Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Varscona Theatre is a live performance venue in the Old Strathcona neighborhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Since 1994, the Varscona has been operated by a consortium of small theatre companies, including Teatro la Quindicina and Shadow Theatre (collectively known as The Varscona Theatre Alliance).
In January 2010, theatre reviewer Pollstar revealed that the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium was the busiest theatre in Canada, selling 146,555 tickets in 2009, beating its twin, the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Calgary (138,515 tickets) and Toronto’s Massey Hall (93,742 tickets). [4]
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more
The theatre was re-opened on 6 October 2009 by the performer Bruce Forsyth following significant refurbishment, [2] gaining a new cafe bar, performance space, toilet block and box office. The main auditorium was renamed the Sir Bruce Forsyth Auditorium because Forsyth was born in Edmonton.
The Citadel Theatre is the major theatre-arts venue in Edmonton, the capital city of Alberta, Canada. This is a chronological list of the productions staged there since its opening night on November 10, 1965.
Catalyst Theatre is a multi-award-winning theatre company based in Edmonton, Alberta.Founded in 1977 as a social action theatre, [1] it was taken over by Artistic Co-Directors Jonathan Christenson and Joey Tremblay in 1996. [2]
The theatre was twinned in 1972 and renamed as Westmount Cinemas. [7] The theatre moved inside the mall with the opening of the four-screen Famous Players theatre on November 8, 1985. [ 8 ] In 2005, Cineplex Galaxy sold the theatre to Empire Theatres before it finally closed on February 27, 2011. [ 9 ]
The Walterdale Playhouse was founded in 1959 by the Walterdale Theatre Associates it is one of Western Canada's oldest amateur theatre groups. Since 1974 Walterdale Theatre Associates has been located in the heart of Old Strathcona in the oldest fire hall in Alberta, [citation needed] Strathcona Firehall No. 1 (later Edmonton No. 6), which the Associates converted into the Walterdale Playhouse.