Join us for **Ava: The Secret Conversations**, a fascinating new play that pulls back the curtain on Hollywood’s most glamorous and scandalous icon, brought to life by Elizabeth McGovern, star of *Downton Abbey*.

***Our discount tickets will be in Orchestra @ $64 + service fee. Other tickets starting at $59 are also available. Email Belinda at belindameetup@gmail.com for the payment instructions. Click on "Read more" below for full details.***

**The Show:** Experience the Canadian Premiere of Ava: The Secret Conversations, a play that brings Hollywood’s most legendary femme fatale, Ava Gardner, vividly to life. Starring the extraordinary Elizabeth McGovern — Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globe nominee — this electric production dives into Gardner’s explosive, revealing 1988 interviews with journalist Peter Evans, where nothing was off-limits: her tumultuous marriages to Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw and Frank Sinatra; her stormy liaison with Howard Hughes; and the dazzling, volatile career that made her a Golden Age icon. Based on Evans’s riveting, critically acclaimed book (praised as “mesmerizing” by *The New York Times*), this theatrical adaptation — written by McGovern herself — unfolds as an intimate, volatile battle of wit, truth and celebrity between Gardner and Evans, portrayed by Aaron Costa Ganis.

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**OUR DISCOUNT TICKETS**

**Group Tickets:**

* **$64** $Price 2 \| regular $79 in Orchestra Rows P to T$

**Other Tickets:**

* **$59** $Price 3 \| no discount in Orchestra Rows U to W$
* **$80** $Price 1 \| regular $99 in Orchestra Rows A to N$
* **$119** $Premium \| no discount in Orchestra Rows D to G centre$

**HST Included**

**Service Fee:** $11 per ticket

***No Meetup Fee***

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**HOW TO PAY**

1\. Sign up on this event page
2\. Send an email to belindameetup@gmail\.com to request the payment instructions
3\. Specify you are inquiring about **Ava: The Secret Conversations**
4\. Include the name you use on this Thumbs Up Theatre website\.
5\. Belinda will email you the payment instructions
6\. If you don't receive the instructions in your inbox\, check your junk box in case it has gone there

Members must pay for their tickets in advance. Pick up your prepaid ticket(s) from Belinda at the meetup spot.

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**OVERVIEW**

**Date:** Friday, November 28, 2025

**Time:** Show starts at 7:30 p.m. Meet Belinda between 6:45 p.m. and 7 p.m. inside the theatre

**Where:** CAA Theatre, 651 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario (south of the Yonge-Bloor subway station)

**Show Length:** 90 minutes with no intermission

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**ACCESSIBILITY**

Our group discount tickets are in the Orchestra, which is wheelchair accessible.

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**MEETUP ARRANGEMENTS**

Meet Belinda any time between 6:45 and 7 p.m. in the lobby beside the box office. Belinda is very short and will be wearing a bright pink hat and bright pink glasses. Cell # (416) 879-7575 for use on day/time of performance ONLY.

**Intermission Meetup Spots:** On the aisle in Orchestra P4.

**After Show Meetup Spot:** See Belinda beside the box office in the lobby.

**PLEASE NOTE OUR ZERO-TOLERANCE [CELLPHONE POLICY](https://www.meetup.com/thumbs-up-theatre-toronto/events/243426512/)**

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