A sister company to the Coal Mine Theatre, The Vault Creation Lab is a space where writers, creators and playwrights are afforded the opportunity to explore, experiment and invest in their ideas in the critical stages of development. The Vault offers playwrights and artists community and a place to train, commune, craft and grow. Welcome to The Vault.

  • Inner Oceans

    By Nicolas Billon
    Directed/ Dramaturged by Christine Horne
    Starring Liisa Repo-Martell, Ziska Louis and Ben Yoganathan

    November 6-9, 2025

    4 Nights Only!

    From Governor-General Award Winning Playwright Nicolas Billon (Elephant Song, Iceland, Butcher) comes a new play about family and the bonds that tie us. This November we present our final Public Lab of The Vault’s inaugural year, Inner Oceans by Nicolas Billon, Directed and Dramaturged by award winning artist Christine Horne. Starring Liisa Repo-Martell with Ziska Louis and Ben Yoganathan. For four nights only November 6-9, 2025 join us for Inner Oceans!

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  • The Channel

    Created by Alyssa Martin with Spencer Hack
    Choreographed and Directed by Alyssa Martin
    Starring Spencer Hack

    Presented by Rock Bottom Movement in association with The Vault Creation Lab

    March 11-14 & 18-21, 2026

    The exciting collaboration between The Vault/ Coal Mine Theatre continues as Rock Bottom movement presents a brand new original work from the wild and genius choreography brain of Alyssa Martin, with principal ballet dancer of the National Ballet of Canada Spencer Hack. Rock Bottom Movement takes over The Vault this Spring to rip up the floor with a Public Lab of The Channel. What does this entail? You’ll have to find out. 

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  • Incentives All

    Since our launch in January, The Vault has become a hot spot for the professional development of Toronto playwrights through our development streams, Public Labs and writing initiatives. This Fall we're offering an array of initiatives for professional writers. All of our writing groups focus not only on the writer’s craft, but they offer a sense of community and a place for writers to meet and share their work. 

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The essential purpose of
The Vault Creation Lab

is to support and prioritize the writer's journey and their creative process. Throughout their development process with The Vault, writers will have access to space, resources, audience feedback, and technical elements in order to develop and uncover the complete potential of their work.


A ground-breaking component of the The Vault will be our Public Labs (our first launched in April) . These public labs invite audiences in on a critical stage of development: when a play is ready for audience feedback and exchange. The purpose of these labs is to give the playwright a chance to test, develop and focus their work with the presence and input of a live audience.

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