Welcome to PAL Toronto

PAL Toronto is a creative community of imaginative, outgoing, resourceful, accomplished, sometimes unconventional, possibly eccentric, but mostly warm, creative, and generous folks - who share a lifelong passion - a career committed to the professional performing arts.

PAL Toronto residents are from every professional performing arts and allied industry discipline. As the vanguards of theatre, film, television and radio, many are pioneers of Canada's cultural history.

Welcome to PAL’s Podcast!

Through stories, original music, and conversations with those who live at the Performing Arts Lodges Toronto (PAL Toronto) and industry leaders, PAL's podcast explores arts, culture, and the big issues shaping creative life, preserving vital histories while offering insight, humour, and heart for anyone who cares about the people behind the arts.

Click on the link below to listen to our premiere episode:

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What I like about living at PAL is that the residents are as eclectic and diverse as our whole downtown neighbourhood - and that I can serve our PAL community behind the scenes, at my own pace, and in my own style.

- Marcia Tratt


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I enjoy living at PAL because it keeps my artist dreams alive. Knowing that there are like-minded people in the building, and walking down the halls, you can still sometimes hear people singing or playing an instrument or practicing their lines for a script. All inspiring for the artist mindset. I need that to feel positive about life. PAL allows me to be who I am.

- Paul Amato