Our mission is to provide inspiring and professional theatre experiences.
What we Offer...
Star In A Musical Program - Audition RequiredStarring in a quality musical is life-changing. Each show, character, and cast member challenges us in different ways. Mix that in with Innovative's one-of-a-kind program and positive reinforcement; you got yourself an experience you will cherish forever.
Upcoming Fall Production: Matilda: The Musical
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Saturday Training ClassesNow offering Triple Threat training at our new facility. With dance classes designed for theatre performers, Acting for Screen and Stage, and Voice training within our Glee-style Show Choir, you will have fun, grow fast, and be ready to rock your next big audition!
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Advanced Acting for FilmDiscover the skills required to compete in the professional film/tv industry. Designed for passionate students with agents or looking to get one within the next two years. These Bi-Weekly classes are for those with a great work ethic and curiosity for the human condition. These classes will be available by invitation only or by audition.
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Studio Rentals / Birthday PartiesOutside of class hours, our new studio facilities are ideal for your next creative endeavour.
Performing Arts Birthday Parties: Be our guest and let us treat your friends and family to a fast paced theatrical experience for everyone to enjoy. (custom packages available upon request) Inquire within by contacting Kennedy at 289-795-0584 or kennedy@innovativearts.ca
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July 22 - 26th
"Wicked" Senior Summer Day Camp Sun Aug 25th - 10am until 2pm Studio Grand Opening Party / Souvenir Sale Thurs Aug 29th - 5:00pm Spring Musical Announcement & Matilda Orientation Day |
Where to find us
Innovative Arts Studios
Oakville Musical Theatre & Performing Arts
355 Wyecroft Road Unit D
Oakville ON L6K 2H2
Oakville Musical Theatre & Performing Arts
355 Wyecroft Road Unit D
Oakville ON L6K 2H2
Proudly serving families from Oakville, Burlington, Mississauga, Brampton, Milton, Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Acton, Etobicoke, and Toronto.
GET SOME GUIDANCE FROM OUR FOUNDERS"Let us help you find the right next step FOR YOU!”
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A BIT ABOUT US
Innovative Arts Oakville Performing Arts Studio developed it's revolutionary musical theatre rehearsal process and production concept in 2013, and brought the idea to life with FAME: The Musical. The Star In a Musical program specializes in giving quality singing, acting, and dance training, and leading role opportunities to a large amount of students by having multiple casts. Innovative Arts Oakville will continue to provide quality voice, drama, and dancing training, positive confidence building performance opportunities, innovative theatre productions, and guide students from the nearby municipalities such as Burlington, Mississauga, Hamilton, Milton, Etobicoke, and Brampton to a successful career in the Arts for many years to come.
HISTORY
Innovative Arts Inc. started as a boutique Oakville based acting studio called Innovative Acting, a sole proprietorship started by the founder, Nathan McLeod. Inspired to teach others by his mentors Paul Aikins and Lewis Baumander, in the summer of 2012, Nathan organized summer Acting for Film intensives to share the unique and innovative skills he had learned over the years from various teachers and personal industry experience. Soon after, Nathan and his sister Tricia McLeod saw an opportunity to provide unique and quality programs that have never been offered before to local talent in the Oakville, Burlington, and Mississauga Area. Innovative Acting started offering weekly acting for film and theatre drama classes on weekends at a local community centre Queen Elizabeth Park Cultural Community Centre while Nathan was filming as a series lead on "Life with Boys" in Toronto during the week. By February 2013, Innovative Arts obtained it's first full-time lease space at 2195 Wyecroft Rd. Oakville.
The first Innovative Acting Film Festival was August 18th, 2013 and was a huge success. "The festival showcased 11 short films by the acting school’s students, but the event was much more than that. Participants, whether students of Innovative Arts or not, took part in half-day workshops, were able to meet-and-greet with stars from such shows as The Next Step and Life with Boys, and the young actors received a red carpet treatment at the theatre." (Oakville Beaver) In the fall of 2013, Innovative Acting expanded into offering specialized large scale musical theatre training. FAME: The Musical took the stage at the Mattamy Theatre in Milton in November 2013. The musical rehearsals took place at The Meeting House to facilitate the unconventional rehearsal process involving many rooms with several simultaneous classes with several expert staff.
In 2014, Innovative Arts Oakville became the trade name for the company which was then offering two unique programs; Acting for Film and Musical Theatre. The Star In A Musical program that year produced The Little Mermaid and Anything Goes that year and doubled the amount of students starring as lead roles. The goal of the Musical Theatre program was to make quality theatre experiences attainable through scalability. The studio moved locations to 1428 Speers Road, Suite #6 in March 2014, and started offering more programs that take advantage of the larger facility. As a very busy and vibrant studio, Innovative Arts was hired to produce several special event performances such as the opening ceremonies for the U20 Womens World Cup, and the ILLUMINITE Toronto tree lighting ceremony.
2015 was a milestone year for Innovative Arts. The Musical Theatre department had accomplished it's goal of successfully teaching six casts at the same time (Seussical), and then doubling using the same system and staff producing 12 casts of 12 students in each cast simultaneously (Footloose). This Oakville based Musical Theatre program had broken the barrier to arguably provide more leading role opportunities for youth in Oakville than the entire Greater Toronto Area's Theatre programs combined. Tricia McLeod who had been the customer service representative since 2012, and sister of Nathan McLeod, was accepted to Sheridan College's Advanced Screen Writing and producing Program and left Innovative Arts to pursue a career as a screen writer. The Acting for Film department had continued improving and developing short film productions which hit the big screen at Film.ca Cinemas for annual the Innovative Arts Film Festival. With the popularity of Innovative Arts growing exponentially, led by Nathan McLeod, the professional and caring team of staff had expanded to provide more efficient and personalized service. Scott Beaudin (Director), Joanne Chow (Associate Artistic Director), Sophie Lea (Choreographer/Producer), Jocelyn Levadoux (Stage Manager), and Jim Watson (Director of Acting for Film) were added as Innovative's Full Time staff.
Innovative Arts incorporated on January 18th, 2016. With it's maximum capacity being fulfilled (12 casts each) with it's Musical productions of Shrek and Legally Blonde, Innovative ventured to refine it's rehearsal process, production capabilities (sets, props, costumes). With the vast experience and expertise of Joanne Chow (Juilliard, NYU), Nathan McLeod promoted Joanne to become the Artistic Director of Innovative Arts. After four years of building the business together, Nathan McLeod and Sophie Lea married July 12th 2016 and are the Co-Executive Directors and Producers. As the new studio/stage manager, Melissa Convery joined Innovative in May 2016. Innovative's Set Designer Steven Botelho was also recognized for his skill as a Director and brought on as the Assistant Director and Production Designer for Legally Blonde.
2017 - 2019 (currently in progress)
Continuing to lead students on the path to confidence and success, many have already booked feature films, series leads, recurring and special guest roles on the big and little screen, starred in various professional theatre productions, hired as recording artists, and pursuing their dreams in post secondary institutions. Although many students have found success in the professional world, the primary goal of Innovative Arts is to transform it's students into confident, passionate, collaborative, and compassionate artists.
Innovative Arts Oakville Performing Arts Studio developed it's revolutionary musical theatre rehearsal process and production concept in 2013, and brought the idea to life with FAME: The Musical. The Star In a Musical program specializes in giving quality singing, acting, and dance training, and leading role opportunities to a large amount of students by having multiple casts. Innovative Arts Oakville will continue to provide quality voice, drama, and dancing training, positive confidence building performance opportunities, innovative theatre productions, and guide students from the nearby municipalities such as Burlington, Mississauga, Hamilton, Milton, Etobicoke, and Brampton to a successful career in the Arts for many years to come.
HISTORY
Innovative Arts Inc. started as a boutique Oakville based acting studio called Innovative Acting, a sole proprietorship started by the founder, Nathan McLeod. Inspired to teach others by his mentors Paul Aikins and Lewis Baumander, in the summer of 2012, Nathan organized summer Acting for Film intensives to share the unique and innovative skills he had learned over the years from various teachers and personal industry experience. Soon after, Nathan and his sister Tricia McLeod saw an opportunity to provide unique and quality programs that have never been offered before to local talent in the Oakville, Burlington, and Mississauga Area. Innovative Acting started offering weekly acting for film and theatre drama classes on weekends at a local community centre Queen Elizabeth Park Cultural Community Centre while Nathan was filming as a series lead on "Life with Boys" in Toronto during the week. By February 2013, Innovative Arts obtained it's first full-time lease space at 2195 Wyecroft Rd. Oakville.
The first Innovative Acting Film Festival was August 18th, 2013 and was a huge success. "The festival showcased 11 short films by the acting school’s students, but the event was much more than that. Participants, whether students of Innovative Arts or not, took part in half-day workshops, were able to meet-and-greet with stars from such shows as The Next Step and Life with Boys, and the young actors received a red carpet treatment at the theatre." (Oakville Beaver) In the fall of 2013, Innovative Acting expanded into offering specialized large scale musical theatre training. FAME: The Musical took the stage at the Mattamy Theatre in Milton in November 2013. The musical rehearsals took place at The Meeting House to facilitate the unconventional rehearsal process involving many rooms with several simultaneous classes with several expert staff.
In 2014, Innovative Arts Oakville became the trade name for the company which was then offering two unique programs; Acting for Film and Musical Theatre. The Star In A Musical program that year produced The Little Mermaid and Anything Goes that year and doubled the amount of students starring as lead roles. The goal of the Musical Theatre program was to make quality theatre experiences attainable through scalability. The studio moved locations to 1428 Speers Road, Suite #6 in March 2014, and started offering more programs that take advantage of the larger facility. As a very busy and vibrant studio, Innovative Arts was hired to produce several special event performances such as the opening ceremonies for the U20 Womens World Cup, and the ILLUMINITE Toronto tree lighting ceremony.
2015 was a milestone year for Innovative Arts. The Musical Theatre department had accomplished it's goal of successfully teaching six casts at the same time (Seussical), and then doubling using the same system and staff producing 12 casts of 12 students in each cast simultaneously (Footloose). This Oakville based Musical Theatre program had broken the barrier to arguably provide more leading role opportunities for youth in Oakville than the entire Greater Toronto Area's Theatre programs combined. Tricia McLeod who had been the customer service representative since 2012, and sister of Nathan McLeod, was accepted to Sheridan College's Advanced Screen Writing and producing Program and left Innovative Arts to pursue a career as a screen writer. The Acting for Film department had continued improving and developing short film productions which hit the big screen at Film.ca Cinemas for annual the Innovative Arts Film Festival. With the popularity of Innovative Arts growing exponentially, led by Nathan McLeod, the professional and caring team of staff had expanded to provide more efficient and personalized service. Scott Beaudin (Director), Joanne Chow (Associate Artistic Director), Sophie Lea (Choreographer/Producer), Jocelyn Levadoux (Stage Manager), and Jim Watson (Director of Acting for Film) were added as Innovative's Full Time staff.
Innovative Arts incorporated on January 18th, 2016. With it's maximum capacity being fulfilled (12 casts each) with it's Musical productions of Shrek and Legally Blonde, Innovative ventured to refine it's rehearsal process, production capabilities (sets, props, costumes). With the vast experience and expertise of Joanne Chow (Juilliard, NYU), Nathan McLeod promoted Joanne to become the Artistic Director of Innovative Arts. After four years of building the business together, Nathan McLeod and Sophie Lea married July 12th 2016 and are the Co-Executive Directors and Producers. As the new studio/stage manager, Melissa Convery joined Innovative in May 2016. Innovative's Set Designer Steven Botelho was also recognized for his skill as a Director and brought on as the Assistant Director and Production Designer for Legally Blonde.
2017 - 2019 (currently in progress)
Continuing to lead students on the path to confidence and success, many have already booked feature films, series leads, recurring and special guest roles on the big and little screen, starred in various professional theatre productions, hired as recording artists, and pursuing their dreams in post secondary institutions. Although many students have found success in the professional world, the primary goal of Innovative Arts is to transform it's students into confident, passionate, collaborative, and compassionate artists.