We’re Gonna Take a Bow!

 

ActOUT! has a long and glorious history of productions. From musicals to dramas, from comedies to whodunnits and horror, since 1995 actOUT! has performed them all!

We take pleasure in the work we have done. We are impressed with the talents and efforts of our actors, singers and dancers. We are pleased with the efforts of our many volunteers.

Winner                             Local Entertainers - Waterloo Chronicle   Readers Choice Awards - 2012-2.png
Winner                             Best Live Theatre - Waterloo Chronicle   Readers Choice Awards - 2019.png
Nominee                             Best Summer Camps - Waterloo Record   Readers Choice       Awards - 2021.png
Nominee                             Best Kids Camps - Waterloo Record   Readers Choice       Awards - 2021.png
Winner                             Local Entertainers - Waterloo Chronicle   Readers Choice Awards - 2013.png
Winner                             Best Theatre Instructors - Waterloo Chronicle   Readers Choice Awards - 2021.png
Nominee                             Best Theatre Instructors - Waterloo Record   Readers Choice       Awards - 2021.png
Nominee                             Best Live Theatre - Waterloo Record   Readers Choice       Awards - 2021.png
Winner                             Local Entertainers - Waterloo Chronicle   Readers Choice Awards - 2014.png
Winner                             Best Childrens Entertainment - Waterloo Chronicle   Readers Choice Awards - 2021.png
Nominee                             Best Childrens Entertainment - Waterloo Record   Readers Choice       Awards - 2021.png
Winner                             Best Live Theatre - Waterloo Chronicle   Readers Choice Awards - 2017.png
Winner                             Best Childrens Entertainment - Waterloo Chronicle   Readers Choice Awards - 2021.png
Winner                             Best Live Theatre - Waterloo Chronicle   Readers Choice Awards - 2018.png
Winner                             Best Kids Camps - Waterloo Chronicle   Readers Choice Awards - 2021.png

We are honoured that actOUT! won the 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2019 Waterloo Chronicle's Reader's Choice Awards for Local Entertainers and the 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021and 2022 award for Best Live Theatre and the 2021 award for Best Children's Entertainment, Kids Camps, Summer Camps and the 2022 Waterloo Region Record Reader’s Choice for Best Theatre Instructors!

So if you don’t mind, we’re gonna take a bow!

Shows from actOUT!'s Production History

  • 101 Dalmatians KIDS

  • The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland

  • Aladdin & the Wonderful Lamp

  • Aladdin JR

  • Alice in Wonderland

  • All I Really Need To Know I Learned By Being In a Bad Murder Mystery

  • All I Really Need To Know I Learned By Being In a Bad Play

  • Anne of Green Gables

  • Annie JR

  • AristoCats KIDS

  • Box: The Empathy Project

  • Beauty and The Beast JR

  • Best Christmas Pageant Ever

  • Complaint Department and Lemonade

  • Charlie & the Chocolate Factory

  • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang JR

  • Christmas Carol

  • A Christmas Tree Angel

  • Cinderella Kids

  • The Claw: A New Children’s Musical

  • The Complete History of Theatre (Abridged)

  • A Dead Queen Tells No Lies

  • Doctor Zoomlittle

  • Don't Mention My Name

  • Dracula

  • Dr. Frankenstein Ph.D. (in post-production)

  • Elf The Musical JR (2016 production)

  • ELF The Musical JR (2022 production)

  • Everyone is Good for Something

  • Fiddler on the Roof JR

  • Frankenstein

  • Frozen JR

  • The Giver

  • High School Musical JR (in post-production)

  • Into The Woods

  • It’s a Wonderful Life

  • James and the Giant Peach

  • Jungle Book Kids

  • Legend of Scarface and Bluewater

  • Les Misérables (School Edition)

  • The Lion King JR

  • Lion King Kids

  • The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe

  • A Little Princess

  • The Lottery

  • Madeline

  • Marian, or the True Tale of Robin Hood: Teen Edition

  • Matilda JR

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream

  • Miracle on 34th Street

  • Mulan JR

  • Murder in the Schoolyard

  • Musical Mother Goose

  • Newsies JR

  • Nuncrackers

  • The Nutcracker

  • Peter Pan

  • The Play That Goes Wrong {HSE}

  • Puss In Boots

  • Oliver Twist

  • Once Upon a Huron Christmas

  • Pied Piper

  • Pinocchio

  • The Prince and the Pauper

  • Raggs in Paradise

  • The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of Humpty Dumpty

  • Santa’s Love Connection

  • The Search For Signs of Intelligent Life on Earth

  • The Secret Garden

  • Seussical KIDS

  • Seussical KIDS (Elora Festival)

  • Seussical JR

  • Sherlock Holmes

  • Sherlock Holmes and the West End Horror

  • She Kills Monsters: Young Adventurers Edition

  • The Show Must Go Online

  • Sinbad - Arabian Nights

  • Sleeping Beauty Kids

  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

  • The Storyteller’s Tale

  • Three Musketeers

  • The Tragedy of MacBeth

  • Twelve Angry Jurors

  • A Virtual Christmas Carol

  • Whatever Happened to Santa?

  • The Wind in the Willows

  • Wizard of Oz

  • The Wizard of Oz:Youth Edition

  • Willy Wonka JR

  • Willy Wonka KIDS (Elora Festival)

  • Willy Wonka KIDS (2023)

  • Wonderland!

  • The X’mas Files

Box: The Empathy Project Trailer
World Premiere September 4, 2021

Box: The Empathy Project received an Award of Commendation at the Canada Shorts Film Festival

Box: The Empathy Project received an honourable mention at the Student World Impact Film Festival in New York City, U.S.A.


Media Coverage of actOUT!

Young Performers Stage Disney’s Frozen Junior (Observer, December 19, 2019, Volume 24, Issue 49)