Canadian Children's Theatre Co.

This lively, exciting and instructional year-round theatre production program will educate and challenge young people with an interest in the performing arts. Participants will learn and hone many acting techniques as they work on character development, scene study and thematic analysis in preparation for their final performance. At the same time, participants will develop new and significant relationships as we collaborate to develop a cohesive theatrical ensemble.

We are thrilled to announce this year’s project...a children's version of the Shakespeare classic, A Midsummer Night's Dream!
We’re in study hall where just about everyone is doing everything except studying for tomorrow’s test on A Midsummer Night’s Dream. That is until one of the students gets an idea. In this rollicking adaptation of Shakespeare’s play, teenagers, fairies, workers and royalty collide in a forest on a summer night and are bedazzles by a prankster. The fairy queen falls in love with a donkey, the teens fall in and out (and in) love with each other, six well-meaning goofs stumble into their 15 minutes of fame, fairies weave magic to bring it all to a happy end as only Shakespeare can conjure the tapestry, and three streetwise storytellers pull the audience at breakneck speed toward the moon-drenched conclusion.

Acting, comedy, drama, song and dance are all part of the training the young actors will receive from our professional staff of directors, choreographers and voice instructors in preparation for their final performances of their full-scale production at Theatre Aurora from May 15th to 17th 2026.

This dynamic, creative and instructional year-round theatre program will educate and challenge High School students with an interest in the performing arts. Participants will learn and hone many acting techniques as they work on character development, scene study and thematic analysis in preparation for their performances.

This Play Edition of the Show Time for Teens program will be divided into two focuses. In the Fall months the participants will write, produce and direct their own production(s) to be performed at the studio in December. This will allow the actors to develop and showcase other talents by getting involved in the production and creative elements including writing, costuming, directing and design.

Over the first few months, participants will also study and choose the full-length play that they will perform at Theatre Aurora from May 29th to 31st 2026. Past productions include: Our Town, You Can't Take it With You, Noises Off, Clue, Sherlock Holmes and many more! The final production is sure to be a tremendous and brilliant collaboration of our young, local talent.

This dynamic, creative and instructional year-round theatre program will educate and challenge High School students with an interest in musical theatre. Participants will learn and hone many performance techniques as they work on acting and character development, vocal, music and dance training, led by our team of directors, musical directors and choreographers.

This Musical Edition of the Show Time for Teens program will feature a full-length musical to be performed at Theatre Aurora from May 29th to 31st 2026. Alternating between timeless classics and modern favourites, past productions include: Legally Blonde, All Shook Up, We Will Rock You, Guys and Dolls, Mamma Mia, The Drowsy Chaperone and More!

We are thrilled to announce this year's production: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat!
One of the most enduring shows of all time, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a reimagining of the Biblical story of Joseph, his father Jacob, eleven brothers and the coat of many colors.
Told entirely through song with the help of a main character Narrator, the musical follows preferred son Joseph. After being sold into slavery by his brothers, he ingratiates himself with Egyptian noble Potiphar, but ends up in jail after refusing the amorous advances of Potiphar’s wife. While imprisoned, Joseph discovers his ability to interpret dreams, and he soon finds himself in front of the mighty but troubled, Elvis-inspired, Pharaoh. Joseph’s solution to Egypt’s famine gets him out of jail and elevates him to Pharaoh’s right-hand man. Eventually Joseph’s brothers find themselves unknowingly groveling at the feet of the brother they betrayed. As they fail to even recognize him, Joseph tests their integrity. He ultimately reveals himself and the brothers are reconciled.
The magical musical is full of catchy songs in a variety of styles, from a parody of French ballads, to country-western and calypso, along with the unforgettable classics “Any Dream Will Do” and “Close Every Door.”