Poor Alex Theatre, Theatre venue in Toronto, Canada
Poor Alex Theatre was a performance space with about 200 seats located at the intersection of Brunswick and Bloor Streets in Toronto. The venue later relocated to Dundas Street West, where it offered professional staging equipment for various types of performances.
The theatre opened during the 1960s in Toronto's Annex neighborhood in a building owned by Ed Mirvish and took its name as a reference to the Royal Alexandra Theatre. It provided a space for emerging artists to explore and present new forms of work.
The venue served as the first home for the Jest Society, a performance group that later became the nationally recognized Royal Canadian Air Farce. Artists used the space to experiment with comedy and theatrical performances that shaped Toronto's entertainment scene.
The space was small and intimate, which created close connections between performers and audiences. Its location in the heart of Toronto made it easy to reach and attracted regular visitors from across the city.
The theatre presented a 1966 production featuring Mr. Dressup with Casey and Finnegan called The Tickle Trunk, a memorable moment in Canadian entertainment history. This show demonstrated how the space blended puppet theatre with live comedy performance.
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