Welcome to Campbell House Museum

Campbell House Museum, located in the oldest surviving building from the Town of York, is a vibrant public space that inspires and educates visitors through its history, collections, and unique context in the heart of downtown Toronto.

The museum will be Pay-What-You-Can from March 1-23 to accommodate the theatrical staging of our upcoming show, Peter Pan and the Wendy Lady.

Peter Pan and the Wendy Lady

March 8 – March 23

Buy tickets: HERE

“While she was dreaming, the window blew open, and a boy dropped to the floor. He was accompanied by a strange light, no bigger than your fist, which darted about the room like a living thing. It must have been this light that woke her … “

When her dreams invade the waking world, a misfit storyteller leaves high society behind as she’s whisked away to a universe of her own making. Joined by a quarrelsome fairy and the boy who taught her to fly, she quickly discovers that a life of adventure comes at a price. With the memory of her family fading, she and her companions must outwit a hungry crocodile, brawl with pirates, and find the magic within themselves to return home again, or remain in the land of make-believe forever.

An immersive glimpse of Edwardian Toronto featuring the music of Strauss, Rachmaninoff, and Vivaldi, Peter Pan and the Wendy Lady invites you to take flight and join Wendy on a journey of self-discovery amidst the historic backdrop of Campbell House Museum. With just a pinch of faith and fairy dust, this whimsical adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s classic tale takes audiences on a moonlit voyage past the second star to the right, then straight on till morning.

A Christmas Carol 2023

SOLD OUT

Now in its fifth year, the Three Ships Collective’s immersive and award-winning smash-hit, A Christmas Carol is returning to enchant Toronto audiences for another festive season!

Set in the historic and picturesque Campbell House Museum located in the heart of downtown Toronto and brought to life by a stellar cast, this unique and critically-acclaimed theatrical experience invites audience members to step into the world of Victorian England and follow flinty miser Ebenezer Scrooge on his ghostly journey of redemption. A mirthful medley of magic, music, and the macabre, this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ story features original scenes, characters, and songs, making it a retelling of the beloved holiday tale unlike any other!

Buy Tickets: HERE

Tales of the Grotesque

October 18 – November 4, 2023

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—while I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, as of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. “’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—only this and nothing more …”

An immersive horror opera, Tales of the Grotesque invites visitors to explore Victorian Toronto through the eyes of literature’s most twisted author, Edgar Allan Poe, and come tapping at the door to the unknown.

In this haunting adaptation of the works of Edgar Allan Poe, join the visitors of the melancholy House of Usher on a candlelit journey into the macabre. Despite their apprehensions, a stubborn doctor, a resentful medium, and a murderer attend the funeral of an eccentric recluse—only to question the circumstances surrounding her untimely death. As they begin to outstay their welcome, they uncover evidence of a connection between their disturbing pasts and the sinister presence stalking their every move. With their secrets exposed, they must be willing to summon their ghosts to survive the supernatural forces at work, and confront the meddlesome housekeeper who knows more than she claims.

Adaptation by Brandon White.

Musical direction by Shannon Mills.

For tickets and more information, click HERE.

Dinner is Served, an immersive dance-theatre experience

a TOES FOR DANCE featured presentation

CHOREOGRAPHER/DIRECTOR: KRISTEN CARCONE

This immersive dance-theatre experience invites audiences to choose to act as witness or accomplice to the characters’ stories.

Eight unique stories are told by eight main characters: The Matriarch, The Host, The Hostess, The Favourite, His Wife, His Secretary, Lady in Red, and The Other Man.

At its core, Dinner is Served is about belonging, and the human need for love and connection.

Directed and Choreographed by TFD Co-Director @kristencarcone

Tickets available: HERE

For more information, visit: toesfordance.ca/dinner-is-served

Colour with a “U”

Beneficial Symbiosis, Ihor Gawdan, 2019

Colour with a “U” and its companion exhibition Colour with a “U” Too are juried exhibitions art quilts on the theme of diversity and inclusion by Canadian members of Studio Art Quilt Associates.

In Canada, we spell colour with a “u”. We care about the “u”, it makes us unique. We care about the “you”, it brings us together. SAQA artists have reflected on the theme of diversity and inclusion to give “colourful” representations of our Canadian cultural
identity. Each offers an individual perspective on how we as Canadians see ourselves in our social, historical and physical landscape.
Colour with a U was juried by Faith Hieblinger, Guest Curator, Homer Watson House & Gallery, Alan Syliboy, Mi’kmaq Artist, and Jayne Willoughby, Textile Artist. Colour with a U Too was juried by Dr. Debra Antoncic, Director/Curator of RiverBrink Art
Museum.

Colour with a “U” and Colour with a “U” Too will be at Campbell House Museum from April 1 – June 3.

For more information about Studio Art Quilt Associates, visit: www.saqa.com