Dora Mavor Moore Awards
On June 27 performers from across the city gathered at The Winter Garden Theatre for the 26 annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards. The sold-out event was produced by our very own Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA, Suite 210) and celebrates excellence in theatre, dance, and opera on Toronto stages. The Doras are named for Dora Mavor Moore, a well-loved teacher and director who helped establish Canadian professional theatre in the 1930s and 40s. Special guest peresenters this year included Mayor David Miller, Brent Carver, and Peggy Baker.
Arts patron Bluma Appel, who gives each Independent Theatre Division winner a special gift of $1000, also received her own Honourary Dora that night in recognition of her philanthropy and committment to the arts.