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Will cheap rehearsal space mean even better theatre?

BlogTO writes on Creation Lab, a new Toronto venture which offers affordable rehearsal space to performers and independent theatre companies. Located at the Centre for Social Innovation's Annex location, Creation Lab (which opened last fall) was spearheaded by the Toronto Fringe Festival to fill a city-wide void in affordable and accessible rehearsal space. 
 
"A project of the Toronto Fringe Festival, whose mission is to provide access to creative opportunities, the Creation Lab joins the already established Next Stage Festival as ways in which Fringe programming is beginning to run year-round. Already, the Lab has proven attractive to a number of diverse groups seeking space—they've hosted film collectives, corporate meetings, non-profits, yoga classes and choirs among others."
 
"Creation Lab coordinator Claire Wynveen says the lab came to be after a series of discussions in 2010 that explored the shortage of suitable rehearsal space: 'We identified that by providing access to affordable and clean creation space in the city, not only would more art be created but better art would be created.'"
 
"In the lab's first six months with the Time in Space subsidy program, groups and artists have taken advantage of over 2,000 subsidized hours of creative time. With rates as low as $5 per hour for collectives with no access to funding, it's no wonder."

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