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10/05/2026

📣 Introducing the incredible cast of New Bad Ideas Live! 📣

These performers will take the stage on October 25th at the Great Hall performing music from the many, many musicals in development at Bad Hats this season. Tickets are going fast!
Visit our link in bio.🎟️

09/09/2026

It’s a double Bad Hats season at Sheridan!

Sheridan College has just announced their season and we’re thrilled to feature in it TWICE with these brand new works in development. We love collaborating with the incredible students at the college and look forward to being back on campus, digging into the worlds of The Chrysalids and The Nutcracker.

Stay tuned for info about tickets to performances of these new musicals!

09/04/2026

💡NEW BAD IDEAS LIVE IS BACK💡

Join us for an evening of music, storytelling, and brand new works in development.
With four newly commissioned pieces by celebrated Canadian Music Theatre creators, highlights from Bad Hats’ new musicals in development, and songs from our acclaimed New Bad Ideas program, New Bad Ideas Live is our annual concert series that invites audiences into the first sparks of creation.

ONE NIGHT NIGHT ONLY
Sunday, October 25th
At The Great Hall
7:00pm
🎟️ Get your tickets while you can! 🎟️ (Link in bio)

04/02/2026

THE NARNIA CAST ALBUM IS OUT!

Step through the wardrobe and revisit the songs and characters from our original adaptation, anywhere you stream music.

Featuring:
Belinda Corpuz
James Daly
Landon Doak
Sierra Haynes
Matthew Jospeh
Matt Pilipiak
Jonathan Tan
Amaka Umeh
Astrid Van Wieren

Jonathan Corkal-Astorga
Justin Han

Original artwork by Ariana Sauder

Special thanks to Canterbury Music & Toast and Jam
Funded by the Toronto Arts Council & Canada Council for the Arts

02/25/2026

💡CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 💡

Bad Hats is thrilled to be launching the eighth cycle of our New Bad Ideas program! We’re looking for writer / composer teams to apply with a new, great, bad, bold, strange, exciting idea that could use support getting to its next draft. This is a paid opportunity! Click the link in our bio for more info about our the program and our call for submissions.

Deadline to submit: March 22nd, 2026

The New Bad Ideas program is generously supported by TD Bank Group, The Toronto Arts Council, and the Ontario Arts Council.

02/03/2026

We wanted to take a moment to thank our generous government funders, without whom we wouldn’t have been able to create so much magic in 2025.

From New Bad Ideas 24/25, development & workshops (New Ideations, Storybook Search, Narnia, Piper), NBI Live, the Peter Pan Cast Album, Narnia Cast Album, Alice in Wonderland (Ontario Tour), to Narnia at Soulpepper.

Huge thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts .council  Ontario Arts Council  Toronto Arts Council

for believing in artists, audiences, and big, bad ideas.

12/31/2025

✨Looking back on 2025✨
Thank you to all the artists, patrons, and supporters who made this an exceptional year.
See you in 2026! 🥂

10/30/2025

We’ve officially stepped through the wardrobe and our big adventure has begun! We’ve been having an absolute blast in rehearsals with this incredible team of actor-musicians.

Tickets to our brand new Family Holiday Musical are only $45 when you buy four tickets! It’s Family Package pricing— however you define your family.

🗓️ Performances for NARNIA begin November 18 at Soulpepper Theatre and tickets are moving fast!
🎟️ Tickets at LINK IN BIO
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FEATURING…
Belinda Corpuz
James Daly
Landon Doak
Sierra Haynes
Matthew Joseph
Matt Pilipiak
Jonathan Tan
Amaka Umeh
Astrid Van Wieren
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A Soulpepper Theatre, Bad Hats Theatre, and Crow's Theatre Co-Production

Bad Hats Theatre’s NARNIA

adapted & directed by Fiona Sauder
music & lyrics by Landon Doak
associate direction & dramaturgy by Matt Pilipiak
creative producer Victor Pokinko
based on The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
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NARNIA is produced with Bad Hats Theatre’s support from the .council

10/03/2025

INTRODUCING the Cast of Bad Hats Theatre’s NARNIA! 🦁❄

This incredible group of actor-musicians will transport audiences through the wardrobe and into the magical world of Narnia in this Toronto premiere production!✨

FEATURING…
Belinda Corpuz
James Daly
Landon Doak
Sierra Haynes
Matthew Joseph
Matt Pilipiak
Jonathan Tan
Amaka Umeh
Astrid van Wieren

Tickets are only $45 when you buy four tickets! It’s Family Package pricing— however you define your family.

🗓️ Performances for NARNIA begin November 18 at Soulpepper Theatre and tickets are moving fast!
🎟️Tickets at LINK IN BIO

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A Soulpepper Theatre, Bad Hats Theatre, and Crow's Theatre Co-Production
Bad Hats Theatre’s NARNIA
adapted & directed by Fiona Sauder
music & lyrics by Landon Doak
associate direction & dramaturgy by Matt Pilipiak
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NARNIA is produced with Bad Hats Theatre’s support from the .council

09/15/2025

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the first ever New Bad Ideas Live!

We had a spectacular evening sharing so many new works in development with our community. We laughed, we cried, we were so inspired, and we can’t wait to do it again. Cheers to new, bad, wild, and wonderful ideas by Canadian artists!!

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