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Roofed theatres erected for performances came late in theatrical history. Open-air theatres date back to the 5th Century, B.C., but it was not until the Renaissance that plays were produced indoors.
Western theatre came to Canada in 1583, and was presented in local inns, the courtyards. In Halifax the garrison had plays as early as 1788 – School For Scandal
The Vaudeville circuit was controlled by Keith’s in Eastern Canada and Orpheum in Western Canada, with independents Loews, and Pantages vying for the other share of the market.
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ABITIBI CANYON COLONY, ON –
Canyon Recreation Club Theatre
ALMONTE, ON –
O’Brien Theatre
AMELIASBURGH, ON – Town Hall 1874 – served as
performance venues for local amateur societies, as well as touring performers
AMHERST, NS – Academy of Music – 1894 –
converted from Second Baptist Church
AMHERST, NS – Empire Theatre – 1900-1931
ANCASTER, ON – Amateur Society – 1826
ANCASTER, ON – Town Hall 1871 – served as
performance venues for local amateur societies, as well as touring performers
ASSINIBOIA, SK– Olympia Theatre
ASSOCIATION OF SUMMER THEATRES ‘ROUND ONTARIO (ASTRO)
ATLANTIC CANADA THEATRE SITE
AURORA, ON – Theatre Aurora
AYLMER, ON – Idle Hour Theatre
AYLMER, ON – Town Hall and Opera House – built
1873 – 600 seats – Minstel shows; Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians – one of
the oldest theatres in Canada – served as performance venues for local amateur
societies, as well as touring performers – now restored
B BANFF, AL -
Banff Centre for the Arts -
established 1933
BANCROFT, ON -
Bancroft Village Playhouse
- opened 1995 in old brick building
BANFF, AL – Bretton Hall Theatre
BARKERVILLE, BC – Theatre Royal
*BARRIE, ON -
Gryphon Theatre – Georgian College
Theatre – 33rd summer season – 1 Georgian Drive, Barrie – shows cancelled for summer 2010 due to slow ticket sales, regular season also up in air at the moment
BARRIE, ON – Opera House – 1000 seats – early
1900s – served as brief stop-overs for touring companies on way to longer,
more-profitable runs in larger towns and cities
BARRIE, ON – Talk is Free Theatre (TIFT) – Barrie – 10th Anniversary Season – Do You Turn Somersaults? Nov 17-26/11; No Way to Treat a Lady – Feb 2-11/12; Great Expectations – March 29/12 to April 7/12; Parkdale Peter Pan – May 31/12 to June 9/12;
BARRIE, ON –
Theatre by the Bay – Barrie’s first
professional outdoor Shakespeare Company – staged under canvas in Heritage Park
BEAVERTON, ON –
Strand Theatre
BELLEVILLE, ON -
Belleville Theatre Guild
BELLEVILLE, ON – Opera House – 1000 seats –
early 1900s – served as brief stop-overs for touring companies on way to longer,
more-profitable runs in larger towns and cities
BELOEIL, QC – Point-Tournant – café theatre
BERLIN, ON – (Kitchener) Opera House – 1000
seats – served as brief stop-overs for touring companies on way to longer,
more-profitable runs in larger towns and cities
BIGGAR, SK – Opera House
*BILLINGS, AL -
Bair Theatre – built as the Fox
Theatre in 1931 – renovated in 1987 (1418 seats)
*BLYTH, ON -
Blyth Festival – founded 1975 – 30th
Anniversary Season (July 2004) – Memorial Hall erected between 1919 and 1921
became its home at 423 Queen St (491 seats) – see also Toronto – opened with The
Mousetrap – things seen there include – Mail Order Bride; Cookie War; Bordertown
Cafe; Dreamland; Field of Flowers; Safe Haven; Glengarry School Days; Ballad of
a Rumrunner’s Daughter
BLYTH, ON – Memorial Hall – see Blyth Festival
BOTHWELL, ON – Town
Hall/Theatre/Library/Museum – houses multiple community interests, including
Boomtown Players Theatre
BRAMALEA, ON –
Bramalea Live Theatre – over 40 years in existence
BRAMPTON, ON –
A.C.T. Productions
BRAMPTON, ON – Brampton Music Theatre
BRAMPTON, ON – Cyril Clark Library Theatre –
186 seats – 20 Loafers Lake Ln
BRAMPTON, ON –
Heritage Theatre – home to A.C.T.
productions – 530 seats – originally a movie/vaudeville house in the 1920s –
converted to live theatre in mid 1980s
BRAMPTON, ON -
Rose Theatre – state-of-the-art
performing arts complex – two performance halls, Main Hall – 880 seats; Studio
Theatre – 160 seats – opening Sept 2006
BRANDON, MB – Towne Theatre – closed 1998
BRANTFORD, ON – Opera House – early 1900s –
1000 seats – served as brief stop-overs for touring companies on way to longer,
more-profitable runs in larger towns and cities
BRANTFORD, ON – Rainbow Market Square 3 –
reopened 2005
*BRANTFORD, ON -
Sanderson Centre for the Performing
Arts – 88 Dalhousie Street – 1600 seats built 1919, by Thomas Lamb as The
Temple Theatre, a vaudeville house which featured such stars as Gloria Swanson,
Jack Benny, Guy Lombardo and was the only theatre not built for the American
theatre chains, changed to the
Capitol – in the early 1930s – closed in 1986 and reopened in 1986 with a
production of Evita, and in 1989 the theatre was renamed The Sanderson Centre
for the Performing Arts and the restored theatre reopened in 1990 – Titanic 2004
- 2009/10 season is the 90th Anniversary
BRANTFORD, ON – Stratford’s Opera House – 1000
seats
BRANTFORD, ON – Temple Theatre – see Sanderson
Centre
BRANTFORD, ON – Theatorium – 1907
BROCKVILLE, ON – Brockville Arts Centre
BROCKVILLE, ON –
Capital Theatre
BROCKVILLE, ON – Opera House – 1000 seats –
early 1900s – served as brief stop-overs for touring companies on way to longer,
more-profitable runs in larger towns and cities
*BROCKVILLE, ON -
St. Lawrence Stage Company – 187
King Street West, Brockville – 8th season
BROCKVILLE, ON – Town Hall 1858 – served as
performance venues for local amateur societies, as well as touring performers
BROCKVILLE, ON -
Welcome Wood Productions
BURLINGTON, ON -
Brant Inn
on Lake Ontario – 1930 – 4,000 people – designed as a ship – Lido Deck – Sky
Club outdoor area – under auspices of John Murray Anderson (1900-1967) big band
and celebrities until it was sold 1964 (demise due to O’Keefe Centre in Toronto
which had name stars, high taxes) – radio broadcasts Sat eves – 1969 demolished
for park – Louis Armstrong; Pearl Bailey; Victor Borge; Count Basie; nat King
Cole; Xavier Cugat; Vic Damone; Dorseys (Tommy & Jimmy); Les Elgart; Duke
Ellington; Ella Fitzgerald; Bobby Gimby; Benny Goodman; Merv Griffin; Lena
Horne; Abbe Lane; Lionel Hampton; Woody Herman; Earl Hines; Lena Horne; Inkspots;
Mart Kenney; Stan Kenton; Eartha Kitt; Burt Lancaster; Ted Lewis; Liberace; Guy
Lombardo; Alan and Blanche Lund; Jayne Mansfield; Freddy Martin; Will Mastin
Trio with Sammy Davis Jr.; Johnny Mathis; Glenn Miller; Gav Morton; Bert Niosi;
Helen O’Connell; Olsen & Johnson; Stan Patton; Martha Raye; Sophie Tucker; Sarah
Vaughan; Fats Waller; Andy Williams;
C CALEDON, ON – Caledon Town
Hall Players
CALGARY, AB – Alberta Theatre Projects – see
Canmore Opera House CALGARY, AB – Allen’s Palace – built 1913 – 900 seats
CALGARY, AB – Allied Arts Centre Theatre –
renovated tractor plant – Christopher Newton
CALGARY, AB – Betty Mitchell Theatre – see
Theatre Calgary
CALGARY, AB – Boynton Hall 1883
CALGARY, AB -
Calgary Centre for the Performing Arts
CALGARY, AB – Calgary Civic Theatre Playhouse
- 1936
CALGARY, AB – Canmore Opera House – built as
Band Hall in 1898 – electricity in 1915 – closed in 1960 and moved to Calgary
and was the theatre for Alberta Theatre Projects from 1972 to 1985 when the
company moved to the 465 seat Martha Cohen Theatre
CALGARY, AB – Calgary Little Theatre –
1924-1935 – became Theatre Guild
CALGARY, AB – Capitol Theatre
CALGARY, AB – Catalyst Theatre – Drinks Before
Dinner 1977
CALGARY, AB – Dreamplex – closed 2005
CALGARY, AB – Epcor Centre
CALGARY, AB –
Grand Theatre/Sherman’s Grand Theatre – 1912 – Lougheed Building, 608 1st
Street S.W.
CALGARY, AB – Green Room Club – 1929 –
amalgamated into Theatre Guild in 1932
CALGARY, AB – High Performance Rodeo – annual
performing arts festival
CALGARY, AB – Hull’s Opera House – 1893 (700
seats) – first theatre – remodelled 1905 as Sherman’s Opera House – closed and
demolished 1963 – home of Calgary Operatic Society
CALGARY, AB – Jack Singer Concert Hall
CALGARY, AB – Jubilee Auditorium – 1957 – 2700
seats
CALGARY, AB – Lunchbox Theatre – 1975 – 100
seat theatre in Bow Valley Square
CALGARY, AB – Lyric Theatre – opened 1904 with
The Ironmaster
CALGARY, AB – Mac 14 – emerged into Theatre
Calgary
CALGARY, AB – Martha Cohen Theatre – 465 seats
CALGARY, AB – Max Bell Theatre in Calgary
Centre for the Performing Arts – 1985 – Martha Cohen Theatre (465 seats)
CALGARY, AB – One Yellow Rabbit Theatre
CALGARY, AB – Paget Players – 1912-28
CALGARY, AB – Palace Theatre – movie palace
built in 1921
CALGARY, AB -
Pengrowth Saddledome
Pleiaides Theatre
CALGARY, AB – Pumphouse Theatre
CALGARY, AB – Quest Theatre – 1984
CALGARY, AB – Sherman’s Opera House/Sherman
Grand Theatre – oldest surviving theatre in Calgary – 1912 – 1509 seats – part
of the Orpheum Circuit – offered drama, musicals, i.e. San Carlo Grand Opera
Company; British Guild Players; Royal Collins Players – 1972 twinned as cinema –
1985 renovated and reopened as Showcase Grand – see Hull’s Opera House
CALGARY, AB – Showcase Grand – see Sherman
Grand Theatre
CALGARY, AB – Stage West – 1981
CALGARY, AB – T. Eaton Company Masquers Club –
with branches in Toronto, Hamilton, and Winnipeg
*CALGARY, AB -
Theatre Calgary – built in
1968 (1972-1977) – Betty Mitchell Theatre – 497 seats – Walsh 1973; Back to
Beulah 1976 – 1985 moved to Max Bell Theatre in Calgary’s Centre for the
Performing Arts – 750 seats
CALGARY, AB – Vertigo Mystery Theatre
CALGARY, AB – Workshop 14 (alumnae – Conrad
Bain,Chris Wiggins,Ron Hartmann) – 1944-66
CAMBRIDGE, ON – Cambridge Arts Theatre –
former South Water Street Baptist Church – converted 1980 and now home to Galt
Little Theatre
CAMBRIDGE, ON -
Theatre Cambridge – 19 Concession
Street – 224 seat Cambridge Arts Theatre – in restored Baptist church, built in
the late 1800s on the banks of the Grand River
CANMORE, AB – Canmore Opera House – built of
logs – 1913 – open until the 1940s – renovated 1979 (165 seats) – now called
Royal Theatre
CANNINGTON, ON – Town Hall 1887 – served as
performance venues for local amateur societies, as well as touring performers
CARAQUET, NB – Les Productions de l”Etoile
1974-1976 – became Le Theatre Populaire d’Adadie
CARLETON PLACE – Town Hall 1897 – served as
performance venues for local amateur societies, as well as touring performers
CAVENISH, PE -
Montgomery Theatre – will
present plays from the life and times of L.M. Montgomery in the Church at
Avonlea Village (built 1872 the old Presbyterian church was moved after
Montgomery’s death to be part of Avonlea Village in Cavendish) – creator of
Canada’s beloved redheaded heroine lived from 1874 to 1942; works presented at
the new theatre “will be by playwrights who inspired Montgomery or whose works
were influenced by her” – 200 seats – Montgomery Theatre will present plays from
the life and times of L.M. Montgomery in the Church at Avonlea Village in
Cavendish, PEI. The creator of Canada’s beloved redheaded heroine lived from
1874 to 1942; works presented at the new theatre “will be by playwrights who
inspired Montgomery or whose works were influenced by her.” 200-seat theatre is
in the Church at Avonlea Village, which Montgomery attended in its original
location in Long River www.themontgomerytheatre.com
CHARLOTTETOWN, PE. – Academy of Music
CHARLOTTETOWN, PE. – Charlottetown Amateur
Theatre – formed 1800
*CHARLOTTETOWN, PE. -
Charlottetown Festival -
situated in Confederation Centre of the Arts – founded in 1964 by Mavor Moore,
artistic directors include Alan Lund – first season Anne of Green Gables; Laugh
With Leacock; and Spring Thaw – opened a second stage in 1977 – Anne of Green
Gables 1965; Turvey 1966; Wonder of it All; Life Can Be—Like Wow 1969; Johnny
Belinda 1968; Jane Eyre 1970; Mary 1971; Ballade 1972; Joey 1973; Kronborg:1582
1974; By George 1976; Eight to the Bar 1978; On a Summer’s Night 1978; Aimee
1981; Babies,Bless Them All 1981; Singin’ and Dancin’ Tonight 1982; Fauntelroy
1985; Swing 1985; Sleeping Arrangements 1985;Guys and Dolls 1995
CHARLOTTETOWN, PE. – Charlottetown Little
Theatre Guild – 1935-1964
CHARLOTTETOWN, PE. – Lyceum Theatre – 1886 –
900 seats
CHARLOTTETOWN, PE. – Opera House – 1893
CHARLOTTETOWN, PE. – Prince Edward Island
Theatre – 1893
CHARLOTTETOWN, PE. – Sons of Temperance Hall –
1851 – became Academy of Music
CHATHAM, ON –
Capital Theatre – originally operated as a movie theatre, air conditioned in
1938 – split down the middle in 1975 and restored to its former glory by early
2007 – 1,200 seats
CHATHAM, ON – Cultural Centre
CHATHAM, ON – Masonic Hall
CHATHAM, ON – Opera House – 1000 seats – early
1900s – served as brief stop-overs for touring companies on way to longer,
more-profitable runs in larger towns and cities
CHESLEY, ON –
Roxy Theatre
CLINTON, ON – Town Hall 1880 – served as
performance venues for local amateur societies, as well as touring performers
COBALT, ON –
Classic Theatre
COBOURG, ON – Amateur Society – 1845
*COBOURG, ON -
Ganaraska Festival Theatre- 55 King
Street West, Cobourg
COBOURG, ON – Opera House – 1000 seats – early
1900s – served as brief stop-overs for touring companies on way to longer,
more-profitable runs in larger towns and cities
*COLLINGWOOD, ON -
Theatre Collingwood -
established in 1984 – presented at the Gayety Theatre
COLLINGWOOD, ON – Town Hall – built 1891
housing council room, courthouse and Grand Opera House – renovated in the 1980s
CORNER BROOK – Amateur Players and the
Playmakers’ Company
CORNER BROOK – Theatre Newfoundland and
Labrador – 1979 – in Stephanville, NF – moved to Corner Brook and operated out
of Arts and Culture Centre
CORNWALL, ON – Aultsville Hall
CORNWALL, ON -
Capitol Theatre – atmospheric theatre – closed and razed late 1990s – now a
parking lot
CORNWALL, ON – Port Theatre – built 1940-41,
formerly the Roxy Theatre, the only Cornwall original movie theatre still in
operation
CORNWALL, ON – Roxy Theatre – see Port Theatre
COTE DE LA CANOTERIE, QC – Theatre Patagon –
near Quebec City – 1804 – 200 seats – moved to Montreal to the Patagon –
abandoned
CRANBROOK, BC – Key City Theatre, 20 14th
Avenue North
D DARTMOUTH, NS – McDonald’s
Hall – 1840s
DAWSON, YT – Amphitheatre and Novelty Theatre
– see Monte Carlo
DAWSON, YT – Auditorium – see Palace Grand
DAWSON, YT – Combination Theatre – later the
Tivoli – destroyed by fire
DAWSON, YT – Grand Opera House – see Palace
Grand
DAWSON, YT – Monte Carlo – 1898 – damaged by
fire 1899 – but replaced by Amphitheatre and Novelty Theatre
DAWSON, YT – Nugget Dance Hall – see Palace
Grand
DAWSON, YT – Opera House – wooden theatre –
1896 – destroyed by fire 1899
DAWSON, YT – Orpheum Theatre – 1897 –
vaudeville house
DAWSON, YT – Palace Grand Theatre (1899-1900)
– opened as Grand Opera House in 1899 (600-700 seats) – then changed to Savoy
(1900-01); Old Savoy (1901); Auditorium (1901-1938); Nugget Dance Hall (1938-40)
and Auditorium (1940-1962) – reconstructed as the Palace Grand Theatre 1962
DAWSON, YT – Old Savoy – see Palace Grand
DAWSON, YT – Pavillion Theatre – 1898
DAWSON, YT – Savoy – see Palace Grand
DAWSON, YT – Tivoli Theatre – see Combination
DEMORESTVILLE – Town Hall 1876 – served as
performance venues for local amateur societies, as well as touring performers
*DRAYTON, ON -
Drayton Festival Theatre -
13th season – 33 Wellington Street S. – a renovated 1902 opera house – 375 seats
- 2nd location The Schoolhouse Theatre in St. Jacob’s
DUTCH ISLAND, NT – Dutch Island Opera House
E EASTMAN, QC – Le Theatre de
Marjolaine – 1960 – in barn in Eastman – 272 seats – Zone 1960 – 1960 theatre
renovated
EDMONTON, AB – Bijou Theatre – see Empire
Theatre
EDMONTON, AB – Catalyst Theatre
EDMONTON, AB – Centennial Library Theatre –
see Theatre 3
EDMONTON, AB – Cercle Dramatique Jeanne d’Arc
- 1913
EDMONTON, AB – Chinook Theatre – 1978
EDMONTON, AB – Circle 8 – 1955-61
*EDMONTON, AB -
Citadel Theatre – built 1965 from
an old Salvation Army citadel – 277 seats – opened with Who’s Afraid of Virginia
Woolf – Citadel Too added 1975 – in 1976 new Citadel opened with 685 seats –
Olympiad 1976; Sean Mulcahy/John Neville – moved to new building in 1976 –
Shoctor Theatre, Rice 250 seats, Zeidler Hall 240 seats
EDMONTON, AB – Community Players – 1945-51
EDMONTON, AB – Dominion Theatre – see Kevin
Theatre
EDMONTON, AB – Edmonton Community Players -
1945
EDMONTON, AB – Edmonton Little Theatre –
1929-1945
EDMONTON, AB – Edmonton Opera House – later
Lyceum Theatre
EDMONTON, AB – Edmonton (or Walterdale)
Theatre Associates – 1959
EDMONTON, AB – Empire Theatre – 1906 – there
were three – 1st a small vaudeville house on McDougall Avenue 1906 (400 seats) –
became movie house, Bijou – later meat market – demolished 1950s; 2nd on Third
Street 1909 – converted from a warehouse and dancing academy – vaudeville and
touring shows – stood until 1920 – third – 1920 – opened as the New Empire,
immediately North – 1477 seats – road shows and vaudeville – after the war it
was converted to Trocadero Ballroom – demolished 1980
EDMONTON, AB – Espace Tournesol – see Theatre
Network
EDMONTON, AB – Fergusson’s Hall – see Ross
Hall
EDMONTON, AB – Forbes-Robertson Amateurs –
1916-20
EDMONTON, AB – Garrick Club – amateur theatre
early 1900s
EDMONTON, AB – Grand Opera House – see Ross
Hall
EDMONTON, AB – Jubilee Auditorium – 11445 87
Avenue – 1957 – 2700 seats
EDMONTON, AB – Kaasa Theatre – see Northern
Light and Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
EDMONTON, AB – Kevin Theatre – former
warehouse on Third Street – 1907 – burned down – reconstructed as the Dominion
(390 seats)
EDMONTON, AB – Little Theatre
EDMONTON, AB – Lyceum Theatre – originally
called the Edmonton Opera House – 1906 – 10320 Jasper Avenue – rows of wooden
chairs – opened with road shows – 1910 changed to Lyceum – closed 1914
EDMONTON, AB – Magnetic North – small
alternative theatre
EDMONTON, AB – Mercury Players – 1952-56
EDMONTON, AB – Northern Alberta Jubilee
Auditorium – see Northern Light
*EDMONTON, AB -
Northern Light Theatre – 1975
– opened with Love and Drollery – Edmonton Art Gallery moved to Kaasa Theatre in
Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
EDMONTON, AB – November Theatre – small
alternative theatre
EDMONTON, AB – Pantages Theatre – 1913
EDMONTON, AB – Phoenix Theatre – 1981 –
successor to Theatre 3 – 18 Wheels 1983; Cloud 9 1984; Torch Song Trilogy 1985
EDMONTON, AB – Princess Theatre
EDMONTON, AB -
Rexall Place – 7424 118 Avenue NW – 3 levels of seating – floor level 1,288
seats – site of Juno Awards 2004, and pop singers appear here
EDMONTON, AB – Robertson’s Hall – 1892 –
city’s first purpose built theatre – Jasper Avenue – upstairs above store –
burned 1906
EDMONTON, AB – Ross Hall – first purpose built
theatre in South Edmonton – was an Orange Lodge built over hardware store 1894
and served as auditorium (Fergusson’s Hall) and 1897 became Ross Hall – 300
seats – also known as Strathcona Opera House or Grand Opera House – touring
theatrical troupes – has been restored
EDMONTON, AB – Second City Cabaret – 1973
EDMONTON, AB – Shamrock Players
EDMONTON, AB – Stage West – 1975
EDMONTON, AB – Strathcona Opera House – see
Ross Hall
EDMONTON, AB – Theatre Associates – 1959 –
still performing
EDMONTON, AB – Theatre Beside – see Theatre 3
EDMONTON, AB – Theatre Network – 1975 – 1976
acquired former dance studio Espace Tournesol – Seven Hours to Sundown 1976
EDMONTON, AB – Theatre 3 (1970-1981) – In
Theatre Beside and relocated in 250 seat Centennial Library Theatre – Zoo Story
1971 and Miss Julie – In 1977 opened in a renovated old welding shop – 250 seats
– demise 1981
EDMONTON, AB – Thistle Rink Theatre – early
1900s
EDMONTON, AB – Trocadero Ballroom – see Empire
Theatre
*EDMONTON, AB -
Walterdale Playhouse – 1961 – renovated
schoolhouse with 70 seats – see also Edmonton Theatre Associates
EDMONTON, AB –
Winspear
Centre
EDMONTON, AB – Workshop West – 1979 – opened
with Punch and Polly and Somebody Waves Goodbye – permanent home 1983/84 in
Kaasa Theatre in Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
ELIOTT LAKE, ON – Civic Centre Theatre
ELMIRA, ON -
Elmira Theatre Company
*ELORA, ON -
Elora Festival – 23rd year of Elora
summer festival held at various venues in Elora
EMBRO, ON – Town Hall 1893 – served as
performance venues for local amateur societies, as well as touring performers
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ENGLEHART, ON – Palace Theatre
ERIN, ON – Century Church
Theatre Co – Centre 2000
ESTEVAN, SK – Orpheum Theatre
F FERGUS, ON –
Grand Theatre
*FERGUS, ON -
Theatre on the Grand - 244 St.
Andrew St. West, Fergus
*FORT ERIE, ON -
Gypsy Theatre - 465 Central Avenue -
cabaret style setting – 200 seats
*FORT MACLEOD, AB -
Empress Theatre – 1912 – 400
seats – has been in continuous use since opening – originally fourth theatre and
now only one remaining
FORT NIAGARA – Le Vieillard dupe 1757
FORTYMILE, NT – Tivoli Theatre – 1896
FREDERICTON, NB – Beaverbrook Auditorium – see
Theatre New Brunswick
FREDERICTON, NB – City Hall Opera House – 1870
– 836 seats
FREDERICTON, NB – Olympic Theatre – 1844
*FREDERICTON, NB -
Playhouse
- 1964 – 686 Queen Street – 1000 seats – opened with amateur productions -
refurbished 1972 to 763 seats
FREDERICTON, NB – Theatre Guild – 1931-56
*FREDERICTON, NB -
Theatre New
Brunswick – Beaverbrook Auditorium – 1000 seats – 1964 – rental hall for
touring orchestras, ballet and theatre companies, but by 1968 was holding its
own – theatre renovated in 1972 to 763 seats – developed prominent touring
company
G GALT, ON – Amateur Society –
1843
GALT, ON – Opera House – 1000 seats – early
1900s – served as brief stop-overs for touring companies on way to longer,
more-profitable runs in larger towns and cities
GALT, ON – Town Hall 1857 – served as
performance venues for local amateur societies, as well as touring performers
GANANOQUE, ON – Opera House – 1000 seats –
early 1900s – served as brief stop-overs for touring companies on way to longer,
more-profitable runs in larger towns and cities
*GANANOQUE, ON -
Thousand Islands Playhouse -
founded in 1981 – turn of the century riverfront playhouse – 22nd Season – at
the foot of Charles Street, Gananoque – now 2nd theatre – new Firehall Theatre
and the Springer Theatre
GANDER, NF – Arts and Culture Centre
GANDER, NF – Avion Players
GEORGETOWN, ON – Georgetown Globe Productions
GEORGETOWN, ON – Georgetown Little Theatre
GEORGETOWN, PE – King’s Playhouse – originally
King’s Theatre built in Town Hall 1897 – 200 seats – destroyed by fire 1983 –
reopened 1985
*GLACE BAY, NS -
Savoy Theatre – built 1927
GODERICH, ON -
Livery – a former stable made into a
playhouse
GODERICH, ON – Park Theatre – now twin screens
GRANBY, QC – Galeries de Granby 3 – closed
2005
*GRAND BEND, ON -
Huron County Playhouse – also
Playhouse II upstairs – Stephen B Line off Highway #81 -
century old playhouse barn – 660 seats, and 160 seat Playhouse II – things
seen there include – A Funny Thing Happened; Stage Struck; Little Shop of
Horrors; Gypsy;
GRAND FALLS, NF – Arts and Culture Centre
GRAND FALLS, NF – Northcliffe Drama Club
*GRAVENHURST, ON -
Gravenhurst Opera House – opened in 1901
and is one of the only five Heritage
Opera Houses still being used in the Province – opened with “Days of the
Year” – 295 Muskoka Road S., Gravenhurst – originally known as Mickle’s Folly –
restored in 1995
GRAVENHURST, ON – Music on the Barge – barges
moored to shores of Gull Lake created a stage – officially opened in 1959 with
permanent stage
GRAVENHURST, ON –
Muskoka Theatre
GUELPH, ON – Opera House – 1000 seats – early
1900s – served as brief stop-overs for touring companies on way to longer,
more-profitable runs in larger towns and cities
GUELPH, ON -
River Run Centre
GUELPH, ON – Town Hall 1867 – served as
performance venues for local amateur societies, as well as touring performers
H HALIFAX, NS – Academy of
Music – 1877 – 1200 seats – Spring Garden Road and Pleasant St- opened with
Grand Concert 1877 – 1913 changed to the Majestic Theatre – closed and
demolished 1929 for Capitol movie house –
HALIFAX, NS – Acker’s Theatre – see King
Edward
HALIFAX, NS – Bennett’s Theatre
HALIFAX, NS – Capitol Theatre – see Academy of
Music
HALIFAX, NS – Capitol Theatre – atmospheric -
opened in 1929 on the site where Lord Cornwallis founded Halifax in 1749
HALIFAX, NS – Cunard Street Theatre – see
Neptune
HALIFAX, NS -
Dalhousie Arts Centre
HALIFAX, NS – Dreamland – see King Edward
HALIFAX, NS – Empire Theatre – 1900-07 – see
King Edward
HALIFAX, NS – Fairbanks Wharf Theatre – 1817 –
1921 converted into warehouse
HALIFAX, NS – Freemason’s Hall – Grafton
Street – 1800 – used for theatricals
HALIFAX, NS – Gaiety – see King Edward
HALIFAX, NS – Garrick Theatre – see Neptune
and Strand
HALIFAX, NS – Garrison Amateur Theatre – see
Theatre Royal
HALIFAX, NS – Gault’s Theatre – see King
Edward
HALIFAX, NS – Grand Theatre – Argyle Street
1789 – 500 seats – became New Theatre; Halifax Theatre and Theatre Royal – until
1814 when changed to Royal Acadian School
HALIFAX, NS – Halifax Hotel – early 1840s –
used for theatricals
HALIFAX, NS – Halifax Theatre – see Grand
HALIFAX, NS – Hull’s Opera House
HALIFAX, NS – King Edward Theatre – 1907-1937
– also known as Acker’s New Theatre (1926); Scotia Theatre (1927); Gaiety
Theatre (1935); Dreamland Theatre (1908-21); Empire (1909-11) and (1914-1918);
Gault’s Theatre (1912-14) and (1920-21) and Gaiety (1919-20)
HALIFAX, NS – Lyceum Theatre – Starr Street –
opened as Temperance Hall in 1849 – briefly known as Olympic Theatre 1868-70 –
purchased 1880 and reopened as the Lyceum (1250 seats) – 1890s vacant – burned
down 1899
HALIFAX, NS – Lyric Theatre – 1904 – 700 seats
– 126 8th Ave SW – 1905 renamed Sherman’s Lyric Theatre – reopened 1914 as
Pantages Theatre – closed in 1921 – remodelled for shops – demolished some years
later
HALIFAX, NS – Majestic Theatre – see Academy
of Music
HALIFAX, NS – Mason’s Hall, part of Mason’s
Hotel – end of 1820s – used as theatre and also known as Theatre Royal
HALIFAX, NS – Mason’s Hotel – see Mason’s Hall
HALIFAX, NS – Mechanic’s Institute –
constructed in 1840s Dartmouth – became Town Hall in 1877, complete with
auditorium
HALIFAX, NS – Mermaid Theatre – 1972 –
committed to touring plays in rural Nova Scotia
*HALIFAX, NS -
Neptune Theatre – 1593 Argyle
Street -founded 1963 in former Strand built in 1915 as vaudeville theatre and
cinema – the Garrick at Sackville and Argyle Streets (521 seats) – opened with
Major Barbara – Second Stage added (1971-1974) – Cunard Street Theatre provided
home for Second Stage – Neptune North – Neptune Theatre School formed 1983, and
Young Neptune Company Tour formed 1993 – theatre now in 40th year
HALIFAX, NS – New Grand Theatre – opened in
1789-1844 – 500 seats – with The Merchant of Venice and both Charlottetown and
Saint John has theatres shortly afterwards
HALIFAX, NS – New Theatre – Grafton Street –
1829-1844 – demolished
HALIFAX, NS – New Theatre – see Grand
HALIFAX, NS – Nova Scotia Drama League
HALIFAX, NS – Olympic Theatre – see Lyceum and
Temperance Hall
HALIFAX, NS – Orpheus Hall – 1886-1947
HALIFAX, NS – Pantages Theatre – see Lyric
HALIFAX, NS – Pond Playhouse – see Theatre
Arts Guild
HALIFAX, NS – Pontac Inn – around 1770 – used
for theatricals
HALIFAX, NS – Rebecca Cohn Theatre
HALIFAX, NS – Royal Acadian School – see Grand
Theatre
HALIFAX, NS – Scotia Theatre – see King Edward
HALIFAX, NS – Sherman’s Lyric
Theatre/Sherman’s Grand Theatre/Sherman’s Opera House – see Lyric
HALIFAX, NS – Sothern’s Lyceum – see Theatre
Royal, Spring Garden Theatre
HALIFAX, NS – Spring Garden Theatre -
1846-1885 – temporarily named Sothern’s Lyceum when E.A. Sothern played there
from 1857 to 1859 – see Theatre Royal
HALIFAX, NS – Stages – cabaret HALIFAX, NS –
Strand Theatre – 1915 – vaudeville converted to movies as the Garrick Theatre
and in 1963 reopened as the Neptune Theatre
HALIFAX, NS – Sydney Hall – renamed Theatre
Royal 1849
HALIFAX, NS – Temperance Hall – 1849 – on
Starr Street – 1200 seated – renamed Olympic Theatre – 1880 became Lyceum –
destroyed by fire 1899 – see Lyceum
HALIFAX, NS – Theatre Arts Guild – 1931 – in
converted St. Andrew’s Hall on Coburg Road – Dover Road 1931 – 1950 moved to old
College Street School and after fire, to St. Patrick’s High School Gymnasium –
1966 renovated church hall in Jollimore as Pond Playhouse
HALIFAX, NS – Theatre Guild – 1931 – see
Theatre Arts Guild
HALIFAX, NS – Theatre-in-the-Round
HALIFAX, NS – Theatre Royal – see Grand
Theatre and Mason’s Hall
HALIFAX, NS – Theatre Royal – see Sydney Hall
HALIFAX, NS – Theatre Royal – known also as
Garrison Amateur Theatre and Spring Gardens Theatre – adapted from large barn –
1846 – 160 seats – The Sentinel 1846; You Can’t Marry Your Grandmother – summer
seasons – torn down 1885
HALIFAX, NS – Theatre Royal – Queen Street –
1846 – converted from a barn – reopened as Sothern’s Lyceum 1857 – abandoned
1874
HALIFAX, NS – Town Hall – see Mechanic’s
Institute
HALIFAX, NS – Wolfe Inn – Granville Street
opposite Province House – 1770 used for theatricals
HAMILTON, ON – Amateur Society – 1840
HAMILTON, ON – Aukuras – Lithuanian drama
group formed 1950
HAMILTON, ON – Avalon Theatre – 197 Ottawa St
– 1945 – film theatre – 762 seats – closed 1965
HAMILTON, ON – Avon Theatre – 195 Ottawa St –
1969 – film theatre – 663 seats – closed 1987
HAMILTON, ON – Bennett Vaudeville Theatre –
1908 – see Savoy
HAMILTON, ON – Broadway Theatre – 251 King St
E – film theatre – renamed from Pussycat – 437 seats – closed 1990
HAMILTON, ON – Burlington Hotel Ballroom –
used for theatricals 1828
HAMILTON, ON –
Capitol Theatre
- designed by Thomas W. Lamb – opened 1917, as Loew’s Theatre. The name was
changed by the new owners in 1922. The theatre closed as a movie house in 1971,
but was briefly revived in 1972 as Starvin’ Marvin’s Burlesque Palace. This
venture was unsuccessful, and the 2259-seat auditorium was demolished. The lobby
section now houses a restaurant – see also Loews
HAMILTON, ON – Century Theatre
HAMILTON, ON – Copps Coliseum – 101 York
Boulevard – (17,500 seats)
HAMILTON, ON – Centre Mall 8 Theatres – 1145
Barton – 1989 – film theatre – closed 2001
HAMILTON, ON – Centre Twin – 1145 Barton –
film theatre – opened 1969 – 615 and 742 seats – closed 1985
HAMILTON, ON – Century Theatre – 12 Mary St –
film theatre – 1945 – 858 seats – closed 1988
HAMILTON, ON – Cinema – 1355 Main St E – film
theatre – 1959 – twinned 1975 – 588 seats – closed 1983
HAMILTON, ON – Cinema Italia – 1964 – film
theatre – 1945 – 770 seats – showed Italian films – closed 1965
HAMILTON, ON – Cinesex and Peep Show – 61 King
St. E – built 1948 as Singer Sewing Company – later Palace Billiards and
Amusement Arcade
HAMILTON, ON – Colonial Theatre – 1909-1913 –
known as Wonderland, Princess and Tivoli – 1909-1913
HAMILTON, ON – Community Theatre – 1355 Main
East – 1940 – film theatre – closed 1955
HAMILTON, ON –
Copps Coliseum
HAMILTON, ON – Delta Theatre – 1087 Main St E
– film theatre – 1935 – 972 seats – closed 1980
HAMILTON, ON – Dofasco Centre for the Arts
(Formerly The DuMaurier Centre/Theatre Aquarius) – 190 King William St
HAMILTON, ON – Downtown Theatre – film theatre
– 1955 – James Street – 853 seats – closed 1960
HAMILTON, ON –
Dundas Little Theatre
HAMILTON, ON – Empire Theatre – 424 Barton St
– film theatre – 1935 – 892 seats – closed 1955
HAMILTON, ON – Granada – see Grand Opera House
– 102 James St – 1940 – closed 1955 – 1017 seats
HAMILTON, ON – Grand Opera House –
(1880-1930s) – James and Gore – 1226 seats – see also Opera House – opened with
The Brook 1880 – renovated 1905 to 1780 seats – converted to Granada Theatre –
demolished 1962
HAMILTON, ON – Gregory Theatre – Main and
Kenilworth – film theatre – 1935 – 481 seats – closed 1940
HAMILTON, ON -
Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts James Street South and there occupied a
key role in the cultural life of Hamilton for … heart of downtown Hamilton,
has been revived
HAMILTON, ON -
Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra
*HAMILTON, ON -
Hamilton Place – opened
1973 (renamed duMaurierLtd. Centre)
HAMILTON, ON – Hamilton Players Guild 1929
*HAMILTON, ON -
Hamilton Theatre Inc.
HAMILTON, ON – Hyland Theatre – 190 King St E
– film theatre – 1959 – 977 seats – closed 1985
HAMILTON, ON – International Cinema – 251 King
William St – film theatre – 1969 – renamed Pussycat 1970 – 450 seats – closed
1988
HAMILTON, ON – Jackson Square – James and King
– film theatre – 1973 – 691 and 424 seats – became sixplex 1989 (1867 seats
total) – only theatre left in downtown core
HAMILTON, ON – Kenilworth Theatre – 241
Kenilworth St – film theatre – 1935 – 647 seats – closed 1960
HAMILTON, ON – Kenmore Theatre – 434 King St E
– film theatre – 1935 – 647 seats total – closed 1960
HAMILTON, ON – Lime Ridge 4 – 999 Upper
Wentworth – film theatre – 1981 – 1000 seats total – closed 2001
HAMILTON, ON -
Loews Theatre
- 103 King Street East – built 1917 (2268 seats) by Thomas W. Lamb, as
vaudeville and moving picture house – name changed to Capitol in 1922 and closed
in 1971 – auditorium was demolished 1973 but front section converted to
restaurant – see also Pantages – was Hamilton’s largest theatre and 218th
theatre in Loew’s chain
HAMILTON, ON – Lyceum Theatre – 326 Concession
– film theatre – 1935 – 675 seats – closed 1940
HAMILTON, ON – Lyric Theatre – film theatre –
1935 – 722 seats – closed 1940
HAMILTON, ON – Main Theatre – film theatre –
1935 – 685 seats – closed same year
HAMILTON, ON – Main West 2 – 1605 Main St –
film theatre – 1984 – 456 seats total– closed 1985
HAMILTON, ON – Mechanics’ Hall
HAMILTON, ON – Mountain Theatre – 526
Concession – film theatre – 1945 – 709 seats – closed 1970
HAMILTON, ON – Odeon Theatre – 156 King St. E
– film theatre – 1973 – twinned – 1197 seats total – closed 1991
HAMILTON, ON -
Opera
Hamilton
HAMILTON, ON – Opera House – James Street -
1000 seats – early 1900s – served as brief stop-overs for touring companies on
way to longer, more-profitable runs in larger towns and cities
HAMILTON, ON – Palace Theatre – 137 King St
East – 1935 – 2007 seats – closed 1970
HAMILTON, ON – Pantages Theatre – designed by
Thomas Lamb – see Loews – opened and closed about 1935
HAMILTON, ON –
Players Guild – formed 1929
HAMILTON, ON – Playhouse – 177 Sherman – film
theatre – 1935 – 666 seats – closed 1985
HAMILTON, ON – Princess Theatre – film theatre
– also known as Wonderland, Colonial and Tivoli – 1913-1925
HAMILTON, ON – Pussycat Theatre – 251 King
William – renamed from International Cinema 1975 and renamed Broadway 1979 -
film theatre – 666 seats – showed porno films
HAMILTON, ON – Queen’s Theatre – 1065 Barton E
- film theatre – 1935 – 937 seats – closed 1955
HAMILTON, ON – Regent Theatre – 150 Locke –
film theatre – 1935 – 618 seats – closed 1955
HAMILTON, ON – Reo Theatre – 170 Parkdale -
film theatre – 1935 – 555 seats – closed 1985
HAMILTON, ON – Rex Theatre – film theatre –
1969 – 484 seats – closed 1970
HAMILTON, ON – Ronald V. Joyce Centre For the
Performing Arts at Hamilton Place – seating for 2181 patrons in the Great Hall,
and 350 in the Studio Theatre – 10 MacNab Street S. – see Hamilton Place
HAMILTON, ON – Roxy Theatre – film theatre – 1955 – 750 seats – closed same year
HAMILTON, ON – Royal Metropolitan Theatre –
1853 – John Nickinson Stock Company
HAMILTON, ON – Royal Theatre – 95 King St. W –
film theatre – 1935 – 428 seats – closed 1945
HAMILTON, ON – Savoy Theatre – 24 Merrick -
circa 1906-07 – opened as Bennett Vaudeville Theatre – 977 seats – closed 1955
HAMILTON, ON –
Staircase Café – 27 Dundurn St – film
theatre – 2004
HAMILTON, ON – Star Theatre – burlesque house
HAMILTON, ON – Starvin’ Marvin’s Burlesque
Palace – see Capitol Theatre
HAMILTON, ON – State Theatre – 758 Barton E –
film theatre – 1949 – 558 seats – closed 1965
HAMILTON, ON – Strand Theatre – 761 King St. E
– film theatre – 1930 – 558 seats – closed 1970
HAMILTON, ON –
Symphony
Hamilton
HAMILTON, ON – T. Eaton Company Masquers Club
– with branches in Toronto, Winnipeg and Calgary
*HAMILTON, ON -
Red Barn Theatre – 991 Lake Drive E – see listing under Toronto Theatres as
well – Canada’s oldest professional summer theatre in a barn dating from 1883 -
my first theatrical experiences were here while in high school – 2009 season
would have been 60th anniversary – major fire, burned to ground, April 2009, but
apparently the show will go on (somewhere)
JOGGINS MINE, NB – theatre over the post
office
JOLIETTE, QC – Festival de Lanaudiere -
established 1977 – 2,000 seat amphitheatre built 1989
JONQUIERE, QC – Chez L’bedeau – café theatre
KAMINISTIQUIA, ON – Kam
Theatre – 1974 – near Thunder Bay – used Ukranian Labour Temple in Thunder Bay –
name changed to Kam Theatre Lab in 1979 and Kam Theatre in 1981
KELOWNA, BC – Kelowna Community Theatre – 1375
Water Street
KELOWNA, BC – Orchard Players of Kelowna –
toured province
KELOWNA, BC -
Prospera Place
KENORA, ON –
Palace Theatre
KESWICK, ON – Stephen Leacock Theatre of
Performing Arts – 130 Gwendolyn Blvd
KINCARDINE, ON – Aztec Cinema
*KINCARDINE, ON -
Bluewater Summer Playhouse – cabaret
style theatre – 10th season
KINGSTON, ON – Amateur Society – 1837
KINGSTON, ON – Bottle Tree Productions – It operated at the Wellington Street Theatre, which has since been sold and will no longer operate as a theatre venue – will now be using the Grand Theatre.
KINGSTON, ON – Domino Theatre
- founded 1953 by Gordon and Valerie Robertson at the Odeon Theatre – 10 years in inadequate locations – opened with
No Exit 1953 (fight broke out in the audience. Sartre’s No Exit was a bit too existential for the movie audience) – opened new theatre in 1964 at 8 Princess St – then a renovated
limestone stable in 1974
KINGSTON, ON – Grand Opera House – 1879 – opened as Martin’s Opera House – in 1889 one of 19th-century Canada’s most successful light operas, Leo, the Royal Cadet, a ‘Canadian military opera’ set in the military college, had its first production
burned down 1898 – rebuilt on same site 1902 – from 1938 to 1961 a movie house –
closed until 1967 and reopened as live theatre – theatre burned down 6 Dec 1898, but three years later the Grand Opera House (Kingston, Ont) (later Grand Theatre) was erected on its site and became host to such celebrities as Nellie Melba and Ernestine Schumann-Heink and to the D’Oyly Carte Co.
KINGSTON, ON – International Players – 1948 –
opened with Fortune, My Foe 1948 – played Kingston and Toronto (Leaside
Collegiate) – company included talents like Donald Davis, Timothy Findley,
William Hutt, Charmion King, William Needles, Bernard Slade, Neil Vipond
KINGSTON, ON – Isabel Bader Centre for the
Performing Arts (Queen’s University) – to be built beginning 2009 KINGSTON, ON –
Kingston Amateur Theatre 1816-17 – nearly 60 comedies, farces and dramas
produced
KINGSTON, ON – Kingston Hotel – 1826 – used for theatricals
KINGSTON, ON – L’Octave Theatre
KINGSTON, ON – Martin’s Opera House – 1879-98 (see Grand Opera House)
- Leo the Royal Cadet 1889;
KINGSTON, ON – Mrs. Walker’s Hotel – 1829 – stable
behind hotel used for theatricals
KINGSTON, ON – Opera House – early 1900s –
1000 seats – served as brief stop-overs for touring companies on way to longer,
more-profitable runs in larger towns and cities
KINGSTON, ON –
Orpheum Theatre – 1915
KINGSTON, ON – Poncet’s Inn – 1812 – used for
theatricals
KINGSTON, ON – Queen’s Concert Hall – Queen’s
University – new performing arts centre, to include 550 seat concert hall, small
studio theatre, rehearsal rooms, art gallery and office space being built
2009/10 KINGSTON, ON – Queen’s University Dramatic Club – 1899 – renamed Guild
in 1925
KINGSTON, ON -
Theatre Kingston
KINGSTON, ON – Theatre Royal – 1844
KINGSTON, ON – Town Hall 1844 – served as
performance venues for local amateur societies, as well as touring performers
KINGSTON, ON – Wellington Street Theatre – has since been sold and will no longer operate as a theatre venue
KINCARDINE, ON – Kincardine Theatre Guild –
located in old Town Hall since 1982
KINMOUNT, ON -
Highlands Cinema Film
Museum – theatres reopening 2005
KIRKLAND LAKE, ON – Charlewood Theatre
KITCHENER, ON – Capitol Theatre
*KITCHENER, ON -
Centre in the Square – performing
arts theatre – North America’s second-largest stage
KITCHENER, ON – College Theatre – closed 2006
KITCHENER, ON – Empire Kings – closed 2006
KITCHENER, ON – Imperial Theatre – home of
Milton-St. Clair Resident Players – 1921 – disbanded 1923
KITCHENER, ON – Kitchener Memorial Auditorium
Complex – sports and entertainment complex facility
KITCHENER, ON -
Lyric Theatre
KITCHENER, ON -
Theatre and Company – King Street
Theatre Centre
KITCHENER, ON – Woodlawn Theatre – closed 2006
KNOWLTON, QC – Brae Manor Theatre – 1936-1956
L LANGLEY, BC – Willowbrook 6
- closed 2006
LARDER LAKE, ON –
Capitol Theatre
LA PRAIRIE, QC – Vieux-fort – café theatre
LAVAL, QC – Cercles St. Louis – 1908
LAVAL, QC – Cine-Parc Laval – failed to reopen
for 2005 season
LENNOXVILLE, QC – Festival Lennoxville
(1972-82) – 1972 – produced over 30 shows in its 10 year existence
LETHBRIDGE, AB – Majestic Theatre
LETHBRIDGE, AB – Playgoer’s Club of Lethbridge
- 1923
LINDSAY, ON –
Academy Theatre – 1892
*LINDSAY, ON -
Kawartha Lakes Summer Playhouse -
2 Lindsay Street S., Lindsay – oldest theatre in Ontario
LINDSAY, ON – Opera House – early 1900s – 1000
seats – served as brief stop-overs for touring companies on way to longer,
more-profitable runs in larger towns and cities
LONDON, ON -
Acropolis Theatre Company -
Gibbon’s Park – under the stars – situated on the banks of the River Thames
LONDON, ON -
Ausable Theatre
LONDON, ON – Bennett’s Theatre
LONDON, ON – Centennial Hall
LONDON, ON –
Century Theatre – see Loew’s Theatre
*LONDON, ON -
Grand Opera House – 471 Richmond
Street(829 seats) – built 1880-81 with 1600 seats, occupied the 3rd and 4th
floor of a Masonic Temple – major touring house in the 1890s because of rail
connections – burned down in 1900 and was replaced by the
Grand Theatre – operating since 1901 – 1805 seats – had the largest stage in
Canada – on stage has been Ben Hur with real horses and such greats as W.C.
Fields, who started as a juggler, Ethel Barrymore, Sarah Bernhardt, Dumbells
1919, Hullo Canada 1921; John Gielgud (1947), Madeleine Carroll, Donald Wolfit,
Alec Guiness, Charles Laughton, Jessica Tandy (1939), Take It or Leave It (World
War II review), Frederick March and Florence Eldridge, Hume Cronyn, in the 1950s
Spring Thaw with Dave Broadfoot, Guy Lombardo, National Ballet of Canada, Mrs.
McThing (1956),Fourposter (1951) with Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy, which went
on to Broadway, Many Faces of Love, again with Jessica and Hume (1976)1924 sold
to Famous Players – seating reduced to 829 with name McManus Studio Theatre
(300) – renovated and reopened 1978 – 1945 purchased by London Little Theatre -
renovated in 1978 to its former glory
LONDON, ON – Guy Lombardo Music Centre –
museum/music centre of Guy Lombardo (1902-77) – includes 1937 nickelodeon
LONDON, ON – Holman’s Opera House
LONDON, ON -
Loews Theatre – renamed Century Theatre
LONDON, ON – London Little Theatre – 1934 – in
1945 bought the Grand Theatre
LONDON, ON – Majestic Theatre
LONDON, ON – Maycourt Club
LONDON, ON – Opera House – early 1900s – 1000
seats – served as brief stop-overs for touring companies on way to longer,
more-profitable runs in larger towns and cities
LONDON, ON – Second City Cabaret – 1973
LONDON, ON – Palace Theatre – Vision of Salome
1908
LONDON, ON – Theatre Royal – 1840
LONDON, ON – Town Hall 1855 – served as
performance venues for local amateur societies, as well as touring performers
LONGUEVIL, QC – Rizpainsel – café theatre
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MARBLE ISLAND, NT – 1st permanent Arctic
Theatre – 1864 until 1880s – known as the Theatre
MARKHAM, ON – Chinese Cultural Centre – opened
2006 – 620 seat theatre complex
*MARKHAM, ON – Markham Little Theatre
*MARKHAM, ON -
Markham Theatre for Performing Arts -
171 Town Centre Blvd
*MEAFORD, ON -
Meaford Opera House – now in its 8th
season – Georgian Theatre Festival – 12 Nelson St. E., Meaford – built between
1908-09 – newly restored as arts and cultural centre
MEDICINE HAT, AB – Medicine Hat Amateur
Dramatic Society – 1914
MEDICINE HAT, AB – Medicine Hat
Players/Medicine Hat Little Theatre
MELFORT, SK – Grand Theatre
MELVILLE, SK – Princess Theatre
MIDDLE MUSQUODOBOIT, NS – Brookvale’s
Temperance Hall – 1875 – served as cultural centre for over 100 years
MIDDLE MUSQUODOBOIT, NS – Temperance Hall –
1850 – destroyed by fire 1880 and replaced in 1889
MIDLAND, ON – Opera House – early 1900s – 1000
seats – served as brief stop-overs for touring companies on way to longer,
more-profitable runs in larger towns and cities
MILLBROOK, ON -
4th Line Theatre – outdoor theatre
– Zion, 4th Line Road
MILLBROOK, ON – Town Hall 1873 – served as
performance venues for local amateur societies, as well as touring performers
*MISSISSAUGA, ON -
Harbourside Playhouse
*MISSISSAUGA, ON – Mississauga Players
MONCTON, NB -
Capitol Theatre – built 1926 – restored
1992 – 800 seats
MONCTON, NB – Cercle Beausejour – 1899-1914
MONCTON, NB – Cercle Dramatique – 1910-1920
MONCTON, NB – College Saint-Joseph (today’s
University of Moncton) – 1864
MONCTON, NB – Empress Theatre – burned
MONCTON, NB – Moncton City Hall Opera House
1885 – 750 seats
MONCTON, NB – Ruddick’s New Hall – former
Methodist church – 1878
MONCTON, NB – Stage Door’56
MONCTON, NB – Theatre Amateur de Moncton –
1969 – 1981 became Le Theatre Laurie Henri
MONCTON, NB – Theatre Laurie Henri – see
Theatre Amateur de Moncton
MONCTON, NB – University of Moncton – 1969
Department of Dramatic Arts added
MONTREAL, QC – Academy of Music – 1875 –
Victoria Street – 2000 seats – difficult start – part of roof collapsed – H.M.S.
Parliament 1880 – finally converted to French theatre 1909/10 – converted to
large retail store
MONTREAL, QC – Allen’s Palace – built 1921 -
3000 seats – vaudeville and movie theatre – Allen Circuit was replaced by Famous
Players in 1916 – turned into multi cinemas
MONTREAL, QC- Anjou Theatre – Drummond Street
(90 seats) – see Theatre du Rideau Vert
MONTREAL, QC – Apprentis-Sorciers – 1955 –
Davidson Street in former bakery – The Chairs
MONTREAL, QC – Barfly – 4062A St.
Laurent – intimate music venue – Capacity is only 65
MONTREAL, QC -
Bell Centre
MONTREAL, QC- Bennett’s Theatre – English
speaking theatre
MONTREAL, QC – Black Theatre Workshop
MONTREAL, QC – Brae Manor Theatre – summer
theatre and school – founded 1936
MONTREAL, QC – Butte a Mathieu – cabaret
MONTREAL, QC – Café Andre – cabaret
MONTREAL, QC –
Cafe Chaos – 2035 St. Denis – co-op
run club – intimate music venue
MONTREAL, QC – Café de la Place (des Arts) –
lunch time theatre for several years
MONTREAL, QC – Capitol Theatre – 1902-03 -
refurbished for cinema by Thomas Lamb in 1927 – see Grand Opera House
MONTREAL, QC – Carbone 14 – 1975
MONTREAL, QC – Casa Del Popolo – 4873
Boulevard St. Laurent – These clubs form the hub of the Montreal music scene
*MONTREAL, QC -
Centaur Theatre -
founded in 1969 – most important English language theatre in Quebec in the Old
Stock Exchange Building at 453 St. Francis-Xavier Street – a historical site – 2
theatres housing 250 seats and the larger 440 seats – 1974 bought entire
building and renovated – opened 1975 – Centaur 1 (255 seats) and Centaur 2 (440
seats)
MONTREAL, QC – Centre d’essai – 1963
MONTREAL, QC – Cercle Jacques Cartier – 1875
MONTREAL, QC – Cercle litteraire de
Saint-Henri – 1878
MONTREAL, QC – Chaconne – café/alternative
theatre
MONTREAL, QC- Chanteclerc Theatre – name
changed in 1930 – see Theatre Stella MONTREAL, QC – Chateau Theatre – built 1932
- art deco design
MONTREAL, QC- Cinema du Village – see Theatre
National
MONTREAL CINEMA HISTORY 1884-1929
*MONTREAL, QC -
Cirque du Soleil -
founded 1984 – housed in a tent of 2400 seats, this Montreal founded company of
street performers – in 1992 they have a permanent home in Las Vegas, and a
permanent home in Florida in a deal with Walt Disney
*MONTREAL, QC – Citadel Theatre – founded 1965
MONTREAL, QC – Comedie-Canadienne – 1958 to
1969 – opened with Alouette 1958 – became new home of Theatre du Nouveau Monde –
formerly the Radio Cite and Gaiete theatres – 1970 company declared bankruptcy –
see Theatre Club also Theatre du Nouveau Monde
MONTREAL, QC – Comedy Nest
MONTREAL, QC – Community Players of Montreal –
1920-3
MONTREAL, QC – Compagnie Jean Duceppe – 1973 –
900 seats McDonough’s Charbonneau and Le Chef opening programme
MONTREAL, QC – Compagnons de Saint-Laurent –
1937 to 1952 at Montreal’s College Saint-Laurent– 1937 to 1939 performed
edifying and semi-liturgical plays – 1948 company purchased Anglican Church at
Sherbrooke and Delorimier which became Theatre des Compagnon – disbanded 1952
MONTREAL, QC – Conservatoire d’Art Dramatique
du Quebec – 1954 – also in Quebec City
MONTREAL, QC – Conventum Theatre – see Eskabel
MONTREAL, QC – Cremazie – 1895
MONTREAL, QC – Cryochamber – 1180 St.
Antoine, Suite 315 – Perhaps Montreal’s least conventional music spot
MONTREAL, QC – D’Arcy McGee Auditorium – see
Theatre Club
MONTREAL, QC – Deutsches Theatre – formerly
German Academy Theatre – founded 1952
MONTREAL, QC – Divan Orange – 4234 St.
Laurent – intimate music venue
MONTREAL, QC – Dominion Theatre – see Theatre
des Varietes
MONTREAL, QC -
DynamO Theatre
MONTREAL, QC – Electric Tractor – 6674
L’Esplanade) – intimate music venue – one of the most popular warehouses
MONTREAL, QC – El Salon< – 4388 St.
Laurent – These clubs form the hub of the Montreal music scene
MONTREAL, QC – Empire Theatre – from 1893 was
province’s principal French language theatre
MONTREAL, QC – Empress Theatre – Sherbrooke
St. West – 1928 – 1350 seats – Egyptian atmospheric designed theatre of the
1920s – 1962 became cabaret – Royal Follies – closed 1992
MONTREAL, QC – Equipe – French language
theatre company 1943-1948
MONTREAL, QC – Escaouette Theatre – 1977
MONTREAL, QC – Eskabel – theatre workshop –
1971 – Creation Collective I (1973); Opera Fete – moved to Conventum
MONTREAL, QC – Espace Libre – see Nouveau
Theatre Experimental de Montreal
MONTREAL, QC – Esperanto – café/alternative
theatre
MONTREAL, QC – Ex-tasse – café/alternative
theatre
MONTREAL, QC – Feux-Chalins-Moncton – 1969 –
demise 1976
MONTREAL, QC – Figaro – see Theatre des
Varietes
MONTREAL, QC – Fleurs de Mal– café/alternative
theatre
MONTREAL, QC – Fort Moshington – 2106
Bleury – intimate music venue – this is the fan-turned-promoter Aaron St.
Laurent’s living room – capacity is 50 people
MONTREAL, QC – 4-Saouls Bar – café/alternative
theatre
MONTREAL, QC – Gaiete Theatre – see
Comedie-Canadienne
MONTREAL, QC – Garrison Amateurs of Montreal
MONTREAL, QC -
Gayety – built 1912 –
see also Theatre du Nouveau Monde
MONTREAL, QC – Gesu/Salle de Gesu – see
Nouvelle Compagnie Theatrale and Theatre Club and Theatre du Nouveau Monde and
Theatre du Rideau Vert
MONTREAL, QC – Granada Theatre
MONTREAL, QC – Grand Cirque Ordinaire – T’es
pas tannee Jeanne d’Arc (180) 1969
MONTREAL, QC – Grand Opera House – now the
Capitol
MONTREAL, QC – Hay’s Theatre/House – 1847 –
see Theatre Royal
MONTREAL, QC – Hemisphere Gauche – 221
Beaubien E – Underground rock ‘n’ roll and pop
MONTREAL, QC – Her Majesty’s Theatre – Guy
Street above St. Catherine – 1898 – 1704 seats – The Ballet Girl 1898 – 1901
became Proctor’s Theatre – 1904 original name restored – closed 1963 –
demolished – seats and stage equipment transferred to Capital Theatre
MONTREAL, QC – His Majesty’s Theatre – razed
MONTREAL, QC – Imperial Theatre – built 1913 -
as legitimate house but later converted to movies – once split but now has been
restored to original condition – now closed
MONTREAL, QC – Instant Theatre – late 1960s –
99 seat venue at Place Ville Marie – Crawling Arnold 1967
MONTREAL, QC- Joseph’s Theatre Royal – see
Theatre Royal
MONTREAL, QC – King Edward Theatre – Rue
Saint-Laurent – burlesque house
MONTREAL, QC – Laurentian Palace – East St.
Catharine Street – 76 children killed when fire broke out and one of the exits
was locked 1927
MONTREAL, QC -
Le Carousel Compagnie de Theatre
MONTREAL, QC – Les Apprentis-Sorciers – 1955
MONTREAL, QC – Licorne – café/alternative
theatre
MONTREAL, QC – Local – 7159 St. Urbain
- A new after-hours clubs
MONTREAL, QC – Loews Theatre
MONTREAL, QC – Lyceum Theatre – 1880
MONTREAL, QC – Machere – 1974
MONTREAL, QC – Midway Theatre – Rue
Saint-Laurent – burlesque house
MONTREAL, QC – Moliere – café/alternative
theatre
MONTREAL, QC – Molson’s Theatre Royal
1825-1844 – 1000 seats – resident company – Edmund Kean 1826; Charles Dickens
1842
MONTREAL, QC – Monkland – 1930
MONTREAL, QC – Montreal Repertory Theatre and
School – 1930 – originally Theatre Guild of Montreal – McGill University’s Moyse
Hall – opened with The Perfect Alibi 1930 – 1932 acquired headquarters on Union
Street (MRT’s Workshop – later called the Studio) – permanent home on Guy Street
1942 (200 seats) – 1952 fire – 1957 moved to Navy League Building – 1961 –
building sold
MONTREAL, QC –
Montreal Music Shows – Much of
the best music in Montreal is played in dank warehouses and abandoned office
spaces. Visitors may find them hard to access
MONTREAL, QC – Monument National – 1893-4 –
Rue Saint-Laurent – hall with 1496 seats – used by theatre groups from 1915-50
Yiddish theatre presented here – building bought 1971 by National Theatre School
MONTREAL, QC – Mountain Playhouse – summer
theatre – old toboggan and ski club on Mount Royal – 200 seats – 1950-1961
overlooking Beaver Lake – near Open-Air Theatre – first season – Born Yesterday;
Whiteoaks
MONTREAL, QC – Moyse Hall – McGill University
– see Montreal Repertory Theatre
MONTREAL, QC – National Theatre – 1900 to 1913
– theatre employed artists from France
MONTREAL, QC – National Theatre School – see
Monument National
MONTREAL, QC – Nationoscope – see Theatre
Canadien
MONTREAL, QC – Negro Theatre Guild – 1942
MONTREAL, QC – Nelligan – café/alternative
theatre
MONTREAL, QC – New Dominion – 1873
MONTREAL, QC – New Montreal Theatre – 1918 –
destroyed by fire 1820
MONTREAL, QC – Noeud – café/alternative
theatre
MONTREAL, QC – Nouveau Theatre Experimental de
Montreal – 1975 – converted old fire hall into L’Espace Libre
MONTREAL, QC – Nouvelle Compagnie Theatrale –
1964 – Le Gesu – east-end cinema converted – 900 seats – opened with Un Simple
Soldat – named Le Theatre Denise-Pel-Letier – now occupies Theatre Denise
Pelletier
MONTREAL, QC –
O Patro Vys – 356 Mount-Royal East -
Experimental music venue MONTREAL, QC – Opera Guild of Montreal
MONTREAL, QC – Orpheum Theatre – English
speaking – Rue St. Catherine – 1905 as vaudeville house – cinema until 1957 –
see Theatre du Nouveau Monde – demolished 1966
MONTREAL, QC – Outremont Theatre – built 1929
- art deco
MONTREAL, QC – Palace Theatre – first cinema
in Canada
MONTREAL, QC – Parisien Theatre – see Princess
Theatre
MONTREAL, QC – Patriote – cabaret
MONTREAL, QC – Pigalle Theatre
*MONTREAL, QC -
Place des Arts – Ste.
Catherine St. – performing arts complex with 5 theatres – Salle
Wilfred-Pelletier – opened in 1963 (3000 seats); Theatre Maisonneuve – 1967
(1300 seats); Theatre Jean-Duceppe 1967 (750 seats); Cafe de la Place – 1978
(130 seats; La Cinquieme Salle 1993 (450 seats
MONTREAL, QC -
Playwright’s Workshop
MONTREAL, QC – Port Royal Theatre (Place des
Arts) – see Theatre du Nouveau Monde
MONTREAL, QC – Poudriere – 1957 MONTREAL, QC -
Princess Theatre – Sainte-Catherine St. – 1908 opened as English-speaking
exclusive home of big time vaudeville acts – 2300 seats –A Night on Broadway
1908; Chu Chin Chow – 1929 became film theatre – 1963 French language cinema
called Le Parisien – changed to fiveplex in 1966
MONTREAL, QC – Proctor’s Theatre – see Her
Majestys
MONTREAL, QC – Quartier Latin –
café/alternative theatre
MONTREAL, QC – Queen’s Theatre – 1891
MONTREAL, QC – Quimetoscope – 1000 seats -
world’s first theatre devoted only to movies
MONTREAL, QC – Radio Cite – see
Comedie-Canadienne
MONTREAL, QC – Regent Theatre – built 1916
with over 1000 seats
MONTREAL, QC – Rialto Theatre – built 1924
MONTREAL, QC – Roulotte – children’s theatre
founded 1952
MONTREAL, QC – Royal Circus – 1825
MONTREAL, QC – Royal Olympic Theatre – 1845
*MONTREAL, QC-
Saidye Bronfman Centre – opened in 1967
as a gift to the Jewish community – 230 seats at a cost of one million – closed
1982 and served only as a road house – refurbished and reopened 1987
MONTREAL, QC – Sala Rosa – 4848 St.
Laurent – These clubs form the hub of the Montreal music scene
MONTREAL, QC – Salle de Gesu – Athalie 1925
MONTREAL, QC – Salle de l’Ermitage – 1911-13 –
3510 Cote-des-Neiges – open for public performances 1930s – now used for
recreation and sports
MONTEAL, QC – Salle Wilfred Pelletier – see
Place des Arts (1963 – home to Montreal Symphony Orchestra
MONTREAL, QC – Saltimbanques – avant-garde
amateur company – 1962 – converted warehouse on rue Saint-Paul – 94 seats
MONTREAL, QC – Shakespeare Society – 1945-47
MONTREAL, QC – Snowdon – 1937
MONTREAL, QC – Starland Theatre – 250 seats –
Rue Saint-Laurent burlesque house
MONTREAL, QC – Stitches – cabaret
MONTREAL, QC – Talma – 1889
MONTREAL, QC – T. Eaton Company Masquers Club
– with branches in Toronto, Hamilton, Winnipeg and Calgary
MONTREAL, QC – Teatro Valle Inclan – Hispanic
company founded 1974
MONTREAL, QC -
Teesri Duniya Theatre
MONTREAL, QC – Theatre Canadien – situated in
Montreal’s Nationoscope – 1100 seat cinema – used for operettas and revues –
Envoye! Envoye! 1919 (100+ performances)
MONTREAL, QC – Theatre Club – 1954 to 1964 -
used D’Arcy McGee Auditorium, Salle du Gesu and Comedie-Canadienne – 4
productions a year – and from 1957 a 200 seat studio on Rue St-Luc – company
closed 1965
*MONTREAL, QC -
Theatre
d’Aujourd’hui – founded 1968 – an amalgamation of 3 companies in a renovated
garage with 100 seats – Les Belles Soeurs 1968 – 1991 moved into renovated porn
cinema with mainstage and studio space
MONTREAL, QC – Theatre de la
Comedie-Canadienne 1958-69 MONTREAL, QC – Theatre de la Marmaille – 1973 –
founded as children’s theatre
MONTREAL, QC – Theatre de Mime – 1965
MONTREAL, QC –Theatre de Quat’Sous – 1955 –
used various venues and in 1965 moved to own theatre – 160 seat converted
synagogue on Est, Ave des Pins – mounted 10 productions
MONTREAL, QC – Theatre Denise-Pel-Letier – see
Nouvelle Compagnie Theatrale
MONTREAL, QC – Theatre des Compagnon – see
Compagnons de Saint-Laurent and Theatre du Rideau Vert
MONTREAL, QC – Theatre des Nouveautes – 1900
to 1907 MONTREAL, QC – Theatre de Societe – late 1700s
MONTREAL, QC – Theatre des Varietes – 1913 –
opened as Dominion Theatre (later known as Figaro) – 726 seats – variety
programmes and burlesque house – changed to Theatre des Varietes in 1967
MONTREAL, QC – Theatre des Varietes – 1898-9
MONTREAL, QC – Theatre du College de Bathurst
*MONTREAL, QC -
Theatre du Nouveau Monde (TNM) -
celebrating their 50th Anniversary 2001 – opened 1951 at Salle Geso – L’Avare
1951 (26 performances) – 1963 fire destroyed the offices – 1966 Orpheum Theatre
which they used was scheduled for demolition – moved 1967 to New Place des Arts
Complex and eventually Theatre de la Comedie-Canadienne 1972- renovated in 1997
– see Gayety – 1951 – company leased Gesu and in 1957 opened at the Orpheum –
1967 moved to Port Royal Theatre at Place des Arts – 1972 moved to
Comedie-Canadienne – renamed Theatre du Nouveau Monde – from 1954-1959 there was
an English branch of company – in 1963 – company opened summer theatre at
Repentigny near Montreal – censorship problems with Les Fees ont Soif (1978-79
season)
*MONTREAL, QC -
Theatre du
Rideau Vert – 1949 –began at Theatre des Compagnons on Sherbrooke St. –
Children’s Hour 1949; K.M.X. Labrador; Ondine 1952 – company closed 1952 but
resumed 1956 at the Gesu and moved to Anjou on Drummond St (90 seats) – 1960
moved to Theatre Stella
MONTREAL, QC – Theater Francais – St.
Catharine St.
MONTREAL, QC – Theatre Guild of Montreal – see
Montreal Repertory Theatre
MONTREAL, QC – Theatre Latino-americain
Horizontes – founded 1977
MONTREAL, QC – Theatre National – Ste.
Catherine and Beaudry Street – opened 1900 and by 1910 had more than 300
productions (670 seats)- has been a nickelodeon, burlesque house (2 shows per
day/7 days a week), vaudeville house, cinema, Chinese cinema, gay erotic cinema
and a gay porn theatre (Cinema du Village)
MONTREAL, QC- Theatre Populaire du Quebec –
1963 – touring productions
MONTREAL, QC – Theatre Royal – built 1825 -
1000 seats – SW corner of St. Paul and Victor St. – first season of 100 nights –
Edmund Kean – razed 1944 for the Bonsecours Market and 2nd Theatre Royal/Hays
House/Theatre opened (1847-1851) at Notre Dame and Dalhousie Square – well
received Shakespeare performances – destroyed in fire 1852 – 3rd called Joseph’s
Theatre Royal – opened 1852 at Cote and Craig Streets – 1500 seats – presented
such talents as Charles Kean, Sarah Bernhardt (1880-1891-1896); Lily Langtree
(1883); Sir Henry Irving (1884-1894-1895) – and remained active until torn down
1913
MONTREAL, QC – Theatre Stella – see Theatre du
Rideau Vert 1912 – 443 seats – Rue Saint-Denis – opened as Chantecler – became
cinema 1919 – then became Theatre Stella in 1930 – 1935 again a movie house –
renovated in 1968 and became Le Theatre du Rideau Vert
MONTREAL, QC – Trinity Players – 1911-61
MONTREAL, QC – Underground – small
music venue
MONTREAL, QC – Usine Company – small
alternative theatre
MONTREAL, QC – Ville-Marie – 1890
MONTREAL, QC – Yiddish Theatre – founded 1956
MONTREAL, QC – YM-YWHA Players
MOOSEJAW, SK – Capitol Theatre
MOOSEJAW, SK – Orpheum Theatre
MOOSEJAW, SK – Regent Theatre
*MORRISBURG, ON -
Upper Canada Playhouse -
intimate theatre space in a converted toothbrush factory – Highway 2 & 31
(across from water tower) – 19th season
MULGRAVE, NS – Mulgrave Road Co-op Theatre –
Mulgrave Road Show 1977
MUSKOKA, ON -
Theatre Muskoka – plays in 3
theatres, Charles Stockey Centre, Algonquin, and Port Carling Memorial Centre
N NANAIMO, BC – Portland
Theatre – 125 Front Street
NARAMATA, BC – Home Theatre – 100 seats -
1920-1924
NELSON, BC – Capitol Theatre – built 1927
NEPEAN, ON – Centrepointe Theatre
NEWCASTLE, NB – Masonic Hall – 1876
NEW GLASGOW, NS – Academy of Music – 1912 –
1945 fire – renovated into movie house – demolished 1964
NEW GLASGOW, NS – Green Lantern – theatre on
3rd floor of H.L.P. McNeil’s Hall – 1870s
NEW GLASGOW, NS – Mechanics Hall – opened
1860s – changed to Empire Theatre
NEWMARKET, ON -
Magna Centre – recreation
facility – opened Aug 2007 – includes four rinks, competition pool, gymnasium,
indoor track and three multi-purpose rooms
NEWMARKET, ON – Newmarket Stage Company
NEWMARKET, ON – Newmarket Theatre
NEWMARKET, ON -
York Shakespeare Festival/Resurgence
Theatre Company – 227 Main Street South – performances at Fairy Lake Park
July and August – celebrating 6th season – in Festival tent
NEW WESTMINSTER, BC – Herring’s Opera House –
1887
NIAGARA FALLS, ON – Avalon Ballroom – see also
Niagara Fallsview Casino – 1,500-seat room has been specially designed so that
no seat is more than 27 metres from the stage and it’s become a popular
destination with entertainers of every description NIAGARA FALLS, ON – Cinema
180 closed 2005 for Legoland Adventures
NIAGARA FALLS, ON -
Cirque Niagara – Avia
NIAGARA FALLS, ON -
Greg Frewin Theatre – 5781 Ellen Avenue – 700 seats
- Aladdin Jr (06)
NIAGARA FALLS, ON -
Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort/Oakes Hotel
- $l billion dollar casino/hotel opening June 2004 – 3 stages (Avalon Ballroom,
with 1,500 seats – inaugural concert Paul Anka, plus two small stages The 365
Club, and the Splash Bar) – 368 rooms and suites
*NIAGARA-ON-THE LAKE, ON – Canadian Mime
Theatre – 1969
*NIAGARA-ON-THE LAKE, ON –
Jackson Triggs Amphitheatre -
2145 Regional Road 55 – summer programmes in the open air at Jackson-Triggs
Niagara Estate Winery
*NIAGARA ON THE LAKE, ON -
Shaw Festival – 10 Queen’s Parade -
inaugurated 1962 by Brian Doherty – one of world’s finest theatre companies –
the second largest repertory company in North America with three theatres, The
Festival (opened 1973) – 10 Queens Parade (861 seats), 2nd floor of Court House
- Picton Street (316 seats) and the Royal George (1980) – Picton Street (328
seats), a former movie house and originally build in 1913 as vaudeville house to
entertain troops during World War I – opened with Candida and Don Juan in Hell
(8 performances) – opened with You Never Can Tell – now in 42nd season using
three theatre spaces from April to December – in addition to many productions of
Shaw’s plays, they have also done a number of Shaw’s contemporaries – 43rd
Anniversary season 2005 – now employs 60-70 actors
NIAGARA-ON-THE LAKE, ON – Theatre Beyond Words
- 1977
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, ON – Town Hall 1874 -
served as performance venues for local amateur societies, as well as touring
performers
NORTH BATTLEFORD, SK – Empress Theatre
NORTH BAY, ON – Capital Theatre – Main Street
- has been saved
*NORTH BAY, ON -
Nipissing Stage Company- Nipissing
University Theatre – 100 College Drive – a new professional summer repertory
theatre of the north – in its 5th season
NORTH BAY, ON – Opera House – early 1900s –
1000 seats – served as brief stop-overs for touring companies on way to longer,
more-profitable runs in larger towns and cities
NORTH BAY, ON –
Rep 21 Contemporary Theatre – Canadore College’s Theatre Arts Program
*NORTH HATLEY, QUE -
Piggery Theatre – founded 1966
as a summer theatre
NORTH SYDNEY, NS – Caledonian Hall 1861 –
Commercial and Caledonia Sts
NORTH SYDNEY, NS – Empire Hall – 1901
NORTH SYDNEY, NS – Family Theatre – 1914 -
became Strand movie house
NORTH SYDNEY, NS – Royal Albert Hall -1890
NORTH SYDNEY, NS – Strand – see Family Theatre
NORTH SYDNEY, NS – Terra Nova Hall – 1889
OAKVILLE, ON – Glen Abbey Dinner Theatre – 461
North Service Road West – short lived dinner theatre circa 1992 – P.S. Your Cat
is Dead 1992
OAKVILLE, ON –
Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts – 130 Navy St – see also West End
Studio Theatre
OAKVILLE, ON – Oakville Players
*OAKVILLE, ON -
RBC Festival of Classics -
120 Navy Street – Coronation Park (Lakeshore Road West & Third Line), Oakville -
8th season
OAKVILLE, ON -
West End Studio Theatre – now
in 7th year (2006) at Oakville Centre for the performing Arts
*ORANGEVILLE, ON -
Theatre Orangeville – 87
Broadway, Orangeville
ORILLIA, ON – Mariposa Arts Theatre
*ORILLIA, ON – Orillia Opera House -
Orillia Opera House
- built in 1895 as Orillia Town Hall, jail and concert hall – served as brief
stop-overs for touring companies on way to longer, more-profitable runs in
larger towns and cities – 17th year for Festival – in 1997 the 700 seat
auditorium was renamed for native legend Gordon Lightfoot -
Orillia Opera House – West & Mississauga Streets, Orillia
ORILLIA, ON -
Sunshine Festival Theatre Company -
St. James’ Stubley Auditorium, and the Orillia Opera House
OSHAWA, ON -
General Motors Centre
OSHAWA, ON – Marks Theatre – located at King
and Celina Streets. Previously, in 1875, it was a hotel named Finigan’s (later
American) Hotel, and that many traveling performers who stayed there – Ernie
Marks was among them. He was a native of Perth, Ontario, and was party of a
traveling troupe that performed separate plays for two-week periods before
moving on to other towns – In 1931, Ernie acquired the Martin’s Theatre and
became mayor of Oshawa the same year. The Marks, as it was later known,
presented musical revues, stage plays, and amateur talent nights for years after
films began to be screened. The theatre originally sat 1,500 patrons, had a
large balcony, and contained graded corridors that allowed free movement around
the building, cutting the need for stairways. The Marks continued as an
independent movie house, surviving a series of fires from nearby buildings,
until the late 80s. It was demolished in 1992
OSHAWA, ON –
Oshawa Little Theatre – almost
70 years – 62 Russett Ave
OSHAWA, ON –
Regent Theatre – 1919 – 750 seats – closed since 2001 – Glyn Laverick, who
revitalized Toronto’s Danforth Music Hall wants to do the same with Oshawa’s
long-neglected vaudeville-era Regent Theatre and restore to its former glory -
hoping to reopen for live theatre, concerts and lectures for next summer
OTTAWA, ON -
Alumni Theatre
OTTAWA, ON – Amateur Society – 1850
OTTAWA, ON – Andy & Flo’s Comedy Tavern –
cabaret
OTTAWA, ON -
Barrymore’s (The
Imperial Theatre) – built 1914
OTTAWA, ON – Bennett Theatre – razed
OTTAWA, ON – Canadian Repertory Theatre – 1949
– Quiet Weekend 1949 – most of the members ended up at Stratford’s Festival
OTTAWA, ON – Capitol Theatre – opened 1920 as
Loew’s Theatre – designed by Thomas Lamb – 1931 renovated and became RKO Capitol
- closed in 1970 – destroyed to make room for an office tower and a few ugly
cinemas
OTTAWA, ON – Caveau Theatre
OTTAWA, ON -
Company of Fools
OTTAWA, ON -
Corel Centre
OTTAWA, ON – Elgin Theatre – lst multiplex
cinema 815 & 840 seat auditoriums – Elgin St – 1937-1994
OTTAWA, ON – Galvin Players – longest and most
successful engaement of any resident stock company in Canada during the 1920s
OTTAWA, ON – Gowan’s New Opera House – see
Grand Opera House
OTTAWA, ON – Gowan’s Opera House – see Grand
Opera House
OTTAWA, ON – Grand Opera House/Gowan’s New
Opera House – 1875-1913 – opened with The Bohemian Girl; La Sonnambula 1875;
Canada’s Welcome 1879 – see Her Majesty’s Theatre – to replace Gowan’s Opera
House (later St. James Hall) – 134 Albert Street (1,000 seats) – 1913 –
destroyed by fire
*OTTAWA, ON –
Great Canadian Theatre Company – founded in 1975 – garage converted to 230
seat theatre in 1982 – Irving Greenberg Theater Center – expected to be
completed in May/07 – Center will sport two theaters — a 270-seat mainstage and
a 90-seat studio space – expanded production facilities and a two-level lobby
OTTAWA, ON – Her Majesty’s Theatre – 1000
seats – 1856-1971 – 1000 seats – Wellington St. facing Barrack, on site
currently occupied by National Press Building – housed the Shakespeare Saloon –
featured mainly visiting British and American troupes – renamed Prince of Wales
in 1860 – original name restore in 1866 – Times Printing took over building in
1871 – was Rink Music Hall and then Grand Opera House in 1875
OTTAWA, ON – Hiccups – cabaret
OTTAWA, ON – Holland Park – 1896 – site of
first motion picture screening in the city
OTTAWA, ON –
Imperial Theatre
OTTAWA, ON – Irving Greenberg Theatre Centre -
see Great Canadian Theatre Co
OTTAWA, ON – LaSalle Academy – 700 seats
OTTAWA, ON – Loew’s Capitol – see Capitol
Theatre – designed by Thomas Lamb – 2580 seats – Nelson Eddy 1938/39, Whiteoaks
1939, Ethel Barrymore, John Gielgud, Michael Redgrave, Marion Anderson, William
Warfield, Victor Borge, Pearl Bailey, Nat King Cole, Gracie Fields, Jose Greco -
torn down 1970
OTTAWA, ON -
Mayfair Theatre – 1932 – oldest movie
theatre in Ottawa – Spanish revival style
OTTAWA, ON – Music Hall – burlesque house –
Mme. Rentz’s Female Minstrels (Bare Blondes) 1875
*OTTAWA, ON –
National Arts Centre – built in 1969 at a cost of 46 million – three theatre
complex (Opera House 2326 seats; Theatre 969 seats; Studio 350 seats and Salon
150 seats); L-Atelier – warehouse theatre seats 100; and La Maison du Citoyen
(City Hall in Hull) 225 seats – at a cost of 46 million – has had various
resident theatre companies since its opening
OTTAWA, ON – New Russell Opera House – see
Russell Theatre
OTTAWA, ON – Nickel Theatre – beside Grand
Opera House – destroyed by fire 1913
OTTAWA, ON -
Odyssey Theatre
*OTTAWA, ON –
Ottawa Little Theatre (Ottawa Drama League) – producing plays since 1913 -
original home of the Dominion Drama Festival (1932-1978) a breeding ground for
artists of the Canadian Theatre – purchased Eastern Methodist Church and
converted to T shaped playhouse – opened 1928 – 1970 fire destroyed the theatre
- new theatre with 510 seats built on old site 1972
OTTAWA, ON – Penguin Café – cabaret
OTTAWA, ON – Penguin Theatre Company – 1978-83
OTTAWA, ON – Prince of Wales – see Her
Majesty’s Theatre
OTTAWA, ON – Rainbow 5 – reopened 2005
OTTAWA, ON – Rexy Theatre – Atmospheric style
- closed & demolished
OTTAWA, ON – Rideau Hall (Government House) –
1838 –1872 – first theatrical activity took place here in 1873 – To Oblige
Benson 1873 – used for amateur productions – Maire of St. Brieux 1875; Maiden
Mona,the Mermaid 1877
OTTAWA, ON – Rink Music Hall – – served as
brief stop-overs for touring companies on way to longer, more-profitable runs in
larger towns and cities – Ottawa Firemen 1873 – see Her Majesty’s Theatre
OTTAWA, ON – Russell Theatre – 1897-1928 –
1700 seats – Queen St and Elgin – destroyed by fire 1901 – rebuilt and reopened
as New Russell Opera House – 1928 the adjoining vacant Russell Hotel burned down
and theatre was demolished for Confederation Park
OTTAWA, ON – St. James’ Hall – see Grand Opera
House
OTTAWA, ON – Shakespeare Saloon – see Her
Majesty’s Theatre
OTTAWA, ON -
Sock N Buskin Theatre Company
OTTAWA, ON – Theatre de la Vieille – Les Murs
de nos villages 1979; Hawksbury Blues 1981; Le Nez 1984
OTTAWA, ON – Theatre 2000 – 1979-83
OTTAWA, ON – Town Hall 1850 – served as
performance venues for local amateur societies, as well as touring performers
OTTAWA, ON – Town Theatre – 1967 – various
venues – Luv; Antigone; Philadelphia Here I Come – ceased operations 1969
OUTREMONT, QC – Gargouille – café theatre
OWEN SOUND, ON –
Classic Theatre
OWEN SOUND, ON – Roxy Theatre – initially the
Grand Opera House, later renovated into cinema – now home to Owen Sound Little
Theatre
OWEN SOUND, ON – Savoy Theatre – Rex Stock
Company 1920 (11 week season) with Charley’s Aunt; Within the Law; Bought and
Paid For
P PAISLEY, ON – Town Hall –
1876 – served as performance venues for local amateur societies, as well as
touring performers
*PARRY SOUND, ON -
Charles W. Stockey Centre for the
Performing Arts – opening July 2003 – new 480 seat theatre, including the
Bobby Orr Hall of Fame
PARRY SOUND, ON -
King’s Wharf Theatre – 5th season – 400 seat rustic theatre – 97 Jury Dr,
Discovery Harbour – flanked by majestic tall ships and historic buildings from
19th Century British naval and military base
PERTH, ON – Balderson Theatre – Main Street – opened 1915 – 1,084 seats – closed 1956
PERTH, ON – Robertson Music Hall – opened 1851 – 15 Darcy St – largest music hall between Montreal and Toronto – building is now a private residence
PETERBOROUGH, ON – Arbor Theatre – summer
theatre
*PETERBOROUGH, ON -
4th Line Theatre – Winslow Farm -
Summer Theatre – 13th year 2003 – or 705-876-6323
*PETERBOROUGH, ON – New Stages Peterborough
PETERBOROUGH, ON – Opera House – 1000 seats –
early 1900s – served as brief stop-overs for touring companies on way to longer,
more-profitable runs in larger towns and cities
PETERBOROUGH, ON –
Peterborough Family YMCA
*PETROLIA, ON -
Victoria Playhouse – 411
Greenfield Street – 8th season – fully restored theatre
PICKERING, ON –
Backwoods Players – plays at
Pickering Museum Village
PICKERING, ON –
Herongate Barn Dinner Theatre – 2885
Alton Road
PICKERING, ON – Pickering Museum Village –
home to Backwoods Players – South of HWY 7 between Brock Rd and Westney Rd
*PICTON, ON -
Regent Theatre – formerly George
Cook’s
Regent Theatre – Edwardian style opera – opened in 1918 in a heritage
building dated 1830 (1100 seats) – operated as theatre and cinema for 60 years -
fell into disuse and closed in 1981 – purchased in 1994 as a legitimate theatre
- restored and reopened 1998 – now in 4th year – 224 Main Street
PICTOU, NS – Opera House
POINTE CLAIRE, QC – Famous Players 8 – closed
2005
PORT ARTHUR, ON –
Paramount Theatre
PORT CARLING, ON –
Port Carling Memorial Community Centre
- 3 Bailey St – home to Theatre Muskoka
*PORT COLBORNE, ON -
Showboat Festival Theatre (220 seats)-
adjoins gorgeous restored 19th century mansion with dining facilities – 18th
season – 296 Fielden Avenue, Port Colborne
*PORT DOVER, ON -
Lighthouse Festival Theatre -
(built in Town Hall – opened 1906)- 25th Anniversary Season 2004 – Main and
Market Streets
PORT HOPE, ON –
Capitol Theatre and website Capitol
- 20 Queen St- Atmospheric style – 1930s film theatre – closed 1987 and restored
1993 – 361 seats – see also Port Hope Festival Theatre
PORT HOPE, ON –
Orange Hall
*PORT HOPE, ON –
Port Hope Festival Theatre – The Capital, Canada’s only remaining operating
atmospheric theatre, built as a movie palace in 1930, and operated as a movie
theatre until 1987 – now in its 6th season in the Capital Theatre, 14 Queen
Street, Port Hope
PORT HOPE, ON – Royal Theatre – built as Grand
Opera House – closed 1929
PORT MOODY, BC – Hart’s Opera House – wooden
structure – roller skating rink – 1887 – Carrall Street
PORT MOODY, BC – Imperial Opera House – 1889
PORT PERRY, ON – Town Hall 1873 – served as
performance venues for local amateur societies, as well as touring performers
PORT ROYAL, NS – Acadian Theatre – Le Theatre
de Neptune
PORT ROYAL, NS (now Annapolis Royal) – 1606 –
Le Theatre de Neptune en la Nouvelle France; Le Misanthrope 1743
*PORT STANLEY, ON -
Port Stanley Festival Theatre – 12th season
– 6-302 Bridge Street – originally built as Community Hall in 1927
PRESCOTT, ON -
St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival
- one of Ontario’s founding villages built in 1784 – outdoor classical theatre
beside St. Lawrence River in bigtop tent beside Sandra S. Lawn Amphitheatre if
raining
PRINCE ALBERT, SK – Presbyterian Mission House
– entertainments by 1878
PRINCE ALBERT, SK – Orpheum Theatre
PRINCE ALBERT, SK – Strand Theatre
PRINCE RUPERT, BC – Westholme Opera House
Q QUEBEC CITY, QC – Academy of
Music – 1852
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Arcade Theatre – 1918
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Artistes Associes de Quebec
(1936-1942)
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Auditorium – Carre
d’Youville – 1500 seats – opened 1903 – opened with two day gala musical program
1903 – 1927 Casavant organ – 1929 renamed Capitol – closed 1982 and waits
restoration
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Bennett’s Theatre – opened
1903 – later called the Capitol – restored and in 1992 became a legitimate
theatre
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Bordee – cabaret
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Canadien-Francais – 1912
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Capitole – saved and
restored – houses a restaurant off the main lobby – see Auditorium
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Champlain – 1908
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Chantauteuil – late 1960s
cabaret
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Chantecler Theatre – 1918
QUEBEC CITY, QC – IMAX theatre – closed 2005
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Conservatoire d’Art
Dramatique du Quebec – also in Montreal – 1954
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Estoc – 1957-1966
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Grand Cirque Ordinaire
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Grand Opera House – now the
Capitol Theatre
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Grand Theatre de Quebec – a
1967 centennial project – 1969 La Corporation du Grand Theatre de Quebec is
founded to promote the arts in Quebec City – building has a large 1800 seat
theatre for operas, concerts, and dramas – opened 1970; a 300-600 seat flexible
room for plays, and a music conservatory for the 250-350 students – theatre
itself opened in 1971 with 2 theatres – Salle Octave-Cremazie (500 seats); Salle
Louis-Frechette (1800 seats) – see Theatre du Trident
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Hobbit – cabaret
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Laval Club – 1899
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Music Hall – 1853 – 1500
seats – 1856 renamed Olympic Theatre/Royal Olympic Theatre – later knows as the
Academy of Music – extensive renovations 1899 – in 1900 burned to the ground
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Nationoscope – 1912
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Nickel Cinema – see Tara
Hall
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Olympic Theatre/Royal
Olympic – see Music Hall
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Patagonia Theatre – built in
1804
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Petit-Champlain – cabaret
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Pres de Ville – 1852
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Rimbaud – cabaret
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Royal Circus – 1824 –behind
hotel on Rue Saint-Jean (1000 seats) renovated and reopened 1932 as Theatre
Royal – building closed 1839 – reopened 1840 – demolished 1846 for hall for St.
Patrick’s Catholic Institute
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Saint-Denis Theatre – 1916
QUEBEC CITY, QC – St. Louis Theatre – 2nd
floor of riding house at Chateau Saint-Louis, near Dufferin Terrace – 1845 – 300
seats – in its 17 months some fifty performances were staged there by the
garrison amateurs – 1846 fire destroyed theatre and killed 46 people – theatre
was gutted
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Salle Jacques Cartier – see
Theatre de la Place Jacques Cartier
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Tara Hall – 119-123 rue
Sainte-Anne – built 1816 as Wesleyan chapel – 1848 to 1863 venue for touring
attractions – General Tom Thumb and his company 1863 – 1874 renamed Victoria
Hall and in 1876 Tara Hall – 1887 partially destroyed by fire – reconstructed –
later became Nickel Cinema – destroyed by fire 1917
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Temporel – 1970s cabaret
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Theatre Champlain –
Champlain Street near Queen’s Wharf – 1852 – John Nickinson Touring Company –
put on some 20 plays in July/August 1852 – torn down 1914
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Theatre de la Bordee – 256
seats
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Theatre de la Feniere – 1957
- in a suburb of Quebec City – Ancienne Lorette, west of Quebec City – the
oldest summer company in Quebec (barn) – 400 seats
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Theatre de la Gaite – see
Theatre de la Place Jacques Cartier
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Theatre de la Place Jacques
Cartier – 2000 seat hall on 2nd floor of market building – constructed 1855 and
extended following year at Notre-Dame des Anges and Jacques Cartier Streets –
opened 1871 and presented 25 shows – known as Theatre Royal (c 1883); Theatre
Francais (1895); Theatre de la Gaite (1895); Theatre Populaire and Theatre
National (from 1910) and advertised frequently as Salle Jacques Cartier –
destroyed by fire 1911
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Theatre du Trident – mixed
programs of Quebecois works and foreign classics presented
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Theatre du Vieux Quebec -
cabaret
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Theatre du Trident – 1971 –
Octave Cremazie Theatre of Grand Theatre de Quebec
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Theatre Francaise – see
Theatre de la Place Jacques Cartier
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Theatre National – see
Theatre de la Place Jacques Cartier
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Theatre Patagon – opened
1804 with Castle of Andalusia; Absent Man
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Theatre Populaire du Quebec
- see Theatre de la Place Jacques Cartier – 1963
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Theatre pour Enfants de
Quebec (1965-70)
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Theatre Quotidien – cabaret
1969
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Theatre Royal – see Royal
Circus – Theatre de la Place Jacques Cartier – equestrian theatre – 1,000
spectators could be accommodated
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Theatre Royal, Haymarket –
first theatre in Quebec City – 2nd story of building at Queen Anne and Garden
Streets – 1790 – opened with season of French amateur theatricals – 1805 new
theatre built on same site (200 seats) – 1824 ceased as theatre – renovated and
reopened 1831 – closed after 1836
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Theatre Saint-Louis – fire
1846 – 45 people lost their lives
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Thespian Theatre – 1783-1786
– amateur group
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Union Dramatique of Quebec
City – 1907-1936
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Victoria Hall – see Tara
Hall
QUEBEC CITY, QC – Zinc – cabaret
QUEENSVILLE, ON – Queensville Players
R RAINY RIVER, ON –
Gaiety Theatre
RAMA, ON –
CASINORAMA – (Just off Highway 11 near Orillia) – 5,000 seats check site for
performance days – name stars i.e. Faith Hill, Wayne Newton etc.
REGINA, SASK – Auditorium Rink – used as
summer theatre 1905-1908
REGINA, SASK – Capitol Theatre – 1921 -
atmospheric style – closed & demolished
REGINA, SASK – Empire Theatre – 1910
*REGINA, SASK -
Globe Theatre – founded 1966 in
the old Regina Post Office an historic site (1980) (400 seats)
REGINA, SASK – Majestic Theatre – 1911-1915
*REGINA, SASK -
Regina Centre of the Arts
REGINA, SASK – Regina Community Players –
1921-34
REGINA, SASK -
Regina Little Theatre – 1926
REGINA, SASK -
Regina Symphony Orchestra
*REGINA, SASK – Regina Theatre – converted
from old Town Hall 1908 – new theatre built 1910 (870 seats) – Regina
Philharmonic opened in 1910 – demolished 1939
*REGINA, SASK -
Regina
Theatres
REGINA, SASK – Regina Town Hall – used for
theatricals from 1886-1909
REGINA, SASK – Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts
- opened in 1970 – has three stages
REGINA, SASK – Stage West – 1976-81
RENFREW, ON –
O’Brien Theatre
RENFREW, ON – Opera House – early 1900s – 1000
seats – served as brief stop-overs for touring companies on way to longer,
more-profitable runs in larger towns and cities
RICHMOND, BC – Richmond Gateway
RICHMOND HILL, ON –
Curtain Club – 160 seats – 2006 is 52nd
season – 400 Newkirk Rd
RICHMOND HILL, ON -
Richmond Hill Centre for the
Performing Arts – opening Feb 28/09
ROCK ISLAND, ON –
Haskell Opera House
ROUYN, QUE – Regal Theatre
ROYAL ARCTIC THEATRE, NT – term used 1819-1876
when plays were performed on ships in the Arctic
S SACKVILLE, NS -
Live Bait Theatre
SACKVILLE, NS – Music Hall 1883
ST. ALBERT, AB – Arden Theatre
ST. BONIFACE, QC – College de Saint-Boniface –
pillar of francophone theatre – 1885-1970
ST. BONIFACE, MB – Cercle Moliere – Le Monde
ou l’on s’ennuie 1925
SAINT-BRUNO, QC – Horla – café theatre
ST. CATHARINES, ON – Carousel Players – 1972
ST. CATHARINES, ON – Opera House – early 1900s
– 1000 seats – served as brief stop-overs for touring companies on way to
longer, more-profitable runs in larger towns and cities
ST. CATHARINES, ON – Press Theatre
ST. CATHARINES, ON – Town Hall 1848 – served
as performance venues for local amateur societies, as well as touring performers
ST. JACOB’S, ON -
Church Theatre
ST. JACOB’S ON –
St. Jacob’s Country Playhouse
- 390 seats – 40 Benjamin St. E
*ST. JACOB’S, ON -
Schoolhouse Theatre – located
in a renovated schoolhouse originally built in 1867 – 120 seats, 11 Albert St
ST. JOHN, NB – Academy of Music – 1872 –
Germain St – 1000 seats – opened with musical program – burned down in great
fire 1877
ST. JOHN, NB – Berryman’s Hall – renamed New
Academy of Music
ST. JOHN, NB – Bi-Capitol (see Imperial)
ST. JOHN, NB – Capitol – see Imperial
ST. JOHN, NB – Carleton’s – see Empress
ST. JOHN, NB – Dime Museum – see Dockrill’s
Hall
ST. JOHN, NB – Dockrill’s Hall/Dime Museum
ST. JOHN, NB – Dock Street complex/Small’s
Hall (closed 1875) – 1872 – Great Fire of 1877
ST. JOHN, NB – Dramatic Lyceum Theatre – 1856
– King Square – 850 seats – opened with Money and Mr. And Mrs. Peter White 1857
- moved to Academy of Music 1876presented summer seasons until 1876 when sold –
burned down 1877
ST. JOHN, NB – Drury Lane Theatre/St. John
Theatre,Drury Lane – built 1809 – rebuilt from existing structure – Union Street
and Drury Lane – opened with Abroad and at Home, and All the World’s a Stage
1809 – unused from 1815-16 – building sold and later housed school
ST. JOHN, NB – Empress/Carleton’s Theatre –
motion pictures
ST. JOHN, NB – Gem Theatre – motion pictures
*ST. JOHN, NB – George Street Playhouse – N.B.
- founded 1974 – New Brunswick’s lst professional theatre
ST. JOHN, NB – Hopley’s Golden Ball
Theatre/The Theatre – 1828 – Union Street – built to house the first circus to
visit in 1824 – 800 seats – rebuilt interior 1840 – damaged by fire 1854 – and
totally consumed by fire in 1874
*ST. JOHN, NB -
Imperial Theatre – King Square
- opened in 1913 – 1800 seats – known originally as the Bi-Capitol – it was “New
Brunswick’s finest picture house,” Sir Harry Lauder, Ethel Barrymore, Burns and
Allen, Gracie Field – 1929 renamed Capitol Theatre and became a cinema – 1957
became a church until 1982 – restored as National Historic Site and now home to
St. John Theatre Company
ST. JOHN, NB – Jack’s Old Hall – see McCann’s
Lyceum
ST. JOHN, NB – Kwacha – founded 1984
ST. JOHN, NB – Lansdowne Rink – used as
theatre 1888/89
ST. JOHN, NB – Lyceum Theatre
ST. JOHN, NB – Lyric Theatre – motion pictures
ST. JOHN NB – Mallard’s Long Room/The Theatre
– 1789 – King Street – first dramatic play in NB – The Busy Body and Who’s the
Dupe 1789 – demolished 1851
ST. JOHN, NB – McCann’s Lyceum/Jack’s Old Hall
ST. JOHN, NB – Mechanics Institute – 1840 to
1872 – 1881 remodelled – refurbished 1890 – changed to the Nickel Theatre and
showed films
ST. JOHN, NB – Miramichi – 1957
ST. JOHN, NB – New Academy of Music – see
Berryman’s Hall
ST. JOHN, NB – Nickel Theatre – see Mechanics
Institute
ST. JOHN, NB – Palace Theatre/Rink
ST. JOHN, NB – Playhouse 1964
ST. JOHN, NB – Prince of Wales Theatre –
Sydney St – remodelled from a church 1845 – burned down same year
ST. JOHN, NB – St. Andrew’s Rink – used as
theatre in summer
ST. JOHN, NB – Saint John Hotel – summer
season of theatre 1856
ST. JOHN, NB – Saint John Opera House
1891-1938 – replacing the Academy of Music which burned down in 1877 – Union
Street – 1264 seats – Marble Heart 1891 – burned down 1954
ST. JOHN, NB – Saint John Theatre Guild –
1931-1954 – used makeshift theatres or school auditoriums
ST. JOHN, NB – St. John Theatre, Drury Lane –
see Drury Lane Theatre
ST. JOHN, NB – Small’s Hall – see Dock Street
*ST. JOHN, NB -
Stage Door – 1956
ST. JOHN, NB – Star Theatre – motion pictures
ST. JOHN, NB – Theatre – see Mallard’s Long
Room and Hopley’s Golden Ball Theatre
ST. JOHN, NB – Theatre Guild – 1931-56
ST. JOHN, NB – Unique Theatre – motion
pictures
ST. JOHN, NB – University of New Brunswick’s
Dramatic Society
ST. JOHN, NB – Victoria Rink
ST. JOHN’S, NF – Amateur Theatre – 1823 –
wooden building – fire 1846
ST. JOHN’S, NF – Arts and Culture Centre – 2
theatres 1967 – 1017 seats – home to Rising Tide Theatre Co – opened with
Tomorrow Will Be Sunday 1967
ST. JOHN’S, NF – Capitol Theatre – see
Imperial – see Total Abstinence Hall
ST. JOHN’S, NF – Casino Theatre – see Total
Abstinence Hall
ST. JOHN’S, NF – Fishermen’s Hall – 1861 –
1873 taken over by Roman Catholic Church
ST. JOHN’S, NF – Foran’s Opera House – 1888 –
a converted skating rink – 3000 seats
ST. JOHN’S, NF – Imperial Theatre – 1913 –
1800 seats – maintained its own orchestra – touring performers mainly – renamed
Capitol in 1929 – 1957 converted to church and 1983 purchased to be restored as
performing arts centre
ST. JOHN’S, NF – London Theatre Company –
1951-1957 – operated out of high school auditorium for 6 years
ST. JOHN’S, NF – Mechanics Hall – 1857
ST. JOHN’S, NF – Metropolis Theatre – see
Total Abstinence Hall
ST. JOHN’S, NF – Mummers Troupe/CODCO –
1972-1982 – vital theatre company – without permanent residence
ST. JOHN’S, NF – People’s Theatre – see Total
Abstinence Hall
*ST. JOHN’S, NF -
R.C.A. Theatre Company –
*ST. JOHN’S, NF -
Resource Centre for the Arts –
*ST. JOHN’S, NF -
Rising Tide Theatre
-
ST. JOHN’S, NF – Row’s Warehouse – 1817-1822 –
adapted for theatricals
ST. JOHN’S, NF – St. John’s Arts and Culture
Centre – houses the Rising Tide Theatre (founded 1978)
ST. JOHN’S, NF – St. John’s Players of
Newfoundland – 1937
*ST. JOHN’S, NF -
St. John
Theatres – NB
ST. JOHN’S, NF – St. Patrick’s Hall
ST. JOHN’S, NF -
Shakespeare by the Sea
ST. JOHN’S, NF – Theatre Newfoundland and
Labrador – 1979 – in Stephanville, NF – moved to Corner Brook and operated out
of Arts and Culture Centre
ST. JOHN’S, NF – Total Abstinence Hall – 1873
– destroyed by fire 1892 – new theatre constructed – 1400 seats – renamed the
Casino, the Metropolis and to Peoples Theatre and finally to Capitol Movie
Theatre in 1935
ST. MARY’S, ON – Town Hall 1892 – served as
performance venues for local amateur societies, as well as touring performers
ST. STEPHEN, NB – Bijou Theatre
ST. THOMAS, ON – Bennett’s Theatre
ST. THOMAS, ON – 3 Opera Houses of about 1000
seats – early 1900s – served as brief stop-overs for touring companies on way to
longer, more-profitable runs in larger towns and cities
SARNIA, ON –
Capitol Theatre
SARNIA, ON -
Imperial Oil Centre for the
Performing Arts
SARNIA, ON – Opera House – early 1900s – 1000
seats – served as brief stop-overs for touring companies on way to longer,
more-profitable runs in larger towns and cities
SARNIA, ON – Sarnia Little Theatre – founded
as Sarnia Drama League 1928
SASKATOON, SK – Bijou Theatre – see Kevin
SASKATOON, SK -
Broadway Theatre -
715 Broadway Avenue – built in 1946 as a movie house, then became an adult movie
theatre – closed in 1993
SASKATOON, SK – Cairns Hall – see Saskatoon
Opera House
SASKATOON, SK – Capitol Opera House – renamed
Lyric Theatre
SASKATOON, SK – Capitol Theatre – built 1929 -
first atmospheric to be built in the Prairies – demolished 1979
SASKATOON, SK – Community Players – 1952-1959
SASKATOON, SK – Daylight Theatre – 1920s – see
Empire Theatre
SASKATOON, SK – Eckhardt Theatre – see
Saskatoon Opera House
SASKATOON, SK – Empire Theatre – 2nd Avenue &
20th St – 1910 – Saskatoon’s Empire Theatre opened in December 1910 adjoining
the Empire Hotel at the corner of 2nd Avenue and 20th Street – 1,200 seats –
opened with H.M.S. Pinafore 1910 – it immediately became the city’s centre of
live entertainment, featuring many of the greatest performers of the age
including Harry Lauder, Sophie Tucker and Eva Tanguay; Charley’s Aunt
1916;Camouflage 1920; the Dumbells 1920;
Mother Goose 1929 – restored and called Daylight 1920s-1930 it was sold and
renamed the Hub – thereafter operated primarily as motion picture theatre – sold
1942 and renamed Victory – demolished 1958 for parking for Empire Hotel
SASKATOON, SK – Gaiety Theatre – see Saskatoon
Opera House
SASKATOON, SK – Gateway Players – 1967
SASKATOON, SK – Hub – see Empire
SASKATOON, SK – Kevin Theatre – 1907 – became
movie theatre Bijou and later Starland and then a stable
SASKATOON, SK – King Edward Theatre – 1911 –
later called Orpheum – destroyed by fire
SASKATOON, SK – Little Theatre Club – 1922 –
disbanded 1949
SASKATOON, SK – Lyric Theatre – see Saskatoon
Opera House and Capitol Opera House
SASKATOON, SK – Orpheum Theatre – see King
Edward
*SASKATOON, SK -
Persephone Theatre – founded in
1974 – performed in St. Thomas Wesley Church Hall from 1976-83 – Cruel Tears
1974; Stage Falls 1978 – that space became Saskatoon Theatre Centre and they
moved into a permanent home in 1983
SASKATOON, SK – Provincial Theatre – see
Strand
SASKATOON, SK – Rosetown Opera House
SASKATOON, SK – Roxy Theatre – closed over 10
years ago – reopened as Rainbow Cinemas in October 2005 SASKATOON, SK –
Saskatoon Music Hall – 1900
SASKATOON, SK – Saskatoon Opera House – 1903 –
opened with Three Musketeers 1903
SASKATOON, SK – Saskatoon Opera House/Cairns
Hall– 1906 – 20th Street and 3rd Avenue – operated under variety of names until
1916 – changed to Lyric, then Starland replacing earlier Starland Theatre – then
Star 1911 and in 1913 Sherman-Star – then Gaiety 1915 and Eckhardt Theatre 1916
– closed and in 1918 was Star Rooming House
SASKATOON, SK – Saskatoon Theatre Centre – see
Persephone Theatre
SASKATOON, SK – Sherman Theatre – see Strand
SASKATOON, SK -
Shakespeare on the
Saskatchewan – company founded in 1985 – use tents
SASKATOON, SK – Sherman-Star Theatre – see
Saskatoon Opera House
SASKATOON, SK – Star Theatre – see Saskatoon
Opera House – closed 1916
SASKATOON, SK – Starland Theatre – see
Saskatoon Opera House and Kevin Theatre
SASKATOON, SK – Strand Theatre – 1913 – 20th
Street East of 3rd Avenue – 750 seats – disastrous first season – became
vaudeville house and housed touring companies – renamed Provincial 1913 – then
the Sherman – restored to original name 1916 – 1919 became Thelus Theatre but
later back to Strand – closed 1919
SASKATOON, SK – Strolling Players – 1971
SASKATOON, SK – Thelus Theatre – see Strand
*SASKATOON, SK -
25th Street Theatre – founded
1972 – group never has had permanent home – Covent Garden 1973; Ballad of Billy
the Kid 1975; If You’re So Good Why Are You in Saskatoon 1975; Paper Wheat 1977
SASKATOON, SK – Victory Theatre – see Empire
SASKATOON, SK – Western Stage Society – 1972
SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – Kiwanis Theatre
SAULT STE. MARIE, ON –
Orpheum Theatre
SCARBOROUGH, ON -
Cliffhanger Productions -
summer season presented at the historic Guild Inn Gardens – site of some of
Canada’s most important architectural fragments
SCARBOROUGH, ON – Scarborough Players
SCARBOROUGH, ON – Scarborough Theatre Guild
SEAFORTH, ON –
Cardno Music and Opera Hall
SEAFORTH, ON –
Regent Theatre
SHAWINIGAN, QC – Refuge – café theatre
SHEDIAC, NB – Tait’s Hall – 1881 – over a
potato warehouse
SHERBROOKE, QC – Granada Theatre – built 1929
- atmospheric – 2 storey house front
SHERBROOKE, QC – Theatre du Sang Neuf
SMITH’S FALLS, ON – Rideau Theatre – built
1912 – later became Capitol Theatre, it replaced the Opera House for live
productions – today local businesses occupy the theatre
SMITH’S FALLS, ON – Via Station and Arts
Centre – former CPR Railway Station and now a Via Station on the Ottawa-Toronto
line – home to Smiths Falls Community Theatre, and performing arts centre
SOREL, QC – Eden Theatre
SOUTHAMPTON, ON –
Esquire Theatre
STELLARTON, NS – Opera House
STEPHANVILLE, NF – Theatre Newfoundland and
Labrador – 1979 – in Stephanville, NF – Salt Water Moon; Billy Bishop Goes to
War; Same Time Next Year; Death of a Salesman, as well as musicals My Fair Lady;
Oliver; Fiddler on the Roof; Cabaret – moved to Corner Brook and operated out of
Arts and Culture Centre
*STIRLING, ON -
Stirling Festival Theatre
- 6th season – 41 West Front St.
STRATFORD, ON – Avon Theatre – My Fur Lady
1957 – see Stratford Shakespearian Festival STRATFORD, ON – Canadian Place
Theatre – 1969
STRATFORD, ON – Canadian Players – started
here – first production Saint Joan
STRATFORD, ON – Opera House – 1000 seats –
early 1900s – served as brief stop-overs for touring companies on way to longer,
more-profitable runs in larger towns and cities
**STRATFORD, ON -
Stratford Shakespearian
Festival/Avon Theatre/Festival Theatre – started in 1953 by journalist
Tom Patterson – in a huge
canvas tent – 1957 – (inaugural production Richard III starring Alec Guiness,
Irene Worth, Douglas Campbell), and All’s Well That Ends Well (had to be
extended by a week),
Festival Theatre – was completed for the 1957 season (1836 seats), with 2262
seats at 55 Queen Street – Julie Harris in Romeo and Juliet 1960; the Avon
Theatre (acquired 1963) was built in 1901 as Theatre Albert (1,883 seats) for
vaudeville, and later films, and in 1956 was used for the Festival, the Tom
Patterson Theatre was built in 1971 as the Other Stage (1800 seats); (1960-61
seasons at Avon Theatre) – in 1963 Avon Theatre built as Theatre Albert in 1910
(1100 seats), was acquired by Festival which was- 1971 Third Stage opened – in
addition to the great many Shakespearian plays I have seen here, they have
produced many musicals from Irma La Douce, West Side Story, My Fair Lady,
Gilbert and Sullivan plus many contemporary plays like Architect and the Emperor
of Assyria, Kennedy’s Children, as well as classics like The Crucible, Cherry
Orchard etc; there will be an additional theatre – The Studio Theatre (250
seats) in the Avon Theatre, with a separate entrance off St. George Street ,
opened with Christopher Plummer’s Hamlet – among the stars in the early years
were Jason Robards Jr., Julie Harris (Romeo and Juliet), Tammy Grimes, Paul
Scofield, Zoe Caldwell, Eileen Herlie 1958 (Winter’s Tale and Much Ado About
Nothing), Satyricon (Dinah Christie,Jack Creley,Eric Donkin) 1969; Jessica Tandy
and Hume Cronyn 1976 (Way of the World, Midsummer Night’s Dream); 1980 (Long
Day’s Journey Into Night); Alan Bates 1967 (Richard III), Maggie Smith 1976 (Antony
and Cleopatra); 1978 (Macbeth); Happy New Year 1979; 1980 (Virginia); Peter
Ustinov – Mikado (early 1980s); H.M.S. Pinafore; Pirates of Penzance; Iolanthe;
Gondoliers; Candide; Dracula (mid 1990s; Fiddler on the Roof (Brent Carver);
Into the Woods 2005; South Pacific 2006 – season runs from mid April to early
November – see also Toronto listings for list of plays – 2007, is their 55th
Anniversary Season and name is being changed in November, 2007 to Stratford
Shakespeare Festival of Canada;
STRATFORD, ON – Town Hall 1857 – served as
performance venues for local amateur societies, as well as touring performers
SUDBURY, ON –
Grand Theatre
SUDBURY, ON – Opera House – early 1900s – 1000
seats – served as brief stop-overs for touring companies on way to longer,
more-profitable runs in larger towns and cities
SUDBURY, ON -
Sudbury Theatre Centre – 1971 –
renovated old INCO Club into 270 seat theatre – opened with Threepenny Opera
1971
SUDBURY, ON – Theatre du Nouvel-Ontario –
Lavalleville 1974
SWIFT CURRENT, SK – Lyric Theatre
SYDNEY, NS – Bennett’s Theatre
SYDNEY, NS – Lyceum Theatre – 900 seats – 1904
– fire 1951 – renovated
SYDNEY, NS – Vogue Theatre – art deco style on
Charlotte St – 69 years – to be torn down and replaced with office building
(2008)
SYDNEY, NS – Royal Theatre – Dominion in 1909
– still used as film theatre
THEATRE
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
THUNDER BAY, ON – KAM Theatre Lab
THUNDER BAY, ON -
Magnus Theatre Northwest – 1972 – former
Slovak Community Hall – renamed Magnus Theatre – 181 seats
THUNDER BAY, ON – Slovak Community Hall – see
Magnus Theatre
TILLSONBURG – Opera House
TIMMINS, ON – Palace Theatre – nearly 2000
seats – deserted and unheated
TIMMINS, ON – William Dawson Theatre
TORONTO, ON -
Toronto Theatres
*TOTTENHAM, ON -
Tottenham Summer Theatre
TRENTON, ON –
Centre Theatre
TRENTON, ON – Opera House – early 1900s – 1000
seats – served as brief stop-overs for touring companies on way to longer,
more-profitable runs in larger towns and cities
TROIS RIVIERE – Capitol Theatre – built
1927-28 – now completely restored
U UXBRIDGE, ON – Uxbridge
Players
VANCOUVER, BC – Actors’ Contemporary Theatre –
1970/71 – Boys in the Band; Fantasticks; The Price
VANCOUVER, BC – Alcazar/Palace – 1914 – 639
Commercial Drive – later renamed York Theatre – taken over by Vancouver Little
Theatre Association in 1923 – sold in 1978
VANCOUVER, BC –Alhambra Theatre – 1899 –
Pender and Howe Streets – 980 seats – opened with Pearl of Pekin 1899 – 1902
became Theatre Royal – from 1903 to 1905 it was People’s Theatre – renovated
1905 – seating increased to 1200 – reopened 1906 as Orpheum Theatre
*VANCOUVER, B.C. -
Arts Club Theatre – founded 1964 – Seymour Street – Light Up the Sky – added
450 seat Granville Island Stage 1979 and old Arts Club continued as well –
Jacques Brel (8 months); Reflections 1982; Jubalay; Arts Club Revue Theatre
added – 225 seats – opened 1983 – torn down and Theatresports rented the Revue
VANCOUVER, BC – Avenue Theatre – 1910s –
French Cabaret 1914
VANCOUVER, BC – Axis
VANCOUVER, BC – Back Alley Theatre – see
Citystage
VANCOUVER, BC – Bard on Beach – 1990
VANCOUVER, BC – Beacon Theatre – vaudeville
VANCOUVER, BC – Big House
VANCOUVER, BC – Breadbakers
VANCOUVER, BC – Canadian Actors’ Equity
Association – opened 1979
VANCOUVER, BC – Canadian Art Theatre
VANCOUVER, BC – Capital Theatre – opened 1921
– 820 Granville St – movie palace – 2500 seats – wurlitzer organ – closed 2005
VANCOUVER, BC – Carnegie Centre
VANCOUVER, BC – Carousel
VANCOUVER, BC – Centre in Vancouver for
Performing Arts – 777 Homer Street – Of Dennis K. Law has taken over Garth
Drabinsky’s Ford Theatre with Asian spectacles – Heaven and Earth; Terracotta
Warriors – see Ford Centre for the Performing Arts
VANCOUVER, BC -
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts -
6265 Crescent Road at University of B.C. – 2007 is 10th Anniversary
VANCOUVER, BC – Childrens’ Theatre of Canada –
1936
VANCOUVER, BC – City College (now Langara)
VANCOUVER, BC – City Hall – used for stock
companies in the 1890s
VANCOUVER, BC – Citystage – founded in 1972 -
lunchtime theatre (70/80 seats) – opened in doughnut store on Howe Street –
demolished — 1976 moved to 150 seat theatre on Thurlow Street – disbanded in
1986 – taken over by Theatresports who renamed it Back Alley Theatre
VANCOUVER, BC – CJOR – Radio Studios –
Grosvenor Hotel – Howe Street – live radio shows – 125 seat studio – Frankie
Laine, Crew Cuts, Joni James, Louis Armstrong etc.
VANCOUVER, BC –
Columbia Theatre – 1927 –
New Westminster – now Raymond Burr Performing Arts Centre – atmospheric theatre
– vaudeville – became movie house
VANCOUVER, BC – Company One
VANCOUVER, BC – Cultural Centre
VANCOUVER, BC – David Y. H. Lui Theatre – 1976
VANCOUVER, BC – Deep Cove Stage
VANCOUVER, BC – Dominion Theatre – built 1907
– Disraeli 1929
VANCOUVER, BC – East End Theatre Co-op
VANCOUVER, BC – Edison Electric Theatre – 1902
– Cordova Street – first permanent cinema
VANCOUVER, BC – Electric Company
VANCOUVER, BC – Emerald Players
VANCOUVER, BC – Empire Stadium
VANCOUVER, BC – Empress Theatre – 1910s – 2
blocks East of Pantages – demolished
VANCOUVER, BC – Ethiopticon Kinetoscope – 1896
– Market Hall
VANCOUVER, BC – Evergreen
VANCOUVER, BC – Everyman Theatre – 1946-1953 –
Tobacco Road 1953 – censored
VANCOUVER, BC – Festival House – Granville
Island
VANCOUVER, BC – Firehall Arts Centre
VANCOUVER, BC – Flamingo Room – Hastings
*VANCOUVER, BC -
Ford Centre for the Performing Arts – dark after three years of operation
VANCOUVER, BC – Frederic Wood Theatre – 1951 –
originally old Totem Coffee Bar – 1964 at University of British Columbia
VANCOUVER, BC – Gallimaufry – closed 1970
VANCOUVER, BC – Gazette
VANCOUVER, BC – Genesis
VANCOUVER, BC – German Theatre of Vancouver –
founded 1971
VANCOUVER, BC -
GM Place
VANCOUVER, BC – Goodwill Store
VANCOUVER, BC – Grand Theatre – Al Jolson 1906
VANCOUVER, BC – Grancille Island Stage – see
Arts Club
VANCOUVER, BC – Green Thumb Theatre for Young
People – 1975 – touring company
VANCOUVER, BC – Grinning Dragon
VANCOUVER, BC – Guild of Puppetry
VANCOUVER, BC – Hart’s Opera House – 1891 -
demolished in 1969
VANCOUVER, BC – Havana – Commercial Street
VANCOUVER, BC – Headlines
VANCOUVER, BC – Hoarse Raven
VANCOUVER, BC – Holiday Theatre – 1953 – first
professional theatre for young people in Canada – 1973 name changed to Playhouse
Theatre Centre of B.C. – abandoned 1977
VANCOUVER, BC – Hollow
VANCOUVER, BC – Hollyburn Theatre – 1926 –
Marine Drive near 18th Street
VANCOUVER, BC – Imperial Opera House – 1889 –
lst building to be constructed for theatre – Abbot and Pender Streets – 600
seats – Pearl of Savoy 1889 – last used in 1894 – converted to livery stable in
1903
VANCOUVER, BC – Imperial Theatre – Fifty Years
Forward 1915
VANCOUVER, BC – International Cinema – see
Vancouver Opera House
VANCOUVER, BC – I.T.
VANCOUVER, BC – Jabberwocky
VANCOUVER, BC – Jewish Heritage Theatre –
founded 1972
VANCOUVER, BC – Keefer Hall – built after fire
of 1886
VANCOUVER, BC – Kit’s House
VANCOUVER, BC – Kitsilano Theatre – 4th and
Arbutus – new organ installed 1921
VANCOUVER, BC – Kodak’s Store – Granville
Street – coloured motion pictures shown first time 1929
VANCOUVER, BC – Lancaster Theatre
VANCOUVER, BC – Larson’s Pavillion – 1909 –
first moving picture theatre in North Vancouver
VANCOUVER, BC – Last Call – cabaret
VANCOUVER, BC – Library
VANCOUVER, BC – Little Theatre – under
Heritage Hall
VANCOUVER, BC – Lonsdale Theatre – 1911 –
North Vancouver
VANCOUVER, BC – Lyric Theatre – on Granville
Street where Eatons Dept Store now stands – 1200 seats – Katharine Hepburn in As
You Like It 1953; Katherine Cornell in Barrets of Wimpole Street; Carousel, High
Button Shoes – see Vancouver Opera House
VANCOUVER, BC – Man Frog
VANCOUVER, BC – Marpole Theatre – see
Metropolitan Co-operative Theatre Society
VANCOUVER, BC – Metropolitan Co-operative
Theatre Society – 1962 – purchased 450 seat Marpole Theatre in 1963 and
converted it to the Metro
VANCOUVER, BC – Metro Theatre – South
Granville – 1960s through early 1970s
VANCOUVER, BC – Mime Caravan
VANCOUVER, BC – New Orpheum – see Vancouver
Opera House
VANCOUVER, BC – NeWorld Theatre – small
alternative theatre
*VANCOUVER, BC – New Play Centre -
(Playwrights Theatre Centre) – founded 1970 – used old Vancouver Art Gallery and
Vancouver East Cultural Centre and recently the Waterfront Theatre – opened with
Compulsory Option; Helper
VANCOUVER, BC – Novus
VANCOUVER, BC – Oakleaf Masquers
VANCOUVER, BC – One Yellow Rabbit Theatre -
small alternative theatre
VANCOUVER, BC – Opera House – 1891 – 1200
seats
VANCOUVER, BC – Opera West 1972
VANCOUVER, BC – O’Pressed Hams – cabaret
VANCOUVER, BC – Orpheum Theatre –1906 – 3rd
Vancouver theatre of this name (see Alhambra, Vancouver Opera House) – 761
Granville St – Sarah Bernhardt 1918 – renamed the Vancouver Theatre – 1919 was
RKO Orpheum – showed movies 1930s to 1973
*VANCOUVER, BC -
Orpheum
- 1927 – (2870 seats) – 3 storey foyer – Granville Street – replacing the 1914
Orpheum Theatre – 3rd Vancouver theatre of this name – once largest theatre in
Canada – usherettes included Juliette of CBC fame and Yvonne DeCarlo – opened as
the New Orpheum with film The Wise Wife and several vaudeville acts; Frank
Sinatra 1933; Bob Hope; Charlie Chaplin – wurlitzer organ intact – only one
still in its original home – now home to the Vancouver Symphony
VANCOUVER, BC – Out West
VANCOUVER, BC – Pacific National Exhibition –
grandstand shows – originally Vancouver Exhibition
VANCOUVER, BC -
Pacific Theatre
VANCOUVER, BC – Pantages Theatre – 20 West
Hastings St – 1917 – demolished – replaced by parking lot
VANCOUVER, BC –
Pantages Theatre – 1907
-650 seats – later became the Majestic – oldest vaudeville theatre and surviving
link of a chain of over 150 theatres in North America – to be refurbished
2008/09 – has been closed for 15 years – live venue stopped in 1950s
VANCOUVER, BC – Park Theatre – closed 2005 and
reopened with new seats, etc
VANCOUVER, BC – People’s Theatre – see
Alhambra Theatre
VANCOUVER, BC – Pink Ink
VANCOUVER, BC – Playhouse Theatre Centre of
B.C. – see Holiday Theatre
VANCOUVER, BC – Playhouse Theatre Company –
647 seats – Hostage 1963
VANCOUVER, BC – Playwrights’ Theatre Centre
VANCOUVER, BC – Progressive Arts Players –
1935-1938
VANCOUVER, BC – Punchlines – cabaret
VANCOUVER, BC -
PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
- started 2003
VANCOUVER, BC – Queen Elizabeth Playhouse –
1959 – Ecstacy of Rita Joe 1967 – see Vancouver Playhouse
*VANCOUVER, BC -
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
- built by the city in 1959 – Hamilton and George Sts – (2815 seats) – houses
the Vancouver Opera Association and Ballet British Columbia, as well as larger
touring productions
VANCOUVER, BC – Radix Theatre – small
alternative theatre
VANCOUVER, BC – Revue Theatre
VANCOUVER, BC – Rex Theatre – Hastings Street
- 1912
VANCOUVER, BC – Riverqueen Coffee House –
Beard 1970 – closed by censors
VANCOUVER, BC – Robson Square
VANCOUVER, BC – Roundhouse
VANCOUVER, BC – Ruby Slippers
VANCOUVER, BC – Rumble Productions – small
alternative theatre
VANCOUVER, BC – Savage God Theatre – closed
1972
VANCOUVER, BC – Sea
VANCOUVER, BC – Secret Space
VANCOUVER, BC – Sepia Players
VANCOUVER, BC – Stage Eireann Dramatic Society
VANCOUVER, BC – Stage 33 – cabaret
*VANCOUVER, BC -
Stanley Theatre du
Maurier Stage – theatre built in 1930 as a cinema – closed in 1991 and was
renovated as a theatre – reopened 1998
VANCOUVER, BC – Strand Theatre – where Nova
Scotia Tower now stands on Georgia across from Hudson’s Bay Dept Store –
Beatrice Lillie, Ethel Barrymore in The Corn is Green, Oklahoma, Grace Moore,
Lily Pons, Patrice Munsel, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, San Carlo Opera Co,
Sadler’s Wells Ballet Co
VANCOUVER, BC – Stanley – 650 seats
VANCOUVER, BC – Station Street
VANCOUVER, BC – Strolling Puppet Players
VANCOUVER, BC – Studio 58 – Vancouver City
College – formed 1965
*VANCOUVER, BC – Tamahnous Theatre – 1971 -
specializes in experimental theatre – originally Theatre Workshop – early years
were a struggle but finally flourished
VANCOUVER, BC – Theatre in the Park – see
Theatre Under the Stars
VANCOUVER, BC – Theatre in the Raw
VANCOUVER, BC – Theatre One
VANCOUVER, BC – Theatre Royal – see Alhambra
Theatre
VANCOUVER, BC – Theatresports
VANCOUVER, BC – Theatre Terrific
VANCOUVER, BC – Theatre Under the Stars – 1940
in Marion Malkin Memorial Bowl – Song of Norway; Count of Luxembourg; Merry
Widow; Chocolate Soldier – up to 3,500 could be accommodated after redevelopment
in 1945 – 1952 became fully professional – Timber 1952; Anne of Green Gables
1952; Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Robert Goulet) 1956 – 1963 (bankrupt) – Stanley
Park – began again as Theatre in the Park 1969 and in 1980 once again was
Theatre Under the Stars
VANCOUVER, BC – Totem Theatre – 1951-1954 –
moved to Victoria
VANCOUVER, BC – Touchstone Theatre – 1976 -
small alternative theatre
VANCOUVER, BC – Troupe Moliere – 1946-68
VANCOUVER, BC – University of British Columbia
– Frederick Wood Theatre – 400 seats – replacing in 1952 a 123 seat army hut –
Salad Days 1963
VANCOUVER, BC – University of British Columbia
Musical Theatre Society – formed 1916 – alumni included Brent Carver, Jeff
Hyslop, Margot Kidder, Richard Ouzounian, Ann Mortifee
VANCOUVER, BC – University of British Columbia
Players Club – 1915
VANCOUVER, BC – Upstairs on Hastings
VANCOUVER, BC – Vagabond Theatre
VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Art Gallery – see
New Play Centre
*VANCOUVER, BC -
Vancouver East Cultural
Centre – renovated in 1973 a church (325 seats) – 1895 Venables Street – in
former Grandview United Church (built 1909 and closed 1970) (350 seats) – opened
with Anna Wyman Dance Theatre – see New Play Centre
VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Festival – 1958
VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver International
Festival – 1958 to 1968
VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Little Theatre –
1921 – Lonesome Luke peformed at 200 seat Templeton Hall (Pender and Templeton)
VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Little Theatre
Association – 1925 – still operating in 465 seat Alcazar/Palace Theatre – opened
in 1913 – they purchased in 1923 and rechristened York in 1940
VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Moving Theatre
VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Opera Association –
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Opera House – 1891 –
see Orpheum Theatre – was Vancouver’s principal theatre for touring companies –
adjacent to first Hotel Vancouver at Georgia and Granville (1211 seats) –
Lohengrin 1891 (Emma Juch English Grand Opera Company; Sarah Bernhardt in Fedora
and La Tosca 1891; Mark Twain 1895; – renovated to 1600 seats in 1907 – 1913
became the New Orpheum – Nijinsky with Ballet Russe 1917; and then became movie
theatre known as Vancouver Theatre (1927-1935); Lyric Theatre (1935-1947);
International Cinema (1947-1960) and again Lyric (1960-1969) – demolished 1969
for Eaton Department Store
VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Opera House – 1913 –
West side of Granville, South of George, where Sears is now – sold and became
Orpheum 1914 with vaudeville acts – 1935 became Lyric with talking pictures
*VANCOUVER, BC -
Vancouver Playhouse -
built in 1964 (647 seats) – opened as Queen Elizabeth Playhouse – The Hostage
1964; Ecstacy of Rita Joe (Frances Hyland,Chief Dan George) 1967; Hair 1969 –
withdrawn due to censors
VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Repertory Theatre
VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Shakespeare Society
– 1916
VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Symphony Orchestra –
see Orpheum Theatre
VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Theatre – Granville
St – Winston Churchill here 1929 – see Vancouver Opera House
*VANCOUVER, BC -
Vancouver West End Theatres
VANCOUVER, BC – Victoria Road Theatre – 1920s
- Victoria and 43rd – Vancouver suburbs
VANCOUVER, BC – Victoria Theatre
VANCOUVER, BC -
Vogue Theatre – built 1941 – 1200
seats – art deco style – played host to biggest names in entertainment – closed
2006
VANCOUVER, BC – Waterfront Theatre – see New
Play Centre
VANCOUVER, BC – Way Off Broadway
VANCOUVER, BC – Westminster Savings Centre
Union Theatre – 200 seats – in use by Simon Fraser University – now equiped for
3D
VANCOUVER, BC – White Rock Players – summer
theatre
VANCOUVER, BC – Windsor Theatre – 1920s
suburban theatre
VANCOUVER, BC – Yorick
VANCOUVER, BC – York Theatre – 1912 – see –
Alcazar/Palace – see Vancouver Little Theatre Association
VANCOUVER, BC – Zanzibar – cabaret
VANIER, QC – Theatre d’la Corvee – La Parole
et la loi 1979
VICTORIA, BC – Amateur Dramatic and Operatic
Society – began 1880s and was still active in the 1920s
VICTORIA, BC – Bastion Theatre Company –
1963-1988
VICTORIA, BC – Beaux-Arts Club
*VICTORIA, BC -
Belfry Theatre -
(275 seats) – founded 1974 in Emmanuel Baptist Church – in 1974 was the Spring
Ridge Cultural Centre and then the Belfry
VICTORIA, BC -
Canadian College of Performing Arts
VICTORIA, BC – Canvas theatres – shows held under canvas as early as 1848
VICTORIA, BC – Capital Theatre
VICTORIA, BC – Colonial Theatre – built 1860 –
360 seats – The Stranger 1860 – recently changed to concert hall
VICTORIA, BC – Emmanuel Baptist Church – see
Belfry
VICTORIA, BC – Forbes-Robertson Players –
1930s
VICTORIA, BC – Imperial Theatre – see
Philharmonic Hall
VICTORIA, BC – Kaleidoscope Theatre for Young
People – 1974
VICTORIA, BC – Langham Court Playhouse – see
Victoria Theatre Guild
VICTORIA, BC – London Theatre – see St.
Charles Music Hall
VICTORIA, BC – Lyceum Theatre – see Victoria
Theatre
*VICTORIA, BC -
Mc Pherson Playhouse
(previously Pantages) – 3 Centennial Square – built 1914 – 837 seats -
performances by Bastion Theatre 1971
VICTORIA, BC – New Theatre Royal – see St.
Charles Music Hall
VICTORIA, BC – Pantages Theatre – refurbished
1965 and became home to Bastion Theatre Company
VICTORIA, BC – Philharmonic Hall – 1873 –
renovated and renamed Imperial in 1891 – reopened as another Theatre Royal –
closed 1894, reverting to Philharmonic Hall
VICTORIA, BC – Punch and Judy Theatre – 1930s
VICTORIA, BC – Royal Victoria Theatre – 1913
VICTORIA, BC – St. Charles’ Music Hall – part
of St. Charles Hotel (200-400 seats) – renamed New Theatre Royal – later the
London Theatre 1883
VICTORIA, BC – Spring Ridge Cultural Centre –
see Belfry
VICTORIA, BC – Theatre Royal – see
Philharmonic Hall – opened 1861 with The Honeymoon starring Robinson family –
they were replaced by other companies
VICTORIA, BC – Theatre Royal – originally
known as Victoria (600 seats) – 1861 – renovated and renamed in 1867 –
demolished 1882
VICTORIA, BC – University of Victoria Players’
Club – 1923
VICTORIA, BC – Victoria Opera House – built
1913 – now called the Royal Theatre – home to Victoria Symphony and Pacific
Opera Victoria
VICTORIA, BC – Victoria Theatre – see Theatre
Royal
VICTORIA, BC – Victoria Theatre – 1885 – 800
seats – opened with amateur production of Pirates of Penzance – destroyed by
fire 1868 – renovated 1892 to 1000 seats – changed name to Lyceum – used only
occasionally after opening of Royal Victoria in 1913 – incorporated into
Spencers store, (now Eatons) in 1918
VICTORIA, BC – Victoria Theatre Guild –
founded 1930 – moved to Langham Court Playhouse in 1949 – still in operation
*VICTORIA, BC -
Victoria Theatres
VICTORIA BY THE SEA, PE -
Victoria Playhouse – 1981 –
converted community hall
VINELAND, ON – Prudhomme Garden Centre Theatre
- first theatre was a 450-seat house, but it burned down (arson) and was rebuilt
by George Prudhomme as a 1000-seat – ran until 1966. Prudhomme would remove the
seats in the winter and turn the theatre into a curling rink, then return it to
being a theatre in the summer – Vernon Chapman, head of Canadian Equity for
several terms, was a regular performer there, as was Tom Kneebone, Heath
Lamberts, Vivian Vance, Ann B. Davis, Guy Madison, Hugh O’Brian, June Havoc,
Liza Minnelli &Elliot Gould (Fantasticks 1964), Jack Carson and Tallulah
Bankhead, Two for the Seesaw with Hugh O’Brian and Patricia Huston, Summer time
with Daniel Rubinate and June Havock, and many others
WALKERTON, ON – Town Hall 1897 – - served as
performance venues for local amateur societies, as well as touring performers
WALKERVILLE, ON – Opera House, later the
Windsor Tivoli
WASAGA BEACH – Skyview Theatre – open air
seating
WATERLOO, ON -
Oktoberfest
WATERLOO, ON -
Royal Medieval Faire
WATERLOO, ON -
Waterloo Busker Carnival
WATERLOO, ON -
Waterloo Stage Theatre
WEST HILL, ON – Bijou Cinema – Atmospheric
style – closed & demolished
WESTON, ON – Weston Little Theatre
WESTVILLE, NS – Opera House
WHITBY, ON –
Class Act Dinner Theatre -
104 Consumers Dr. WHITBY, ON – Cullen Gardens and Miniature Village – closing
New Year’s eve 2005 at the end of 25 years due to costs and declining attendance
- had drawn up to 350,000 visitors a year from around the world
WHITEHORSE, YT – Whitehorse Little Theatre –
1946 – now the Whitehorse Drama Club
*WINDSOR, NS -
Mermaid Theatre – founded 1972
WINDSOR, ON -
Capital Theatre and Arts Centre – opened
1920 as vaudeville house, became Loews 1949 – 1995 seats – twinned 1975 -
restored 1995 with 696 seat Pentastar Playhouse
WINDSOR, ON -
Chrysler Theatre
WINDSOR, ON – Opera House – 1000 seats – see
Tivoli Theatre – early 1900s – - served as brief stop-overs for touring
companies on way to longer, more-profitable runs in larger towns and cities
WINDSOR, ON – Theatre Guild
WINDSOR, ON – Tivoli Theatre – built as
Walkerville Opera House – see Opera House – long gone
WINGHAM, ON – Lyceum Theatre
*WINGHAM, ON – Wingham Opera House 1884 –
built on 2nd floor of High Victorian Wingham Town Hall – still in use for
occasional concerts
WINGHAM, ON – Town Hall 1890 – served as
performance venues for local amateur societies, as well as touring performers
WINNIPEG, MB – Act II – cabaret
WINNIPEG, MB – Allen Theatre (called -The Met)
WINNIPEG, MB – Bijou Theatre – renamed the
Winnipeg Theatre 1897
WINNIPEG, MB – Burton Cummings Theatre – see
Walker Theatre
WINNIPEG, MB – Capitol Theatre – built a short
distance from the Allen Theatre
WINNIPEG, MB – Caribbean Theatre Workshop
WINNIPEG, MB – Centennial Concert Hall – see
Manitoba Theatre Centre
WINNIPEG, MB – Cercle Moliere – 1925
WINNIPEG, MB – Cheers – cabaret
WINNIPEG, MB – Community Players of Winnipeg –
1921 – Selkirk Ave & Main St – 1930 name changed to Winnipeg Little Theatre –
moved to Dominion Theatre in 1933 – ceased operations 1937
WINNIPEG, MB – Deutsche Buhne – founded 1959
WINNIPEG, MB – Dominion Theatre – 1904 –
Winnipeg’s first vaudeville theatre – later John Holden Players included actors
like Dora Mavor Moore, Robert Christie, and Jane Mallett – see also Community
Players; Manitoba Theatre Centre – razed 1968
WINNIPEG, MB – Dufferin Hall – 1877
WINNIPEG, MB – Grand Opera House – McDermot
Street
WINNIPEG, MB – Grand Theatre – 1896 – burned
down in 1897
WINNIPEG, MB – Gujuarti East Indian Theatre
Group
WINNIPEG, MB – Junior League Puppets
WINNIPEG, MB – Manitoba Hall – (later The
Opera House) – 1872)
*WINNIPEG, MB -
Manitoba Theatre Centre – founded 1958 by
John Hirsch and Tom Hendry – 175 Market Avenue – artistic directors John Hirsch
and Len Cariou – for a merger of the Winnipeg Little Theatre and Theatre 77 –
first season A Hatful of Rain; Blithe Spirit; Teach Me How to Cry; Glass
Menagerie; Ring Round the Moon; Diary of Anne Frank and Of Mice and Men – school
closed from 1972-1987 – became known as Stratford West because of Statford
alumnae – moved to Centennial Concert Hall 1968 as Dominion razed – also used
the Warehouse – 140 Rupert Ave – new mainstage 175 Market Ave ready for 1970-1
season (785 seats)
WINNIPEG, MB – Metropolitan Theatre (known as
Met) – movie palace built in 1920 – 285 Donald Street – constructed as Allen
Theatre, 2500 seats – renamed Metropolis in 1923
WINNIPEG, MB – New Theatre
WINNIPEG, MB – Orpheum Theatre c. 1910
WINNIPEG, MB -
Pantages Playhouse (Pantages
Theatre) – 280 Market Avenue East – built 1913-1914 as vaudeville theatre -
reopened as Playhouse Theatre – Anne of Green Gables 1989
WINNIPEG, MB – Penthouse Players – 1961 –
inmates of Stoneybrook Pennitentiary and Winnipeg residents
WINNIPEG, MB – Playhouse Theatre – formerly
Pantages – see Winnipeg Little Theatre
WINNIPEG, MB – Prairie Theatre Exchange – 1973
WINNIPEG, MB – Princess Opera House (Hess
Opera Company) – 1885 – Princess St. & Ross Ave – on 2nd floor over shops – 1376
seats – produced Gilbert and Sullivan – opened with Iolante 1883 – burned down
in 1892 during production of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
WINNIPEG, MB – Progressive Arts Club Workers’
Theatre
*WINNIPEG, MB -
Rainbow Stage – 1955 by
directors Malcolm Black and Alan Lund – - became a professional commercial
company in 1966 – outdoor theatre Kildonan Park 3,000 seat bandshell –
Brigadoon; Damn Yankees (Len Cariou) 1959; The King and I; Wizard of Oz;
WINNIPEG, MB – Red River Hall – 1866 – used
until 1869/70
*WINNIPEG, MB – Royal Winnipeg Ballet -
started 1938
WINNIPEG, MB – Rumours – cabaret
WINNIPEG, MB – Stage West 1980-85
WINNIPEG, MB – Tara Players
WINNIPEG, MB – T. Eaton Company Masquers Club
– with branches in Toronto, Hamilton, and Calgary
WINNIPEG, MB – Theatre Royal – 1870 – opened
by Ontario Rifles
WINNIPEG, MB – Town and Country nightclub (The
Towers) – Kennedy St – Barbara Streisand (2 weeks – 19 yr old) 1961; Lenny Breau,
Neil Young’s the Squires and the city’s top band, Chad Allan & the Reflections,
on the same bill 1963; Chad Allan’s band, guitarist Randy Bachman, Garry
Peterson, and Jim Kale;
WINNIPEG, MB – Unique Theatre – built in a
former funeral parlour
WINNIPEG, MB – Uptown Theatre – Atmospheric
style – closed
WINNIPEG, MB – Victoria Hall – Winnipeg – 1882
- renamed The Bijou in 1891
WINNIPEG, MB – Walker Theatre – 1906 to 1930s
- 2000 seats –was a major touring house
WINNIPEG, MB – Walker Theatre – 1907 – 1798
seats – 364 Smith Street at Notre Dame Ave – big shows from Europe and United
States played here – one of most impressive theatres ever built in Western
Canada – Madama Butterly 1907 – programs were identical to those of major
syndicate theatres in Chicago and New York – Waiting for Lefty (censored 1936) -
abandoned and sold for back taxes in 1936 and became the Odeon Morton Cinema
after balcony cut off by false ceiling – movie theatre 1945-1990 – reopened 1991
as home for performing arts – used in film Clown at Midnight (1998)
WINNIPEG, MB – Warehouse – 140 Rupert Ave –
see Manitoba Theatre Centre – Walker Theatre was yesterday (August,2002) renamed
the Burton Cummings Theatre for the Performing Arts by the non-profit board of
directors which runs the property
WINNIPEG, MB -
Winnipeg Arena
WINNIPEG, MB – Winnipeg Ballet Club – became
Royal Winnipeg Ballet
*WINNIPEG, MB –
Winnipeg Jewish Theatre- founded in 1987
WINNIPEG, MB – Winnipeg Kiddies – children’s
touring troupe 1915 to 1935
WINNIPEG, MB – Winnipeg Little Theatre (1921
to 1937 and from 1948-1958 reestablished at Playhouse Theatre) – see Community
Players
WINNIPEG, MB – Winnipeg Mennonite Theatre –
founded 1972
WINNIPEG, MB – Winnipeg Theatre – 1897 -
Permanent Players performed here until 1920s – see Bijou Theatre
WOLFVILLE, NS – Acadia Dramatic Society – 1919
WOLFVILLE, NS -
Atlantic Theatre Festival
WOODSTOCK, NB – Hayden-Gibson Theatre – 1907 –
900 seats
WOODSTOCK, NB – Woodstock Little Theatre
WOODSTOCK, NB – Woodstock Rink – used as
summer theatre 1882
WOODSTOCK, ON – Opera House – 1000 seats –
early 1900s – served as brief stop-overs for touring companies on way to longer,
more-profitable runs in larger towns and cities
Y YARMOUTH, NS – 300 seat
concert hall 1848
YELLOWKNIFE, NT – Globe Theatre of the
Northern Arts – 1984 (313 seats)
YELLOWKNIFE, NT – Northern Arts and Cultural
Centre – 1984 – 313 seats
YELLOWKNIFE, NT -
Stuck In a Snowbank Theatre
YORKTON, SK – Dominion Theatre
YORKTON, SK – Princess Theatre
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Re Long Runs in London: here’s another one for you: Somerset Maugham’s “Our Betters” which received 548 performances at the Globe Theatre, running from 12 September 1923 until 3 January 1925.
Thank you Paula for the information, it is truly appreciated. It is easy to find long runs on Broadway, but London and Off Broadway are quite another story.
Clair Sedore, Editor