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For Release October 25, 2001

Brent Carver to Receive Drama Bench Award
at Preview of Theatre Museum Exhibit

TORONTO – Actor Brent Carver is this year’s recipient of the Herbert Whittaker
Drama Bench Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian theatre. He will
receive the award at a celebration of theatrical heritage at the Elgin and Winter
Garden Theatre Centre.
Administered by the Canadian Theatre Critics' Association, the award will be
presented at a gala preview of a new exhibition, The Theatre Museum: Our Heritage,
on November 5, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Canadian theatre celebrities, including John Neville, Don Harron, Dinah Christie,
Tom Kneebone, Albert Schulz, Allegra Fulton, Ken Gass, Brian Macdonald and others
will attend the gala. Future stars ma y also be spotted, as young actors offer interactive
interpretations of some of the exhibition pieces.
The Theatre Museum: Our Heritage features over 200 artifacts, depicting the
dynamic growth of theatre, opera and ballet in Toronto.
"The exhibition traces the rise of Toronto's theatre, from its days as a touring town
to its present independent stage," said Herbert Whittaker, founding chairman of
the Theatre Museum and designer of the exhibition
The Theatre Museum: Our Heritage is the museum's third exhibition in Toronto. It is
presented in cooperation with the Ontario Heritage Foundation, and will be on view
in the Elgin and Winter Garden's Palladian Lounge until earl y Ma y 2002.
The Theatre Museum Corporation is a registered charitable organization, with a
mandate to collect, document, preserve, study, displa y and interpret the heritage
of theatre in Canada, and to communicate its power and wonder.
10 Adelaide Street East, Toronto, Ontario M5C 1J3 Telephone: (416)325-5015 Facsimile: (416) 314-0744 www.heritagefdn.on.ca 10, rue Adelaide est, Toronto (Ontario) M5C 1J3 Téléphone : (416) 325-5015 Télécopieur : (416) 314-0744 www.heritagefdn.on.ca For further information, contact: The Theatre Museum, Tel: 4 16-83 7-2516, Fax: 4 16-351-02 1 7 . The Ontario Heritage Foundation is a not-for-profit agency of the Government of Ontario, dedicated to preserving, protecting and promoting Ontario’s heritage for all of us to enjoy now, and for others to experience in the future. For more information about the Foundation, visit www.heritagefdn.on.ca. Theatre Museum Gala Opening Fundraiser

Members' Reception: $50
November 5, 2001, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
For more information, contact:
Nona Macdonald: Tel: 4 16-96 1-2516 or Fax: 4 16-968-706 7
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Exhibition Facts

The Theatre Museum: Our Heritage
Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre
Palladian Lounge
18 9 Yonge Street (at Queen Street), Toronto
Open to theatre-goers until Ma y 2002
Public tours: Thursdays: 5 p.m., Saturda y s: 11 a.m.
For groups: 4 16-59 7-0965
French:
The exhibit traces the rise of Toronto's theatres, from its da ys as a touring town to its present independent stage. The evolution of the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre’s productions from vaudev ille to opera, musical and drama, and the theatres' restoration by the Ontario Heritage Foundation are showcased. Among the man y treasures on displa y are a magnificent costume from an Opera Atelier production, a rare print of Jenn y Lind as La Figlia del Reggimento, a model of George Luscombe's theatre for Toronto Workshop Productions and a vintage photograph of the Grand Opera House, which once graced Adelaide Street. For further information, contact: Jane Ricketts, Exhibition Committee Tel: 4 16-962-2992 Fax: 4 16-962-0550 10 Adelaide Street East, Toronto, Ontario M5C 1J3 Telephone: (416)325-5015 Facsimile: (416) 314-0744 www.heritagefdn.on.ca 10, rue Adelaide est, Toronto (Ontario) M5C 1J3 Téléphone : (416) 325-5015 Télécopieur : (416) 314-0744 www.heritagefdn.on.ca

Source: http://www.theatremuseumcanada.ca/media/pdfs/pr_carver_oct252001.pdf