The Coal Mine

The Coal Mine Coal Mine Theatre. Toronto’s most intimate, emotionally-true theatre. 100 seats. Stories you feel. The “off-off-Broadview” experience.
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An underground theatre that moves!

A HUGE congratulations to the artists whose work on Coal Mine Theatre’s 2025/26 season has been recognized with 13 Dora ...
06/01/2026

A HUGE congratulations to the artists whose work on Coal Mine Theatre’s 2025/26 season has been recognized with 13 Dora Award nominations!

We’re excited to see so many Coal Mine collaborators recognized for their extraordinary artistry. We’re cheering you on!

Thank you to the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts.

📸 Stephanie Sy, Jake Epstein, Evan Buliung, Kristen Thomson, Beck Lloyd, Zorana Sadiq, Annie Luján, Oliver Dennis, Jean Yoon, Katherine Cullen, Amy Keating. Photography by Elana Emer.

06/01/2026

The countdown to Season 12 is officially on, and trust us, you’ll want to keep a close eye on what’s coming next! Here’s a peek at us getting things ready behind the scenes at our season shoot with 🎥

The full season drops June 18.
Season Passes go on sale the same day.

Get ready.

Season 11, that’s a wrap. From Waiting for Godot to Fulfillment Centre, Eureka Day to Dance Nation, what a ride!Thanks t...
05/31/2026

Season 11, that’s a wrap. From Waiting for Godot to Fulfillment Centre, Eureka Day to Dance Nation, what a ride!

Thanks to every artist, audience member, donor, volunteer, and supporter who filled our theatre this year.

We’re already working on what’s next.

Season 12 is coming!

📸 Ted Dykstra, Alexander Thomas, Evan Buliung, Kristen Thomson, Sophia Walker, Stephaine Sy, Abigail Whitney, Kevin Bundy, Jake Epstein, Amy Keating, Zorana Sadiq, Oliver Dennis, Beck Lloyd, Jean Yoon, Annie Luján, Katherine Cullen. Photography by Elana Emer. Season graphics by Kostis Petridis.

Congratulations to the cast and creative team of Eureka Day, winner of the Toronto Theatre Critics’ Award for Best Inter...
05/21/2026

Congratulations to the cast and creative team of Eureka Day, winner of the Toronto Theatre Critics’ Award for Best International Work ✨

We’re incredibly proud of this company and everything they built together.

📸 Kevin Bundy, Sarah McVie, Stephanie Sy, Sophia Walker. Photography by Elana Emer.

Well-deserved recognition from the Toronto Theatre Critics’ Awards goes to Alyssa Martin for Best Choreography in Dance ...
05/18/2026

Well-deserved recognition from the Toronto Theatre Critics’ Awards goes to Alyssa Martin for Best Choreography in Dance Nation by Clare Barron ❤️‍🔥

A huge congratulations to the entire cast, crew, creative and producing team just coming off of an unforgettable, sold-out run.

Produced by Coal Mine Theatre and Outside the March in association with Rock Bottom Movement.

📸 Beck Lloyd. Photography by Elana Emer.

Congratulations to Kristen Thomson, recognized by the Toronto Theatre Critics’ Awards for Best Supporting Performance in...
05/17/2026

Congratulations to Kristen Thomson, recognized by the Toronto Theatre Critics’ Awards for Best Supporting Performance in a Play for Fulfillment Centre by Abe Koogler.

What she did was unforgettable 🖤

We are proud of this whole company and the beautiful world they built together.

📸 Kristen Thomson. Photo by Elana Emer.

05/13/2026

A little reminder of what's growing upstairs 🌱

Founded in the fall of 2024, The Vault Creation Lab is housed on the second floor of Coal Mine Theatre and is an independent playwrights lab. The Vault develops work for Coal Mine theatre and for the greater Canadian theatre system.

We couldn’t be more thrilled about what they’ve got coming this summer! Stay tuned for more on their Public Lab Series Announcement tomorrow morning ✨

The Vault @ Coal Mine Theatre is thrilled to announce a brand new in-house initiative with Jill Connell (The Herald)! A ...
05/13/2026

The Vault @ Coal Mine Theatre is thrilled to announce a brand new in-house initiative with Jill Connell (The Herald)! A workshop for emerging and mid career writers/theatre creators to develop new writing based on an embodied practice. Artists will explore their experience of the world based on the feeling of things (versus an objective or outside perspective about the “logic” of things).

Writing Plays as Embodied Practice
Dates: Tuesdays, June 9-30
Time: 5:30-9:30pm
Location: The Vault Creation Lab
Cost: $140

This workshop explores the double-vision inherent in theatre that overlays real with make believe, self with character. We will explore writing as a solo listening body that is co-creating with their environment/landscape. We will look at theatre as group work and forms for igniting text within a collective and a context. We will develop principles for work for a daily embodied writing practice. We will share our ideas about what theatre can be now, asking: what state of being, possibilities, and relationality do we want to create and co-create, now? This workshop prioritizes availability over interpretation; experimentation over perfection and is not about developing previous writing or creating a finished product. Instead, we will be creating new material and developing our writing practice, in this solo creation work that requires a group.

To sign up send a short bio with your writing/live performance work and a short paragraph detailing your creative practice (and why you’d like to participate in this workshop) to [email protected]. Professional experience or training is required.

This course is generously supported by the K.M. Hunter Foundation.

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2076 Danforth Avenue
Toronto, ON
M4C1J6

Opening Hours

Tuesday 6:45pm - 10pm
Wednesday 6:45pm - 10pm
Thursday 6:45pm - 10pm
Friday 6:45pm - 10pm
Saturday 6:45pm - 10pm
Sunday 1:30pm - 4pm

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