Unspun Theatre

Unspun Theatre UnSpun Theatre is a creation-based theatre company that focuses on a collaborative, artist-driven app

We're drawn to the immediacy of live performance; we're challenged by the dedication that's required for both the audience and performer during a show. We're attracted to the scale and freedom in which it is possible to tell a story in the theatre. Our work is the result of collision and confluence, of shaping a single creation from several creative voices. Co-founded by Chris Hanratty and Christo

pher Stanton, UnSpun Theatre has been creating entertaining, award-winning work since 2004. In The Doras: 30 Years of Theatre, Dance and Opera in Toronto, theatre critic Jon Kaplan named UnSpun Theatre one of a handful of independent companies that "have given audience some of the most exciting work of the past few years." Artistic Director: Chris Hanratty
Creative Director: Shira Leuchter

Very often when I talk about some of my uncanny pre-teen experiences, someone quietly approaches me to tell me that they...
03/17/2026

Very often when I talk about some of my uncanny pre-teen experiences, someone quietly approaches me to tell me that they want to share their story with me. They are always so careful to tell me that they don't really believe in ghosts, and I tell them that I don't either, and then I listen as they share a memory that they can't explain or shake off.

Why do these uncanny experiences chase us? What are they telling us?

THE HAUNTING runs from April 3-29 at 88 Nassau Street, Toronto.

Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-haunting-tickets-1982680746485?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

Experience the performance-meets-séance for one audience member at a time that audiences have called "evocative, eerie, ...
03/07/2026

Experience the performance-meets-séance for one audience member at a time that audiences have called "evocative, eerie, and tender."

April 3-29, 2026
88 Nassau Street, Toronto
Tickets $15
www.unspuntheatre.com

02/27/2026

Here's a trailer for THE HAUNTING: a performance-meets-séance for one audience member at a time.

I'd love to tell you about my ghosts, and learn about yours.

April 3-29 at 88 Nassau Street, Toronto

Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/.../the-haunting-tickets...

Hi friends! We'll be producing our one-to-one piece THE HAUNTING for a full month this April 2026 in Toronto. If you're ...
02/09/2026

Hi friends! We'll be producing our one-to-one piece THE HAUNTING for a full month this April 2026 in Toronto.

If you're interested, we'll be releasing tickets soon. It sold out pretty quickly when Shira performed the piece as part of Tarragon Theatre's Greenhouse Festival in 2024, and tickets will be very limited again due to the nature of the performance.

It's a performancey-séancey invitation to our ghosts, and we think it's really special.

05/04/2022

Shira Leuchter of Unspun Theatre holds the weight of the loss with her audience and offers community and connection in the latest issue of Canadian Theatre Review, available now in Project MUSE.

Lost Together premiered as part of the SummerWorks Festival Lab in 2018. While Shira and co-performer Michaela Washburn recreate and reimagine lost things for audience participants during this intimate performance, Shira recognizes that they can never be successful in resolving loss for their audience participants.

Read more in Acts of Preservation: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/852482

02/16/2022

“Through performing the piece, Shira discovered that casting her mother to help her recreate lost childhood objects prompted audience members to share their stories of loss with her during impromptu sessions after each performance.

Acknowledging the apparent need for sharing and companioning stories of loss, Shira created the live art performance Lost Together.”

While Shira Leuchter of Unspun Theatre recreates and reimagines lost things for audience participants during this intimate performance, Shira recognizes that they can never be successful in resolving loss for their audience participants.

Read more in Acts of Preservation: bit.ly/ctr189b

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05/26/2021

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Unspun Theatre's Lost Together is SOLD OUT!! Thank you to everyone who has supported this piece, and to the stellar Lost Together team - Shira Leuchter, Michaela Washburn, Production Facilitator Carla Ritchie and Front of House Hazel Moore - for bringing this personal and unique experience to audiences one at a time. Here's to a wonderful run filled with story, community and connection!

So happy we’ve been able to revisit this lovely piece again. The set for Lost and Found is a huge play structure made up...
08/25/2019

So happy we’ve been able to revisit this lovely piece again. The set for Lost and Found is a huge play structure made up of over 200 boxes. Here’s Eponine Lee and a spooky ghost version of herself.

05/30/2019

Venue: TBD Time: Friday: 7:00pm – 11pm, Saturday: 11:00am – 3:00pm + 5:00pm – 9:00pm, Sunday 12:00pm – 4:00pm Category: Workshops + Interactive, Family Friendly, Theatre City of Origin: Toronto/Tkaronto, ON Website: http://www.unspuntheatre.com/ SNAPSHOT: Lost Together is a live art piece an...

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