EXCERPT: "As I speak to Molly Thom, one of the longest-serving members of Toronto’s all-woman Alumnae Theatre Company, a fire alarm goes off every 20 minutes. At first, the noise is a nuisance, but before long, I come to think of the shrill sound as being kind of funny, full of irony and coincidence..."
EPISODE NOTES "Adara and Kenzie visit the quaint Alumnae Theatre in downtown Toronto. This Firehall turned theatre has seen a lot of activity over the years, some of which is paranormal. This place has the most ghost stories out of any the places we've been to. Kenzie was surprisingly not scared..."
EXCERPT: "I never met British Columbia-born architect Ron Thom (1923-1986), but his love for his adopted city comes through in Exploring Toronto, a lovely little architectural guidebook put out by the Toronto Chapter of Architects in 1972. Twelve illustrated walks authored by a who's who of Toronto Modernists – Jack Diamond, Barton Myers, Macy DuBois, Eberhard Zeidler and Jerome Markson to name a few – now serve as my own personal time machine..."
City TV News Published December 21, 2009 | by Shawne McKeown Read full City TV News article here: Theatre in Small Spaces >
EXCERPT: "Two other-worldly beings are said to live in the building. The spirit of a deceased Alumnae lighting designer named Tom has actually been seen, as the story goes, and the presence of a dead firefighter is often felt in several rooms. Tom inhabits the studio theatre. Two actors spotted him when they were rehearsing a New Ideas show late one night. They were the last ones in the building and were heading out the door when they heard a noise coming from the attic. So they went upstairs and they saw a guy up a ladder and said ‘we were just about to leave, do you want us to lock up?’ and he said ‘no it’s okay, I’ll do it’,” McCulloch said. McCulloch said the presence of the fireman has been felt, not surprisingly, in the basement, in the main stairwell and he’s apparently responsible for some unexplained noises in the studio. 'Every night when I leave, if I’m the last one in the building, I close the door, turn out the lights, and say Goodnight!’ she admitted..."