Eclipse Theatre Company 

• Instigate, investigate and excavate original stories, bringing new Canadian work to life.
• Re-examine and re-configure classics
• Foster and generate artists through education, collaboration, diversity and outreach

Our History

The original company was founded in 2010 by a group of Canada’s top musical theatre artists  with a mission to advance the development of musical theatre in Canada. 

Since its inception, the company supported this mission through various workshops/Labs. It had produced two large-scale musicals – the original Canadian musical Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare (nominated for 9 Dora Mavor Moore Awards) and the classic musical Company (winner of 4 Broadway World Awards). 

In 2016 and early 2017 the company went through a transition with a new trade name, a refreshed Board of Directors and a new artistic vision with a new structure. In 2018 it ran a highly successful Lab where new members came together to create musical pieces.  In 2019 ETC performed  Kiss of the Spider Woman in the Old Don Jail - a sold-out run in a unique space.  That earned six Dora nominations and one win for best Music.  In early 2020 it staged Sunday in the Park with George, in the Old Jam Factory - also sold out and well reviewed.  In between those two ETC co-produced Ghost Quartet with Crow's Theatre in late 2019.  In September 2021 ETC put up a ten-show outdoor run of the in concert-in-one-act version of Call It Love in the Player's Space at the Stratford Perth Museum. Now, ETC is concentrating on two new musical theatre shows for Canadian openings in 2022 ('Til Then)  and 2023 (The Man With The Golden Heart).