[1] The Torch Theatre was founded by husband and wife team Charles L. Keogh and Evelyn Lund and opened on February 27, 1935.

[2] The building had previously been used as the headquarters of the United Trades Council, with the meeting room being converted into the theatre space.

[3] Another founding member was the artist Lilian Davidson, who under the stage name "Jennifer Maud", designed scenery and was a co-director in 1936.

[5] Other plays the theatre produced were A Royal Divorce, In Memory of the Dead, Nell Gwynne, and Arrah-na-Pogue.

[5] In 1936 Cyril Cusack directed and set designed a season of Irish language plays.