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Updated March 10, 2010

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.

All “Le," “Les," and “La’s," have been eliminated as has "The," for easier alphabetization e.g La Salle de l"Ermitage is under Salle

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ABITIBI CANYON COLONY, ON – Canyon Recreation Club Theatre

*ALBERTA PERFORMING ARTS

*ALBERTA THEATRES

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

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 – 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 – cafι 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 – 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 – Max Bell Theatre in Calgary Centre for the Performing Arts – 1985 – Martha Cohen Theatre (465 seats)

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

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CANADIAN THEATRE

ENGLEHART, ON - Palace Theatre

ENRIGHT’S ONTARIO THEATRES 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

HAMILTON, ON - Century Theatre

HAMILTON, ON - Copps Coliseum - 101 York Boulevard - (17,500 seats)

HAMILTON, ON - Capitol Theatre – renamed 1922 - see Loews

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 Cafι – 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 – cafι theatre

K 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 - Domino Theatre - founded 1953 at Odeon Theatre – 10 years in inadequate locations – opened with No Exit 1953 - opened new theatre in 1964 at 8 Princess St – then a renovated limestone stable in 1974

KINGSTON, ON – Grand Opera House – 1879 – burned down 1898 – rebuilt on same site 1902 – from 1938 to 1961 a movie house – closed until 1967 and reopened as live theatre

KINGSTON, ON – Grand Opera House – 1902-1938

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 - 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

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 – cafι 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 – cafι 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 – Cafι Andre – cabaret

MONTREAL, QC - Cafe Chaos - 2035 St. Denis - co-op run club - intimate music venue

MONTREAL, QC – Cafι 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 – cafι/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 – cafι/alternative theatre

MONTREAL, QC – Ex-tasse – cafι/alternative theatre

MONTREAL, QC – Feux-Chalins-Moncton – 1969 – demise 1976

MONTREAL, QC – Figaro – see Theatre des Varietes

MONTREAL, QC – Fleurs de Mal– cafι/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 – cafι/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 – cafι/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 – cafι/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 – cafι/alternative theatre

MONTREAL, QC – New Dominion – 1873

MONTREAL, QC – New Montreal Theatre – 1918 – destroyed by fire 1820

MONTREAL, QC – Noeud – cafι/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 – cafι/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

NEW BRUNSWICK PERFORMING ARTS

NEWCASTLE, NB – Masonic Hall – 1876

NEWFOUNDLAND PERFORMING ARTS

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 - 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 - Amphitheatre - 2008 - National Arts Centre, the Toronto Symphony and Parks Canada are exploring the possibility of building an amphitheatre for a major summer music festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, the federal government has announced - to be located on historic lakefront property, would serve as a home for summer performances by the Toronto Symphony and the NAC Orchestra

*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

NOVA SCOTIA PERFORMING ARTS

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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 Cafι – 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 – cafι 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

PETERBOROUGH, ON – Arbor Theatre – summer theatre

*PETERBOROUGH, ON - 4th Line Theatre - Winslow Farm - Summer Theatre - 13th year 2003 - 1-800-814-0055 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 EDWARD ISLAND THEATRES

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

QUEBEC THEATRES

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 – cafι 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

SASKATCHEWAN - THEATRES

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 - In – 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 – cafι 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

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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

TICKETMASTER - CANADA

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

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*BRITISH COLUMBIA THEATRES

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

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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 see also

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

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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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