Since 1974 DSP’s objectives have been all about quality and accessibility: To present challenging and entertaining plays with an emphasis on innovative acting, directing and design, and to produce these plays keeping costs low so that live theatre can be accessible to all members of the community. Committed to producing many Canadian  plays, DSP also supports the work of local playwrights. Our shows are always chosen by the director, not by a committee, so there’s passion for the piece right from the beginning.

Jan. 22 at 3 p.m. is DSP’s 5th benefit for Friends of the Oshawa Public Library and includes Sunday dinner at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery before or after the show. Tickets for this date are $60 available only with the meal package; a charitable tax receipt will be issued for part of the total. Reservations for Jan. 22 may be made by calling Judith Edmondson at 905-725-7127.

"A fairy tale for adults."  

(George F. Walker about his 1987 play Beautiful City)      

"Anxiety remains the sanest response, and laughter the surest defence."

(Chris Johnson on the writing of George F. Walker)

Tony:  ...Or better still, buy a condo. 

Gina Mae:  Yuk. 

Jane:  We hate those things.  Living in those things is like living away from...you know...life. 

Tony:  That's what's so great about them.  Life sucks.  People shouldn't have to go anywhere near it.  I've got this plan. Tunnels.  I'm going to connect all the major downtown living areas by tunnels.  Then I'll issue keys to these tunnels so people can visit their friends. But they don't have to meet a lot of strangers on the way.

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Contact Us

Theatre Address:

Arts Resource Centre
45 Queen St., Oshawa, Ontario L1H 3Z2
dsp@durhamshoestring.org

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Directions:

Click on the Map above,  to find your best route to our theatre. 

The Durham Shoestring Performers' stage is on the second floor of the Arts Resource Centre, fully accessible by modern elevator indoors and by ramp outside. The theatre space is an intimate 105 seat venue with no seat farther than 25 feet from the action!

Parking is free at night and quite plentiful. If the lot closest to the building is full, there's more parking on the south side of the Robert McLaughlin Gallery. Occasionally there is some congestion on weeknights if City Hall, the Library and the Arts Resource Centre are all holding events simultaneously.

DSP is a member of Theatre Ontario, the Association of Community Theatres -Central Ontario and the Pine Ridge Arts Council.