NORTHERNERS’ CREATION UNIT 2023PLAYWRIGHTS CABARETOPENING NIGHT  PLAYSMELTER 2023 MAY 11  8PMSUDBURY THEATRE CENTRE, 170 Shaughnessy St, Greater Sudbury, ON P3E 3E7TICKETS $15 At Door  |  Festival Pass (all events) $50 We are delighted to Open PlaySmelter 2023 with a Playwrights Cabaret featuring the artists of our inaugural Northerners' Creation Unit. There will be plenty [...]

  POP-UPS Check our Instagram @patthedogpdc where we’ll be posting more daily pop-up events as they come up! Poetry Pet by Suzanne McCrae May 11-13 @ 6-9PMMay 14 @1-2PMLobby - Sudbury Theatre Centre, 170 Shaughnessy St, Greater Sudbury, ON P3E 3E7 We are delighted to bring back an Audience Favourite from our 10th anniversary PlaySmelter. Northern [...]

  THE INEVITABLE FRANKIE GREEN BY GARRETT M. RYAN MAY 12 7PM SUDBURY THEATRE CENTRE, 170 Shaughnessy St, Greater Sudbury, ON P3E 3E7TICKETS $15 At Door  |  Festival Pass (all events) $50 In an icy tent behind the last McDonald’s before the highway going North, Frankie Green and his sister Eva drift through their bleak [...]

  THE MORNINGTIDE BY ELI CHILTON MAY 12 9PMSUDBURY THEATRE CENTRE, 170 Shaughnessy St, Greater Sudbury, ON P3E 3E7TICKETS $15 At Door  |  Festival Pass (all events) $50 Elder Solomon Peacewin Spring hunts on his grounds alone in the wilderness. This seasons hunt brings plenty of challenges, surprises, and unexpected visitors far from his home [...]

  ARTIST GATHERING: A CONVERSATION ABOUT MAKING ART IN NORTHERN ONTARIO MAY 13 11am-2pmSUDBURY THEATRE CENTRE, 170 Shaughnessy St, Greater Sudbury, ON P3E 3E7 Registration Required: Click here.Event will be available live-in person + virtually via zoom. Following the success of the virtual conversations begun in 2020 at the Together But Apart – Conference on Touring [...]

  CALLING THE ROCK HOME BY KAREN THISTLE MAY 13 7PMSUDBURY THEATRE CENTRE, 170 Shaughnessy St, Greater Sudbury, ON P3E 3E7TICKETS $15 At Door  |  Festival Pass (all events) $50 An original, new play about the men who migrated from Newfoundland to mine and make Northern ON their home. The year is 1968 and these [...]

  SUDBURY SATURGAY NIGHT BY ALEX TÉTREAULT MAY 13 9PMSUDBURY THEATRE CENTRE, 170 Shaughnessy St, Greater Sudbury, ON P3E 3E7TICKETS $15 At Door  |  Festival Pass (all events) $50 A young queer kid enters Zigs, Sudbury’s gay bar, for the very first—and possibly final—time. Disillusioned with life in the crater, he dreams of taking off [...]

OPENING RECEPTION THURSDAY MAY 2 @ 6-8PMSUDBURY THEATRE CENTRE, 170 SHAUGHNESSY STREET, SUDBURY We are over-the-moon to open our 12th PlaySmelter Northern New Works Festival alongside partners that share our passion, vision and commitment to the voices and stories of Northern Ontarian artists. PlaySmelter’24 is delighted to host in-person Tova Arbus, Artistic Director of Sault [...]

  EKATERINA BY JAKE DEETH TICKETS MAY 3 @ 9:00PMSUDBURY THEATRE CENTRE, 170 SHAUGHNESSY STREET, SUDBURYTICKETS $5-20 using link above or also available at the door. Ekaterina is a dark comedy that follows the story of Katya, a female brown bear, who was sentenced to life in a human prison in Russia. After fifteen years [...]

Three little birds, fiddle playing by the fire in the Shire ~ Jackie Bradshaw THE COVERT COLLECTIVE FEMME ARTS PROJECTIONS MAY 2, 3 AND 4 @ 9:00 - 10:30PMSUDBURY THEATRE CENTRE, 170 SHAUGHNESSY STREET, SUDBURY FEMME FOLKS FEST is our sister festival held in Waterloo Region annually each March. The COVERT Collective is a gathering of [...]

POP-UPS SUDBURY THEATRE CENTRE, 170 SHAUGHNESSY STREET, SUDBURY Join Sudbury makers at this year's pop-up market featuring books, food, plants, things to wear and treasure! Stop by their table and talk with local makers about their craft and maybe find that perfect little gift for yourself! They will be in the lobby 1 hour before [...]

  THE QUICKEST GUN IN THE NORTH BY GARRETT M. RYAN TICKETS THURSDAY MAY 2 @ 9PMSUDBURY THEATRE CENTRE, 170 SHAUGHNESSY STREET, SUDBURYTICKETS $5-20 using link above or also available at the door. The Quickest Gun in the North… a Southerner in pursuit of vengeance arrives in Mattawa seeking the help of the outlaw known [...]

  HOW A BEAR DIES BY JACOB MAYBE TICKETS MAY 3 @ 7:00PMSUDBURY THEATRE CENTRE, 170 SHAUGHNESSY STREET, SUDBURYTICKETS $5-20 using link above or also available at the door. "How A Bear Dies" is the story about a backcountry butcher yearning for the respect of his community. He dreams of throwing a legendary dinner party [...]

  AVERT YOUR GAYS BY ALEX TÉTREAULT TICKETS MAY 4 @ 9:00PMSUDBURY THEATRE CENTRE, 170 SHAUGHNESSY STREET, SUDBURYTICKETS $5-20 using link above or also available at the door. Sam and Max have been inseparable best friends since they were knee-high to a grasshopper. But now, despite being neighbours, Max has never felt further away. Sam is [...]

  THE NOWS BY AVERY MCMILLAN TICKETS MAY 4 @ 7:00PMSUDBURY THEATRE CENTRE, 170 SHAUGHNESSY STREET, SUDBURYTICKETS $5-20 using link above or also available at the door. The Nows is a story about three friends and a cactus called back to a long summer by the lake. Lavender, Mar, and Eunice are tested in their [...]