David Hope

The AFC has announced the Reactivation Program – direct financial assistance for independent, self-employed, and gig workers in the live performance sector who are experiencing financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Experience the greatest music of the '60s, '70s and '80s with 'DECADES REWIND,' a rock & roll extravaganza featuring a live 15-piece band performing medleys of your favorite hits, spanning 30 years!

Thanks to the fundraising efforts of the U.S.- based national touring companies of WICKED and THE BOOK OF MORMON, a total of $193,857 has been raised this fall for the Actors' Fund of Canada, the lifeline for Canada's entertainment industry. The money, raised by WICKED and THE BOOK OF MORMON company members as part of U.S.-based Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS fall 2014 fundraising campaign, will help support vulnerable members of the Canadian entertainment industry who are facing injury, illness or other crisis situations.

Guy Fieri heats up Food Network's primetime lineup with the season two premiere of Guy's Grocery Games on Sunday, May 11th at 8pm, as four talented chefs compete in cooking challenges inspired by obstacles that home shoppers face in the supermarket aisles every day.

After a triumphant fundraising performance of The Producers for the Actors' Fund in 2010, Talk Is Free Theatre (TIFT) followed up with a fundraising, concert performance of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. The performance was held on Sunday, February 10 at 8PM at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts, Historic Distillery District in Toronto and raised over 30k! Scroll below for photos from the event!

After a triumphant fundraising performance of The Producers for the Actors' Fund in 2010, Talk Is Free Theatre (TIFT) is delighted to follow up with a fundraising, concert performance of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. The performance will be held on Sunday, February 10 at 8PM at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts, Historic Distillery District in Toronto.

Fleming's group menu will be Filet Mignon with Fleming's potatoes, Tuna Mignon with grilled asparagus or New Zealand Lamb Chops with roasted plum tomatoes.

Rehearsals start next week for a fundraising, concert performance of The Producers for the Actors' Fund of Canada. One performance only will be held on Monday, September 13 at 8PM at the Jane Mallett Theatre, produced by Barrie's Talk is Free Theatre.

Rehearsals start next week for a fundraising, concert performance of The Producers for the Actors' Fund of Canada. One performance only will be held on Monday, September 13 at 8PM at the Jane Mallett Theatre, produced by Barrie's Talk is Free Theatre.

The Actors' Fund of Canada announced today that Sondheim in September, a concert series featuring stars of Canadian musical theatre that took place in September and October, raised a total of $10,000 for the Fund.

Canadian audiences showed their generosity with $54,000 in donations to the Actors' Fund of Canada and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA) during the recent Canadian tour of A Chorus Line's US National Company.

The Actors' Fund of Canada announced today that, with a donation of 25% of the proceeds of its February 2009 sale of furniture, wardrobe and props, CBC-TV's Royal Canadian Air Farce has kicked off the 2009 Actors' Fund TV Charity Challenge by raising a total of $10,800 for the Fund. The series wrapped at the end of December, 2008.

The Actors' Fund of Canada announced today that CBC-TV's Heartland has won the 2008 Actors' Fund Canadian TV Charity Challenge, raising a total of $11,700 with a community fundraising barbeque, held in October 2008. Runner-up status goes to Shaftesbury's The Listener, with a total of $3,319 raised through an on set raffle. Other participants in the Challenge included The CW's Reaper, CBC-TV's Sophie, and Shaftesbury's Connor Undercover, whose efforts combined with those of the frontrunners to help the Fund realize a total of $16,200 in proceeds from the Challenge.

The Actors? Fund of Canada today announced donations from eight locals of the IATSE totalling $47,800. The donations were made in 2008 and cap a year in which $95,812 in contributions flowed from the IATSE to the Fund.

The Actors' Fund of Canada announced today that two Shaftesbury Films projects: The Listener (CTV) and Connor Undercover (Family Channel) are the final entrants in the running for the Actors' Fund of Canada's 2008 TV Charity Challenge. The Challenge pits TV series shot in Canada against each other in a good-natured rivalry to raise money for the Fund, each vying for bragging rights as the production that can have the most fun while raising the most money for the Actors' Fund. Connor Undercover, a kids comedy series, has completed its fundraising for the Challenge, while the one-hour drama series, The Listener is expected to announce its results when production wraps on January 29. The Actors' Fund of Canada is the lifeline for Canada's entertainment industry. Performers and others who work behind the scenes in film and television, theatre, music and dance can apply for emergency financial aid from the Fund, which recently set a new record for the amount of financial aid delivered to industry members in a single year, topping $500,000 in 2008. The Fund has helped over 10,000 entertainment industry workers recover from illness, injury or other circumstances causing severe economic and personal hardship since it was founded in 1958. Commenting on The Listener's entry, Producer Manny Danelon said: 'We are very happy to participate in the Challenge this year and we hope that we can help to increase support for the Actors' Fund throughout the production community. It's a fund that is there for any of us who find ourselves in serious trouble. We all hope that we will never need the Actors' Fund ourselves but we're all better off for having it there to call upon in a time of crisis or need.'

In their latest example of cross-border cooperation, two entertainment industry charities are sharing $32,000 after cast members of the US national touring company of Jersey Boys collected donations from audiences during their stop in Toronto in the last two weeks of November. The Toronto-based Actors' Fund of Canada and New York-based Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA) have collaborated in the past, sharing donations collected from audiences at other shows on Broadway and in Toronto. Jersey Boys' fundraising success came in the weeks prior to installing a new, mostly Canadian cast to carry the show through to March 1. It follows on the heels of Actors' Fund curtain speech fundraisers at Dancap's Toronto revival of The Drowsy Chaperone last season and performances of Avenue Q, presented by the company in the fall of 2008. Commenting on the relationship between the Actors' Fund and his company, Dancap President Aubrey Dan said: 'Dancap Productions is delighted to assist the Actors' Fund of Canada in any way possible. We have the greatest respect for artists and those who work with them to create and perform the top-notch productions Canada offers to the world. We know the Actors' Fund does extremely valuable work for members of our industry and we endorse it wholeheartedly.'

Two entertainment industry charities: The Toronto-based Actors' Fund of Canada and New York-based Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA)are able to increase their service to the community by a total of $63,000 this winter courtesy of audiences attending Toronto performances of A Chorus Line during the last two weeks of November. The show was presented by Mirvish Productions at the Canon Theatre.

In an effort to eliminate cell phone disruptions during performances, the Manitoba Theatre Centre is launching Good Vibrations, a campaign to encourage theatre patrons to turn off their cell phones in the theatre.