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The Royal Theatre is a proscenium arch theatre and concert hall located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It was designed in 1912 by William D'Oyly Hamilton Rochfort and Eben W. Sankey. Rochfort was very active as an architect in Victoria from 1908 until he left for the war in 1914.
The McPherson Playhouse, known as The Mac, is a theatre and concert hall in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Part of the Centennial Square complex on the north side of downtown Victoria, adjacent to the intersection of Pandora and Government streets across from the CTV Vancouver Island studios and the Victoria City Hall, it was originally built as a Pantages Theatre in 1914.
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It was established in 1818 as the Royal Coburg Theatre, and renamed in 1833 the Royal Victoria Theatre. In 1871 it was rebuilt and reopened as the Royal Victoria Palace . It was taken over by Emma Cons in 1880 and formally named the Royal Victoria Hall , although by that time it was already known as the "Old Vic".
The first mention of Royal Athletic Park in the British Colonist (which later merged with the Victoria Times to become the Victoria Times Colonist) is on May 21, 1908. It is an advertisement for an inter-provincial championship lacrosse game against a Vancouver side on May 25, 1908 at the new Royal Athletic Park. [17]
Theatre Royal, Newcastle: Newcastle upon Tyne 20 February 1837 1,249 Theatre Royal, Norwich: Norwich 1758 1,308 Theatre Royal, Nottingham: Nottingham 1856 1,186 Theatre Royal, Plymouth: Plymouth 5 May 1982 1,320 Theatre Royal, Stratford East: Stratford, London 17 December 1884 460 Theatre Royal, Wakefield: Wakefield 1894 499 Theatre Royal ...
In 1999, the Theatre Royal was bought by the Ambassador Theatre Group and a full-scale modernisation commenced. In 2007, the theatre celebrated its 200th anniversary with a visit from Queen Elizabeth II. The venue offers backstage tours, where the public can go behind the scenes at the Grade II* listed building.
The Theatre Royal in Windsor is a Grade II listed building and since 1997 has been managed by Bill Kenwright, who performed at the theatre as a young actor in the 1960s and 1970s under John Counsell. Under Kenwright's management the repertoire is wide, ranging from the classics and traditional pantomimes to first productions of new work.