the hubris of capitalism and technology. Created and developed in 2025 through Clay & Paper Theatre’s Summer Residency Program.
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A Winter Solstice Journey
December 21, 2025
A lantern-lit procession through Dufferin Grove Park on the longest night of the year, where we move together through a guided journey of ceremony, story and song. With an array of glowing puppets, this is a gentle celebration of light, resilience, and togetherness.
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Night of Dread Festival
October 2025
Our beloved annual festival of pageantry, puppetry, and participation. Night of Dread invites the city into a month-long theatrical journey — from collective creation to a powerful park pageant — where we confront and laugh at our deepest fears for the world together through giant puppets, masked performances, live music, installations, and a fiery finale.
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How to Find Us
Clay and Paper Theatre is the resident theatre company of Dufferin Grove Park, and our season of theatre/engagement in the park takes place year round. Dufferin Grove Park is located at 875 Dufferin St, Toronto, ON M6H 3K8. The Park is one block southeast of Bloor St.W. and the Dufferin TTC Station, on the east side of Dufferin Street, across from Dufferin Mall.
Clay and Paper Theatre works out of the Field House located on the east side of the park, beside the soccer field from late May to late October. We also run workshops out of Dufferin Grove Park’s 's rink house located on the west side of the park and closest to Dufferin St.
