The Yorkminstrels, founded in 1957, grew from presenting modest Gilbert and Sullivan operettas to offering two full-scale productions per year. For 50 years, it was north Toronto's premier musical community theatre company. Our shows typically featured large casts (25-45 performers), full orchestras, professional lighting and set design, and outstanding costuming. Our talented production personnel enabled us to present professional-calibre productions at reasonable cost to our audiences, at both Earl Haig Secondary School and more recently Leah Posluns Theatre.
The group celebrated its 50-year anniversary in May 2008 with a gala event, attended by over 175 people who had performed both onstage and behind-the-scenes over the years.
Due to escalating financial costs, the group has decided to suspend productions for the time being. However, The Yorkminstrels Show Choir, a costumed and choreographed mixed-voice ensemble formed in 1974 as an offshoot of the mainstage company, is still very active and will now proudly represent the Yorkminstrels into the future. The choir performs all over Toronto and the GTA at seniors’ homes, hospitals, and for civic, private and corporate functions. Repertoire includes Broadway medleys, golden oldies, contemporary music and seasonal songs.
The Yorkminstrels is also a registered not-for-profit charitable organization, with a large number of supporting patrons and some corporate sponsors. Donations enable us to take our performances into the community. We welcome your support.

Here is the list of all the shows presented by the Yorkminstrels between Sept 1957 and  Fall of 2007 :  
2007  As If We Never Said Goodbye
2006  Oliver!                                                             Grease
2005  Hello, Dolly!                                                   West Side Story
2004  42nd Street                                                    The Wizard of Oz
2003  Guys and Dolls                                               Fiddler on the Roof
2002  Anne of Green Gables                                   Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
2001  Where's Charley?                                          Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
2000  The Music Man                                              A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
1999  South Pacific                                                  Once Upon A Mattress
1998  Crazy For You                                                Anything Goes
1997  Singin' In The Rain                                       Guys and Dolls
1996  Gypsy                                                               My Fair Lady
1995  Hello Dolly!                                                     Most Happy Fella
1994  42nd Street                                                     Oliver!
1993  Babies: Bless Them All                                  The Pirates Of Penzance
1992  Sincerely Yours (cabaret)                             Rose Marie
1991  Carousel                                                          The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas
1990  Mame                                                               You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown and Sweet Charity
1989  An Affair To Remember (cabaret)              The Merry Widow
1988  Calamity Jane                                                On The Twentieth Century
1987  Anything Goes                                               Camelot
1986  Anne of Green Gables                                   Jesus Christ Superstar
1985  Annie Get Your Gun                                      Finian's Rainbow
1984  Pippin                                                             Orpheus in the Underworld
1983  Guys and Dolls                                              The Music Man
1982  Applause                                                         25th Anniversary Concert and The Mikado
1981  Kiss Me Kate                                                   Fiddler On The Roof
1980  How to Succeed in Business..                       Oklahoma
1979  Half a Sixpence                                              Hello Dolly
1978  My Fair Lady                                                  La Belle Hélène
1977  Bells Are Ringing                                           Carousel
1976  Brigadoon                                                       The Merry Widow
1975  Calamity Jane                                                 The Most Happy Fella
1974  Where's Charlie?                                            La Vie Parisienne
1973  Viva Mexico                                                    Song of Norway
1972  The Pajama Game                                          Camelot
1971  Iolanthe                                                           Orpheus in the Underworld
1970  Kismet                                                             South Pacific
1969  Naughty Marietta
1968  Desert Song                                                    Ruddigore
1967  Centennial Celebration                                The Pirates Of Penzance
1966                                                                          Yeoman of the Guard
1965                                                                           The Gondoliers
1964  Iolanthe                                                           Ruddigore
1963
1962  The Pirates Of Penzance                              The Mikado
1961  The Gondoliers
1960  Yeoman of the Guard
1959  The Mikado
1958  H.M.S. Pinafore
In September 1957, rehearsals began...