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[3] [5] Like the Stanley Cup and Stanley Park, the theatre was named after Governor General of Canada Lord Stanley. [2] The first film shown at the Stanley was One Romantic Night, starring Lillian Gish. [1] [6] Admission was originally between 10 and 40 cents. [3] [5] The vertical Stanley sign was added in 1940 and the stylized Stanley script ...
Allard de Ridder, then conductor of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, was largely responsible, along with John Vanderpant, [7] for convincing W.H. Malkin, a former mayor of Vancouver, to build the theatre as a summer concert venue for the orchestra. [8] [9] Malkin endowed the theatre in memory of his wife, Marion. [10]
The Vancouver Playhouse is a civic theatre venue in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Along with the Orpheum , the Queen Elizabeth Theatre and the Annex, it is one of four facilities operated by the Vancouver Civic Theatres Department (the Playhouse adjoins the QE Theatre in the same complex).
Vogue Theatre is an Art Deco / Art Moderne styled building originally built as a movie house, and currently used as an event venue for the performing arts. Situated on Vancouver ’s “ Theatre Row ", the building was designated as a National Historic Site of Canada in 1993.
Bard is located in Vanier Park at the south end of the Burrard Street Bridge.It consists of two performance stages: the BMO Mainstage and the Howard Family Stage. There is also a group of tents known as the Bard Village which contains the box office, Bard Boutique gift shop, and concession stands.
Rio Theatre interior, 2011. The Rio Theatre is an independent, multidisciplinary art house in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.Built in 1938, the Rio served East Vancouver primarily as a movie theatre until 2008, when new owner, Corinne Lea, began to add live music and multimedia and multidisciplinary art events.
The Arts Club Theatre Company is a Canadian professional theatre company in Vancouver, British Columbia, founded in 1958.It is the largest urban not-for-profit theatre company in the country and the largest in Western Canada, with productions taking place at the 650-seat Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, the 440-seat Granville Island Stage, the 250-seat Newmont Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre ...
A "Save the Orpheum" public protest and fundraising campaign was launched, which even Jack Benny flew in to help with, [6] [10] and the Orpheum was saved. [11] On March 19, 1974, [3] the City of Vancouver bought the theatre for $7.1 million, with $3.1 million coming from the city itself, and $1.5 million from each of the provincial and federal ...