arts and entertainment

on-set or on-stage services for young performers
Improv Care provides on set teachers, minor coordinators and chaperones for infants, children and adolescents involved with film, television and theatre.

We take exceptional care of young performers on set with watchful adherence to the IPA, SAG, Equity and Commercial regulations applying to minors in the arts and entertainment industry. Our experience working with casts and crew on sets of all sizes means children's health and safety are never jeopardized. Improv Care's arts and entertainment expert is Service Director Dahla MacKenna, who has a comprehensive background in film, television, live theatre and commercial work as a child care provider, chaperone, actor, minor coordinator, educational supervisor, production coordinator and producer.

off-set or off-stage services for families in the arts and entertainment industry
Improv Care understands that parents working in the arts and entertainment industry require unusually flexible child care to accommodate their work schedules. We are familiar with the unique demands of the business, and are comfortable and experienced working with cast and crew. Whether you are working in Toronto for three days or three months, we can provide the highest caliber of care for your infants, children or youth.
• ACTRA Toronto
• SAG Child Performers
• AFTRA Young Performers
• Equity

We are proud to announce our very successful partnership with "On Location Education" for all of your California State welfare workers and studio teachers!

Recent arts and entertainment industry clients:

Films

• "Devil" Universal Pictures
• "Repo Men" Mambo Film Productions Inc.
• "Amelia" A.E. Productions Inc.
• "Orphan" Warner Bros. DCP (Orphan) Productions Inc.
• "Splice" Splice Copperheart Productions Inc. Gaumont
• "The Echo" Vertigo Entertainment Inc.
• "Deadtime Stories" Blank of the Dead Productions Inc.
• "Toronto Stories" Toronto Stories Productions Inc.
• "Jumper" Twentieth Century Fox, Jumper Productions Inc.
• "Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium" Mandate Pictures, Gang of Two Productions Inc.
• "Breach" Universal Pictures, Double Agent Productions Inc.
• "Saw II" Lions Gate Films
• "Saw III" Lions Gate Films
• "Saw IV" Twisted Pictures, Lions Gate Films
• "Splice" Splice Copper heart Prod. Inc./Gaumont
• "Survival of the Dead" Blank of the Dead Productions Inc., aka the George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead
• "One Way" Barefoot Productions Inc.
• "Dark Room" 12th Sign Creations
• "The Rocker" Twentieth Century Fox, 21 Laps Entertainment
• "Cinderella Man" Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Imagine Film Productions
• "In A New York Minute" Warner Brothers, Dinovi Productions
• "Tuxedo" Dreamworks Productions
• "The In-Laws" Albert Brooks, aka “Til Death Do Us Part," Franchise Pictures
• "Phil The Alien" (Independent Feature) Blackwalk Productions
• "Kardia" Alcina Pictures
• "Skinwalkers" Lions Gate Films, Constantin Film Produktion GmbH
• "Breach" Universal Pictures
• "Silent Hill: Centralia" Don Carmody, Tri Star Pictures, Silent Hill DCP Prod."
• TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival" 2002, '03, '04, '05, '06, '07, '08 and 2009
  

Mini Series or Movies of the Week

• "Camp Rock: The Final Jam" Disney, Coin Flip Productions Ltd
• "When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story" CBS, Lois Wilson Productions Inc.
• "At Risk" Lifetime Television
  
• "They Come Back" Chesler Perlmutter Productions, Lifetime Television
• "Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning" Anne Prequel Productions Inc.
• "Camp Rock" Disney, Rules Summer Camp Productions Inc.
• "An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving" OFT Productions Inc.
• "The Russell Girl" Gilham Road Productions Inc.
• "Murder On Her Mind" aka "The Way of the Knife" Annabeth Gish
• "Lies and Crimes" Lifetime Productions, Chesler/Perlmutter Productions Inc.
• "Still Small Voices" Lifetime Productions, Chesler/Perlmutter Productions Inc.
• "Obituary" Lifetime Productions, Chesler/Perlmutter Productions Inc.
• "Crazy for Christmas" aka "Secret Santa" Blueprint Entertainment
• "Cool Money" Darius Films
• "Samantha: An American Girl Holiday" Warner Bros.
• "Cow Belles" Spotted Cow Productions
• "Grindstone Road" Peace Arch Entertainment
• "The Best Years" Blueprint Productions Inc.
• "The Gathering" Sony Pictures Television
• "Secret Santa" Secret Santa Productions, Madison Avenue Productions
• "I Do They Don't" Disney, O&E Productions
• "Shania: The Movie" CBC: Northern Hits Production
• "Samantha" Warner Brothers
• "Under the Dragons Tail" Shaftesbury Mysteries VII Inc
• "Crown Heights" Dufferin Gate Productions, Show Time Networks
• "Direct Action" GFT Action Films
• "Addicted.com" The Life Network
• "Gospel of Deceit" Lifetime Television, Blueprint Entertainment

TV Series

• "Copper" E1 Entertainment, ABC, CanWest Global
• "Dino Dan" Sinking Ship Productions, Nickolodeon Productions
• "Eat Yourself Sexy" Cineflix, Next Films Productions Inc.
• "Being Erica" Being Erica II Prod. Ltd., Season 1 and 2
  
• "Maggie Hill" Untitled MD Productions Ltd
• "This Is Emily Yeung" Marble Media, Disney Channel, Treehouse TV, Season 1 and 2
• “Degrassi: The Next Generation" Seasons 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 Epitome Pictures Inc.
• "The Border" Border Season Two Inc. Episode 211
• "The Listener" Shaftesbury Listener 1 Inc.
• "Zos:Zone of Separation" Whizbang Films Inc.
• "The Dresden Files" The Dresden Files Productions Inc.
• "Across the River to Motor City" Across the River Productions Inc.
• "The State Within" BBC Films (GB)
• "Billable Hours" Billable Hours II Productions
• "Beautiful People" Cliffwood Productions Inc.
• "Instant Star" Epitome Pictures Inc. Pilot, Season 1 and 2
• "Zoe Busiek, Wild Card" Joely Fisher, Lifetime Television
• "G Spot" Gigi Productions, Corus Entertainment, The Movie Network (2 Seasons)
• "Street Time" HBO, Showtime Networks (2 Seasons)
• "Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life" Jaffe /Braunstein Films Ltd.
  

Commercials

• E*Trade Commerce
• Partners Inc.
• Frozen Ghost
• Link Entertainment
• Bella Dancerella Inc., 3 commercials
• New New Films
• Ministry of Health, Vaccination Commercial
  

Live Theatre

• Jersey Boys DanCap Prod
• Anne of Green Gables DanCap Productions Inc.
• "Lion King" Mirvish (Productions)
• "Luminato Toronto Festival of Arts + Creativity"

Sports

• The Toronto Raptors, NBA
• The Toronto Maple Leafs, NHL
• The Vancouver Canucks, NHL
• Tennis Canada, Men's and Women's Rogers Cup 2006, '07, '08 and 2009