Current and Upcoming Events
Clay & Paper Theatre creates and presents original theatrical works in public space. Explore our new Canadian plays, pageants, parades, and large-scale puppet performances staged in parks and neighbourhood gathering places.
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Ghost Walk / Earth Dance
August 14 & 15, 2026
Time itself hosts this lantern-filled twilight journey through Dufferin Grove Park, introducing audiences to giant figures of endangered and extinct ghost animals — Sturgeon, Owl, and Caribou — alongside coyote characters confronting their own fates in a world trying to erase its non-human neighbours. An exploration of climate grief and the earthly beauty that remains.
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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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Night of Dread Festival
Coming Soon - October 2026
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.
