Research Guides: Performance: Multimedia

Multimedia Resources

AV materials are located on the 5th floor, and are listed in the Library Catalogue. For a quick way to find AV Materials, use the AV Search or go to Advanced Search and limit the Material Type to the formats you are interested in.

See also Theatre in Video which contains more than 250 performances of the world's leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries, online in streaming video.

Digital Theatre+
Digital Theatre+ is the world’s leading educational platform for the performing arts. DT+ collaborates with world-class theatre companies, industry associations, practitioners, teachers, examination boards and scholars to: capture and curate live performance in stunning quality; bring an unprecedented range of insights from behind the scenes; commission bespoke educational resources to support study at every level.

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Curio.ca includes news reports, documentaries, and archival material, as well as programs like The Nature of Things with David Suzuki, Doc Zone with Ann-Marie MacDonald, and Enquête with Alain Gravel. The portal has seven main subject categories – Arts, Business, Education, History and Geography, Health, Science, and Social Sciences.

Curio - News in Review is now available through Toronto Metropolitan's Curio subscription. Access Curio - News in Review.
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The Naxos Video Library brings you an extensive streaming video library of classical music performances, opera, ballet, live concerts and documentaries. It includes the Naxos DVD label, Opus Arte, Arthaus, Dacapo, EuroArts, among others and is continuously updated to offer the best selection of performing arts videos.
An online search engine, allows users to search by composer, production, artist, venue, role or genre.
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Canada’s public producer and distributor, the National Film Board of Canada creates interactive works, social-issue documentaries, auteur animation and alternative dramas that provide the world with a unique Canadian perspective. The collection includes documentaries, animations, experimental films and fiction.
NFB showcase films that take a stand on issues of global importance that matter to Canadians: stories about the environment, human rights, international conflict, the arts and more.

Toronto Metropolitan’s subscription to NFB education gives you access to 500 films not available to the general public.

OntheBoards
OntheBoards.tv is a portal for viewing full-length, high-quality performance films on your TV, desktop, or laptop. It functions as a streaming subscription service and an archive for ground-breaking artistic projects and contemporary performances.The films featured on the website include international and US-based contemporary artists, some of whom are rarely seen live stateside, with works that might not be performed again.

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Theatre in Video contains more than 250 definitive performances of the world‘s leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries, online in streaming video - more than 500 hours in all, representing hundreds of leading playwrights, actors and directors.