About Us

TMT's mission is to bring the centuries-old art form of the masque alive for contemporary audiences. TMT presents multimedia performances combining elements of theatre, music, and dance from the Renaissance to today.

Highlights of past seasons include:

• Masques of Orpheus: Major works by Marc-Antoine Charpentier and James Rolfe, broadcast on CBC Radio 2.
• Masques for a Reaney Day: A celebration of Canadian poet James Reaney, featuring a world premiere by Abigail Richardson, an 'auditory masque' by John Beckwith, and Reaney's play One-Man Masque.
• The Fairy Queen, Dioclesian, Dido and Aeneas and The Indian Queen: The first four productions in our ongoing Purcell Cycle which brought together multi-talented performers on the stage of Glenn Gould Studio, the Young Centre for the Performing Arts and the Betty Oliphant Theatre.
• Masques of Love: A Valentine's Day celebration at the Gladstone Hotel, with blues guitars, lute, a madrigal group, and cabaret singer exploring love through the ages.
• A Scottish Masque: A special show with “Shaggy Haggis” and TMT regulars Meredith Hall, Terry McKenna and Avery MacLean for CBC Radio’s OnStage Series at the Glenn Gould Studio.
• Commedia: A multi-media evening featuring the tour de force baroque ballet Les caracteres de la danse, the play Aria da capo by Edna St. Vincent Millay, a film by the award-winning Clyde Henry Productions and music by Debussy, Lully, Vivaldi and Jean-Feury Rebel.
• Masques of War: A triple-bill featuring The Siege of Quebec by Frantisek Kotzwara, Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda by Claudio Monteverdi and L'Histoire du Soldat by Igor Stravinsky.

Audiences and critics have praised TMT for the high standards of its shows and the warm and inclusive performing atmosphere.