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We make art in everyday and unexpected places with, for and about the people and stories found there!

Jumblies has three offshoot projects in Toronto: Arts4All (interim artistic director Tijana Spasic), MABELLEarts (artistic director Leah Houston) and Community Arts Guild (artistic director Beth Helmers). Jumblies also offers training and mentorship opportunities through the Jumblies Studio (http://www.jumbliestheatre.org/now/studio.html)

10/06/2026

🔔 A special edition of Artfare Essentials is happening in Scarborough later this month!

Artfare Essentials is our immersive orientation for artists working with community and others actively interested in community-engaged arts. We’d love to have you join us for this playful, connection-building primer!
This edition will be collaboratively hosted by Scarborough Arts (), Community Arts Guild () and Jumblies.

🗓️Oct. 25th - 30th, 2026
📍Centennial College Performing Arts Centre

🚨Spaces are filling up, register soon to reserve your spot! A link to a registration form is available on our website.

Sliding scale fee options and translation and accessibility supports available upon request. If you have any questions, please email us at [email protected]

09/23/2026

📣 Jumblies is taking part in the Ontario Arts Council | Conseil des arts de l’Ontario Recommender Grant for Theatre Creators program again this year!

We invite applications for community-engaged theatre/ performance projects at any stage of development.

We encourage applications from artists from equity-seeking groups, regions of Ontario outside of Toronto, and projects that combine disciplines, forms, and traditions.

📝 Grant amounts: $1,000 to $3,000
🗓️ Deadline: Jan. 8th, 2027
📌 Application support and alternative application approaches (e.g. verbal) can be requested from Jumblies.

HOW TO APPLY
- Read the OAC guidelines at arts.on.ca
- Log in to the OAC Nova Portal
- Start a “Recommender Grant for Theatre Creators” application
- Pick Jumblies from the roster

Feel free to contact us with any questions.
[email protected]

Photo: Jesse Wabegijig and Jill Carter acting in Jumblies’ Talking Treaties Spectacle

09/16/2026

🎶📣 Want to see our community choir in action?

Jumblies’ tour of works from our project “blue skies, red earth, and tall pines” will come to a close early this fall with a performance of the “blue skies” suite by the Gather Round Singers and composer/guest artist Suba Sankaran. The choir will be joined by our band which includes fiddle, piano, and tabla from Zaheer-Abbas

🌸 This performance is part of The Rose Theatre’s
“20 Years in Bloom” birthday celebration!
The Rose Brampton

📍The Rose Studio (at The Rose Theatre), Brampton
🗓️ Saturday, Sept. 19th, 11:30am
🎟️ The performance is free!

💭 More info about the project can be found on our website.

🎨 Watercolour illustration by our dear friend Sid
Sharp sid sharp

09/03/2026

We’re so excited for this!

09/02/2026

🎶 Want to see our community choir in action?

Jumblies’ tour of works from our project “blue skies, red earth, and tall pines” will come to a close early this fall with a performance of the “blue skies” suite by the Gather Round Singers and composer/guest artist Suba Sankaran. The choir will be joined by our band which includes fiddle, piano, and tabla from Zaheer-Abbas

🌸 This performance is part of The Rose Theatre’s “20 Years in Bloom” birthday celebration!
The Rose Brampton

📍The Rose Studio (at The Rose Theatre), Brampton

🗓️ Saturday, Sept. 19th, 11:30am

🎟️ The performance will be free, but tickets will still need to be reserved. Save the date and stay tuned for a ticket link!

💭 More info about the project can be found on our website.

🎨 Watercolour illustration by our dear friend Sid Sharp sid sharp

08/06/2026

Jesse Wabegijig’s ❤️‍🩹puppet repair clinic❤️‍🩹 residency is coming to a close this weekend with a celebration, including a short performance piece compiled from playful puppet explorations that occurred over the course of the residency! Join us on Saturday, August 8th, from 1-5pm. Feel free to email [email protected] if you have any questions.

Jesse Wabegijig

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The Ground Floor Studio
132 Fort York Blvd.
Toronto, ON

07/30/2026

A last reminder, as we will be moving into the hiring process soon! Thanks for applying!

📣We’re Hiring!📣

As we move into our 26th season, Jumblies staff and board are searching for a new General Manager, someone who will assume the crucial role that financial and administrative leadership plays in supporting and upholding our shorter and longer-term existence.
The GM reports to and works alongside the Artistic Director to manage and develop the company’s finances and resources (public, private, earned, in-kind), while overseeing all aspects of the company’s operations. The position is both inward and outward-facing: focusing on internal company workings while engaging with our various networks, communities, partners and supporters.

A detailed job description, including a list of job criteria, is available on our website (link in bio).

07/23/2026

The sweetest group is gathered at our studio for the first evening of Jesse’s Puppet Repair Clinic ❤️‍🩹

Every Thursday, 6-8pm, at The Ground Floor Studio until Aug. 6th, with a culminating day on Saturday Aug. 8th from 1-5pm.

Event flyer is pinned on our grid, more info on our website (link in bio) 🙂‍↕️

07/22/2026

We’ve added 2 more drop-in times for our Khaat weaving workshops!

We will be weaving our life-sized communal khaat (a woven bed-style piece of furniture that has been used for over 5000 years in the Indian subcontinent) and you will have the option to make your own miniature khaat!
Free to attend, all ages welcome!
This series is informal, at-your-own-pace, and drop-in style, so you can come for 15 minutes to say hi or settle in for the full drop-in time! And there will be other artmaking activities available if weaving is not your cup of tea!

July 22nd + 23rd, 4-6pm

The Ground Floor Studio, 132 Fort York Blvd., Toronto

Address

132 Fort York Boulevard
Toronto, ON
M5V0E3

Telephone

+14162038428

Website

http://www.jumbliestheatre.org/

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