TORONTO — World Theatre Day will be celebrated around the world March 27, 2007. In Toronto, local and international artists come together on March 26 to mark World Theatre Day at the Gladstone Hotel. The Goethe-Institut Toronto, Playwrights Guild of Canada, and the Consulate General of France in Toronto in association with the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) present a free evening of staged play readings of cutting-edge works by Canadian, French and German artists followed by a post-show reception. Toronto will also be celebrating World Theatre Day with free improvisational comedy workshops at The Second City and numerous Pay-What-You-Can (PWYC) performances across the city.
Founded in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute (ITI), World Theatre Day acknowledges the social and creative power of the performing arts and the collective act. Every year a prominent arts leader is chosen deliver the World Theatre Day International Message. This
