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Ballet’s ‘Very Unique’ Nutcracker Set Stolen From Moving Truck in Etobicoke
The theft of irreplaceable Nutcracker sets threatens 25 shows across Ontario, with Ballet Jörgen seeking public assistance to locate the stolen truck and backdrops.
- A moving truck carrying Ballet Jörgen's Nutcracker sets was stolen from Etobicoke, threatening the remaining 25 shows after the tour began on Nov. 20 with 12 stops through December 31.
- Security camera footage indicates the truck was taken around 3:30 a.m., its GPS stopped on McLaughlin Road, Mississauga at about 4:30 a.m., and crews reached there around 9 a.m. but found it gone.
- The stolen vehicle is a white 2026, 26-foot International Penske five-tonne moving truck with licence plate CD50229, carrying backdrops and large set pieces including a 20th-century schoolhouse, sleigh, and tree.
- Toronto Police Service say a report was filed today and an investigation is underway, while theatre partners and company crews pulled alternate set pieces to keep Tuesday's Burlington show running.
- The theft threatens access for thousands of Ontario families, but company officials say a second truck holds costumes and props; The Nutcracker set in early 1900s Algonquin Park tours Orillia and Ottawa.
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