Bob Nasmith Innovation Backspace
Occupying company
Seating Capacity
45
Website
https://www.passemuraille.ca/venue-rental/backspace-theatre/
Address
16 Ryerson Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M5T 2P3
Intimate performance and rehearsal space. Maximum capacity 55 people. Basic rental includes technician, lighting and sound equipment, green and dressing rooms, front of house staff and box office services.
(passemuraille.on.ca)
Recent and Upcoming Productions
| 1 Santosh Santosh 2 Go: Tosh Finds His Groove | July 5th, 2024 – July 14th, 2024 |
| Desperate Measures | July 4th, 2024 – July 14th, 2024 |
| Pretty Beast | July 4th, 2024 – July 13th, 2024 |
| Gulp | July 4th, 2024 – July 13th, 2024 |
| Daniel in Love (For One Night Only)! | July 3rd, 2024 – July 14th, 2024 |
| POZ | July 3rd, 2024 – July 13th, 2024 |
| Elephant Song | July 3rd, 2024 – July 13th, 2024 |
| Sheila The Musical | July 3rd, 2024 – July 14th, 2024 |
| When You Close Your Eyes | June 12th, 2024 – June 17th, 2024 |
| The Mine | May 3rd, 2024 – May 4th, 2024 |
| Fiji | March 29th, 2024 – April 7th, 2024 |
| ONE NIGHT ONLY | July 6th, 2023 – July 15th, 2023 |
| Jessie and Me | July 6th, 2023 – July 15th, 2023 |
| something fishy | July 6th, 2023 – July 15th, 2023 |
| Arabic School Dropout | July 5th, 2023 – July 16th, 2023 |
| Are You Catching What I’m Throwing? | July 5th, 2023 – July 16th, 2023 |
| Corporate Finch | July 5th, 2023 – July 16th, 2023 |
| The Rage of Narcissus | May 17th, 2023 – May 28th, 2023 |
| The Year of the Cello | October 15th, 2022 – October 29th, 2022 |
| Children of Fire | October 6th, 2022 – October 9th, 2022 |
| SIBS | December 5th, 2019 – December 15th, 2019 |
| Poly Queer Love Ballad | November 26th, 2019 – December 1st, 2019 |
| Girl in the Machine | November 14th, 2019 – November 24th, 2019 |
| The Cult of Dalkhilu | October 24th, 2019 – November 2nd, 2019 |
| The Worst: a DoFo inspired musical | July 5th, 2019 – July 13th, 2019 |
| Closet Confessions: The Secrets of a Hot Mess | July 5th, 2019 – July 14th, 2019 |
| The Weight of It All | July 4th, 2019 – July 13th, 2019 |
| Please Stand Clear | July 4th, 2019 – July 14th, 2019 |
| Sweet Kisses – Tender Limbs | July 4th, 2019 – July 14th, 2019 |
| Old-ish | July 3rd, 2019 – July 13th, 2019 |
| The ADHD Project | July 3rd, 2019 – July 13th, 2019 |
| Allegra & Serena present: Twinsations | July 3rd, 2019 – July 14th, 2019 |
| Blood + Soil | April 25th, 2019 – May 5th, 2019 |
| The Chemical Valley Project | April 4th, 2019 – April 20th, 2019 |
| Chicho | March 7th, 2019 – March 24th, 2019 |
| Everybody Dies in December | February 6th, 2019 – February 10th, 2019 |
| Drunk Girl | February 6th, 2019 – February 10th, 2019 |
| Skyline | December 6th, 2018 – December 16th, 2018 |
| Scorch | November 15th, 2018 – December 2nd, 2018 |
| Will You Be My Friend | October 25th, 2018 – November 11th, 2018 |
| Krapp’s Last Tape | October 4th, 2018 – October 21st, 2018 |
| The Valley | September 13th, 2018 – September 23rd, 2018 |
| Inch of Your Life: Episode 3 / The Last Bit | July 18th, 2018 – July 28th, 2018 |
| Stories From the Fringe | July 6th, 2018 – July 15th, 2018 |
| jem rolls: I, IDIOT | July 6th, 2018 – July 15th, 2018 |
| Full Body Pull | July 5th, 2018 – July 14th, 2018 |
| The Brothers Gentle | July 5th, 2018 – July 15th, 2018 |
| Rhymes with Wow | July 5th, 2018 – July 15th, 2018 |
| Al Lafrance: I Think I’m Dead | July 4th, 2018 – July 14th, 2018 |
| Everyone Wants A T-Shirt! | July 4th, 2018 – July 14th, 2018 |
| We’ll Be Better Tomorrow | July 4th, 2018 – July 14th, 2018 |
| Life Assignment | June 21st, 2018 – June 24th, 2018 |
| Inch of Your Life: Episode 2 / The Middle Part | May 9th, 2018 – May 19th, 2018 |
| Criminal Genius | May 3rd, 2018 – May 6th, 2018 |
| Take d Milk, Nah? | April 10th, 2018 – April 28th, 2018 |
| Inch of Your Life: Episode 1 / The Pilot | March 8th, 2018 – March 17th, 2018 |
| Krapp’s Last Tape | January 18th, 2018 – February 11th, 2018 |
| The Hungriest Woman in the World | December 6th, 2017 – December 17th, 2017 |
| Cake | November 17th, 2017 – December 3rd, 2017 |
| “Grab ‘Em by the Pussy” or How To Stop Worrying & Love the Bomb | October 26th, 2017 – November 5th, 2017 |
| Let’s Go! | September 27th, 2017 – October 8th, 2017 |
| Nasty Woman | July 7th, 2017 – July 16th, 2017 |
| The Moaning Yoni | July 7th, 2017 – July 15th, 2017 |
| Graham Clark’s Not Here | July 6th, 2017 – July 15th, 2017 |
| Madeleine Says Sorry | July 6th, 2017 – July 16th, 2017 |
| Ten Creative Ways to Dispose of Your Cremains | July 6th, 2017 – July 16th, 2017 |
| 13 Ways the World Ends | July 5th, 2017 – July 15th, 2017 |
| Soaring in Liquid Skies | July 5th, 2017 – July 16th, 2017 |
| Welcome to the Bunker! | July 5th, 2017 – July 15th, 2017 |
| The Good Doctor Holmes & His Children of God | May 11th, 2017 – May 21st, 2017 |
| Sound of the Beast | April 13th, 2017 – May 7th, 2017 |
| S—- / W——- | March 3rd, 2017 – March 12th, 2017 |
| In On It | February 8th, 2017 – February 12th, 2017 |
| Alien Creature | January 12th, 2017 – February 5th, 2017 |
| The Angry Brigade | November 24th, 2016 – December 4th, 2016 |
| Swan | November 4th, 2016 – November 13th, 2016 |
| Bill Clinton Hercules | October 19th, 2016 – October 23rd, 2016 |
| One Three Hill | October 8th, 2016 – October 11th, 2016 |
| Aunt Dan and Lemon | September 14th, 2016 – September 25th, 2016 |
| We Are XX | July 1st, 2016 – July 10th, 2016 |
| Ring A Ding Dong Dandy | July 1st, 2016 – July 9th, 2016 |
| Birthday Cake | June 30th, 2016 – July 10th, 2016 |
| Fractals | June 30th, 2016 – July 10th, 2016 |
| Instagraham | June 30th, 2016 – July 9th, 2016 |
| Cut Up | June 29th, 2016 – July 10th, 2016 |
| A Lover Improper | June 29th, 2016 – July 9th, 2016 |
| YellowZoned | June 29th, 2016 – July 9th, 2016 |
| Up from Under the Basin | June 14th, 2016 – June 19th, 2016 |
| She Mami Wata & The Pussy WitchHunt | May 4th, 2016 – May 22nd, 2016 |
| Caught | March 31st, 2016 – April 24th, 2016 |
| Pyaasa | March 3rd, 2016 – March 27th, 2016 |
| The Trial of Judith K. | January 28th, 2016 – February 14th, 2016 |
| Licking Knives | December 9th, 2015 – December 20th, 2015 |
| Man to Man | December 9th, 2015 – December 20th, 2015 |
| Paradise Lost | November 25th, 2015 – December 6th, 2015 |
| Heretic | November 11th, 2015 – November 22nd, 2015 |
| The Ties that Bind | November 4th, 2015 – November 8th, 2015 |
| Baram & Snieckus: You and Me Both | October 21st, 2015 – November 1st, 2015 |
| They Say He Fell | October 2nd, 2015 – October 18th, 2015 |
| Hooked | September 16th, 2015 – September 27th, 2015 |
| Castor and Sylvie | August 8th, 2015 – August 16th, 2015 |
| This is Where We Live | August 7th, 2015 – August 16th, 2015 |
| Better Angels: A Parable | August 7th, 2015 – August 16th, 2015 |
| The Tall Building | August 6th, 2015 – August 16th, 2015 |
| Ayelen | August 6th, 2015 – August 11th, 2015 |
| First Time Last Time | July 10th, 2015 – June 21st, 2015 |
| I Love You, Judy Merril | July 3rd, 2015 – July 12th, 2015 |
| Feel Good Lost | July 3rd, 2015 – July 12th, 2015 |
| Washed Up | July 2nd, 2015 – July 12th, 2015 |
| The Real Housewives of Murder | July 2nd, 2015 – July 11th, 2015 |
| The Weaker Vessels: Public Displays of Narcissism | July 2nd, 2015 – July 11th, 2015 |
| Life Records | July 1st, 2015 – July 12th, 2015 |
| A Nurse’s Worst Nightmare | July 1st, 2015 – July 11th, 2015 |
| XOXO: The Relationship Show | July 1st, 2015 – July 11th, 2015 |
| The Show that Smells or The Last Temptation of Jimmie Rodgers | May 13th, 2015 – May 31st, 2015 |
| Hooked | April 16th, 2015 – May 10th, 2015 |
| My Dinner with Casey Donovan | March 11th, 2015 – March 22nd, 2015 |
| R-E-B-E-C-C-A | February 5th, 2015 – March 1st, 2015 |
| Sonnets for an Old Century | January 14th, 2015 – January 17th, 2015 |
| Fishskin Trousers | November 20th, 2014 – December 7th, 2014 |
| My Treasure Island!!! | October 24th, 2014 – November 16th, 2014 |
| The Thing Between Us | October 2nd, 2014 – October 19th, 2014 |
| Unknown Soldier | August 9th, 2014 – August 16th, 2014 |
| Graceful Rebellions | August 7th, 2014 – August 16th, 2014 |
| Half Girl/Half Face | August 7th, 2014 – August 15th, 2014 |
| Against Gravity | August 7th, 2014 – August 16th, 2014 |
| Licking Knives | July 4th, 2014 – July 13th, 2014 |
| Sean and Steven Run for Mayor | July 4th, 2014 – July 13th, 2014 |
| Here After | July 3rd, 2014 – July 13th, 2014 |
| Lost and Found | July 3rd, 2014 – July 12th, 2014 |
| Only Human | July 3rd, 2014 – July 12th, 2014 |
| Baker’s Dozen | July 2nd, 2014 – July 13th, 2014 |
| Great Battles in History | July 2nd, 2014 – July 12th, 2014 |
| 2-Man No-Show: 4D | July 2nd, 2014 – July 12th, 2014 |
| Blood Moon | June 11th, 2014 – June 21st, 2014 |
| Abigail’s Party | April 22nd, 2014 – May 10th, 2014 |
| The Miller and His Wife | March 6th, 2014 – March 15th, 2014 |
| Shrew | February 15th, 2014 – March 2nd, 2014 |
| Pith! | January 16th, 2014 – February 2nd, 2014 |
| Heaven Above Heaven Below | November 14th, 2013 – December 7th, 2013 |
| The Nefarious Bed & Breakfast | October 29th, 2013 – November 9th, 2013 |
| Crash | October 1st, 2013 – October 19th, 2013 |
| In a Forest Dark & Deep | September 12th, 2013 – September 21st, 2013 |
| Broken | August 9th, 2013 – August 18th, 2013 |
| Oubliette | August 8th, 2013 – August 17th, 2013 |
| Tender Napalm | August 8th, 2013 – August 17th, 2013 |
| Good People Bad Things | August 8th, 2013 – August 18th, 2013 |
| Jackie’s Not a Real Girl | August 8th, 2013 – August 17th, 2013 |
| Offers of Home | July 18th, 2013 – July 28th, 2013 |
| Weaksauce | July 4th, 2013 – July 14th, 2013 |
| The Nature of a Bullet | July 4th, 2013 – July 14th, 2013 |
| Polly Polly | July 4th, 2013 – July 13th, 2013 |
| The 8th Day | July 3rd, 2013 – July 13th, 2013 |
| Fort Isabel | July 3rd, 2013 – July 13th, 2013 |
| The State of Tennessee | June 20th, 2013 – June 29th, 2013 |
| Gwen Powers | March 22nd, 2013 – April 6th, 2013 |
| Eirlys & Eckhart | March 6th, 2013 – March 16th, 2013 |
| The De Chardin Project | February 7th, 2013 – February 17th, 2013 |
| Like A Generation | January 10th, 2013 – January 12th, 2013 |
| It’s A Wonderful Toronto: The Rob Ford Holiday Spectacular! | December 11th, 2012 – December 22nd, 2012 |
| The 501: Toronto in Transit | November 29th, 2012 – December 8th, 2012 |
| A Song for Tomorrow | August 11th, 2012 – August 19th, 2012 |
| Ally & Kev | August 9th, 2012 – August 18th, 2012 |
| Pietà | August 9th, 2012 – August 19th, 2012 |
| Dirty Butterfly | July 6th, 2012 – July 15th, 2012 |
| Fake News Fangirl | July 5th, 2012 – July 14th, 2012 |
| Botched | July 5th, 2012 – July 15th, 2012 |
| With Love and a Major Organ | July 5th, 2012 – July 15th, 2012 |
| Crash | May 1st, 2012 – May 13th, 2012 |
| Derailed | April 30th, 2012 |
| Dani Girl | February 16th, 2012 – March 4th, 2012 |
| No Exit | January 24th, 2012 – February 4th, 2012 |
| Jesus Chrysler | November 29th, 2011 – December 11th, 2011 |
| Ditch | November 2nd, 2011 – November 20th, 2011 |
| Those Who Can’t Do… | October 11th, 2011 – October 29th, 2011 |
| Still Life | August 5th, 2011 – August 14th, 2011 |
| Lizardboy | August 5th, 2011 – August 14th, 2011 |
| Morning Glory | August 4th, 2011 – August 13th, 2011 |
| Strange Mary Strange | August 4th, 2011 – August 14th, 2011 |
| This Wide Night | July 20th, 2011 – July 31st, 2011 |
| Sex, Religion, and Other Hang-Ups | July 8th, 2011 – July 17th, 2011 |
| The River Lady | May 4th, 2011 – May 14th, 2011 |
| Check Out | April 8th, 2011 – April 9th, 2011 |
| I | March 30th, 2011 – April 2nd, 2011 |
| Morro and Jasp Gone Wild | March 15th, 2011 – March 26th, 2011 |
| The Long Red Road | March 2nd, 2011 – March 12th, 2011 |
| Highway 63: The Fort Mac Show | February 8th, 2011 – February 26th, 2011 |
| Oh My Irma | January 11th, 2011 – January 29th, 2011 |
| The Cure for Everything | November 16th, 2010 – December 4th, 2010 |
| Rising Below the Sun | September 9th, 2010 – September 11th, 2010 |
| Hard Times | September 5th, 2010 – October 16th, 2010 |
| All of Him | August 6th, 2010 – August 15th, 2010 |
| Kayak | August 6th, 2010 – August 15th, 2010 |
| IXOK’ | August 5th, 2010 – August 15th, 2010 |
| I Was Barbie | August 5th, 2010 – August 15th, 2010 |
| The Saddest Girl in the World | August 5th, 2010 – August 15th, 2010 |
| You & Me and Me & You | July 1st, 2010 – July 10th, 2010 |
| The Centre of Everything Civilised | June 30th, 2010 – July 10th, 2010 |
| Pu-Erh | May 6th, 2010 – May 15th, 2010 |
| Crocosmia | April 14th, 2010 – April 24th, 2010 |
| Morro and Jasp Do Puberty | March 16th, 2010 – March 20th, 2010 |
| Future Folk | February 24th, 2010 – March 13th, 2010 |
| Such Creatures | January 20th, 2010 – February 7th, 2010 |
| Letters to My Grandma | November 25th, 2009 – December 12th, 2009 |
| Gas Girls | November 5th, 2009 – November 14th, 2009 |
| Salt Baby | October 8th, 2009 – October 17th, 2009 |
| Greenland | August 7th, 2009 – August 15th, 2009 |
| Job’s Wife | August 7th, 2009 – August 16th, 2009 |
| My Funny Valentine | August 6th, 2009 – August 16th, 2009 |
| Sara Hennessey Town | July 3rd, 2009 – July 12th, 2009 |
| Straight. (From That Side of Town) | July 2nd, 2009 – July 12th, 2009 |
| Fish Face | July 2nd, 2009 – July 11th, 2009 |
| Tijuana Cure | March 10th, 2009 – March 28th, 2009 |
| Letters to my Grandma | March 3rd, 2009 – March 8th, 2009 |
| You Fancy Yourself | January 27th, 2009 – February 14th, 2009 |
| Legoland | November 14th, 2008 – December 6th, 2008 |
| Pyaasa | October 22nd, 2008 – November 15th, 2008 |
| Crush | August 8th, 2008 – August 17th, 2008 |
| The Emergency Monologues | August 7th, 2008 – August 17th, 2008 |
| Rendezvous With Home | August 7th, 2008 – August 17th, 2008 |
| Domestic | July 4th, 2008 – July 12th, 2008 |
| Madre | January 29th, 2008 – February 17th, 2008 |
| The Unfortunate Misadventures of Masha Galinski | November 21st, 2007 – December 2nd, 2007 |
| Joe: The Perfect Man | November 7th, 2007 – November 18th, 2007 |
| Unicorn Horns | November 7th, 2007 – November 18th, 2007 |
| Pyaasa | September 25th, 2007 – September 30th, 2007 |
| Invisible Tears | May 25th, 2007 – June 3rd, 2007 |
| The Devil You Don’t Know | September 28th, 2006 – October 8th, 2006 |
| The Russian Play | August 3rd, 2006 – August 13th, 2006 |
| Delirium | August 3rd, 2006 – August 13th, 2006 |
| 3 Squares a Day | February 16th, 2006 – March 12th, 2006 |
| Hamlet (solo) | January 4th, 2006 – January 21st, 2006 |
