The "Tim Sims Playhouse" was the second stage or cabaret space located within The Second City

The Second City

The Second City is a improvisational comedy enterprise which originated in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.The Second City Theatre opened on December 16, 1959 and has since expanded its presence to several other cities, including Toronto and Los Angeles...

's new building in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, after the company moved from The Old Fire Hall

The Old Fire Hall

The Old Fire Hall is the name given to the original home of The Second City company in Toronto. It was located at 110 Lombard Street and opened in 1973....

 on Lombard Street.

The theatre was named for Tim Sims

Tim Sims

Tim Sims was a Canadian actor and comedian.He is known for his roles as Jack the Cave Man on The Red Green Show and as Circle Researcher Rory Tate in a series of Reese's Peanut Butter Cup commercials in the 1990s. He also performed sketch comedy with The Second City.Sims died at the age of 33 from...

, a well-known and respected member of the Toronto theatre

Theatre

Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...

 and comedy

Comedy

Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...

 communities as an actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

, improviser, writer

Writer

A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

 and director. It no longer exists since financial troubles forced The Second City

The Second City

The Second City is a improvisational comedy enterprise which originated in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.The Second City Theatre opened on December 16, 1959 and has since expanded its presence to several other cities, including Toronto and Los Angeles...

 to close its theatre and move, but they plan to re-open a second theatre and name it for Tim Sims.

Sims was also widely known for helping younger comedians get their start, and had the Tim Sims Award named for him as well. The award is given out annually to Toronto's most promising new comedy act, and when the Tim Sims Theatre was open the annual Fresh Meat

Fresh Meat

Fresh Meat is the public debut album of the English band Arkarna. It was released in the United States on August 26, 1997. It's moderate success was proven by two of the songs getting frequent radio air time, "House on Fire" and "Eat Me", the former of which appeared on the Batman & Robin soundtrack...

 showcase (for the award) took place there, with the actual awards show (produced by he Comedy Network) taking place on the main stage.

For almost its entire run in Toronto, Tony n' Tina's Wedding

Tony n' Tina's Wedding

-Film adaptation:The play was "freely" adapted for film by writer-director Roger Paradiso— "filmed primarily from the point of view of a lisping videographer"—with Joey McIntyre and Mila Kunis playing the title characters...

was produced in the Tim Sims Playhouse.