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Image with photo & text. Eldritch Horrors Plays from the Tomb. To the left of the text, a menacing monster-faced puppet, dressed in a long black coat and top hat, sneers at us.
Image with photo & text. Eldritch Horrors Plays from the Tomb. To the left of the text, a menacing monster-faced puppet, dressed in a long black coat and top hat, sneers at us.

Slasher puppet horror!

Where splatter movies, urban legends, fairytales, Freudian psychology & more collide.

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Eldritch Horrors play readings: The Babysitter

A special staged reading series of Eldritch works unearthed from the grave…

Throughout 2024, like carnal gusts of wind billowing from robbed graves, Eldritch Theatre has been cursing their beloved patrons with Eldritch Horrors: Plays from the Tomb, starting with Zombocalypse! , followed by Dear Boss (2004 Outstanding New Play Dora Award Nomination). Their onslaught of terror reaches its horrifying finale with a reading of another undead classic from the past: The Babysitter (2007 Outstanding Production Dora Award Nomination).

One night only, on Monday, June 10, 2024, Eldritch Theatre concludes its Eldritch Horrors: Plays from the Tomb staged reading series with The Babysitter at Red Sandcastle Theatre. Written by Eric Woolfe, and starring Natalia Bushnik, Kimwun Perehinec and Eric Woolfe.

Don’t go out there alone!

The Babysitter is a darkly comedic coming-of-age fable. Fairytales, 70s and 80s splatter films, urban legends and archetypes, Freudian psychology and hook-handed murderous maniacs collide head on in this staged reading of Eldritch Theatre’s Dora award-winning, slasher puppet horror. Children don’t belong in the oven! Originally created in association with Theatre Direct Canada.

Eric Woolfe is one of the city’s genuine, gloriously obsessive originals. No other local theatre company has as completely-defined an aesthetic as his Eldritch Theatre, which specializes in imaginative, lo-fi, old-school horror and mystery stories, with puppetry and a bit of magic thrown into the mix.

– Glenn Sumi

Image with photo & text. Eldritch Horrors Plays from the Tomb. To the left of the text, a menacing monster-faced puppet, dressed in a long black coat and top hat, sneers at us.

(Photo credits: Eldritch Theatre.)

 

Event details

Hosted by: Eldritch Theatre

Type of event: staged play reading

Written by: Eric Woolfe

Cast: Natalia Bushnik, Kimwun Perehinec & Eric Woolfe

Date: Monday, June 10, 2024

Start time: 7:30 PM ET (Doors open at 7:00 PM)

Duration: 2 hours (including intermission)

Cost: C$20 Advance / $30 At the Door / Eldritch Inner Sanctum Members Only $15 (Not a member? Join them.)

Location: Red Sandcastle Theatre, 922 Queen St. East, Toronto, ON, M4M 2J5

Parking: There is Green P parking on Queen Street East. To get there by TTC, take the 501 Queen or 503 Kingston Road streetcar and get off at Queen St. E. @ Logan Ave. Please check the TTC website for service advisories.

Booking link: Book your tickets here

Contact Details: Eldritch Theatre/Red Sandcastle Theatre, 922 Queen St. East, Toronto, ON, M4M 2J5, Canada; website, adrianna@eldritchtheatre.ca

Content warning: For audiences 14+. Death, dying, murder, slasher movie violence.

Accessibility: The theatre’s Queen St. East entrance has a ramp and a non-automated door. Washrooms are located on the first floor.

COVID-19 policy: The theatre has a HEPA filter. Masks are mandatory in the theatre at all times; no food or drink is allowed inside at this time. Read more.

Refund policy: Please contact the organizer.