BMO Community Access Program

Studio 180 Theatre’s 2025/26 BMO Community Access Program seeks to reduce or eliminate barriers to accessing Studio 180’s artistic programming for people in our community.

This program has two components:

• a ticket subsidy program for people in our community who face economic barriers to accessing our work. These communities include students, young people under thirty, arts workers, and communities facing historical, cultural and socio-economic barriers to accessing theatre

• an accessibility measures fund that will enable Studio 180 to make our work more accessible to disabled people. These measures include providing relaxed performances, access guides, and other offerings such as accommodation supports for disabled artists.

With BMO’s support, Studio 180 will be:

1. Providing at least 500 subsidized student and youth tickets to Studio 180 performances and presentations;
2. Providing 200 partially or fully subsidized tickets to community groups that face financial barriers to Studio 180’s 2025/26 Mainstage production (including arts workers, teachers and migrant workers);
3. Presenting a Relaxed Environment Performance of The Christmas Market by Kanika Ambrose;
4. Creating an Access Guide for The Christmas Market by Kanika Ambrose; and,
5. Providing accessibility support to patrons and artists with emergent needs.