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The Royal Alex is a 1,244-seat, beaux-arts style, proscenium -stage theatre, with two balcony levels, built in the style typical of 19th century British theatres. Construction began in 1905 and was completed in 1907. Since 1963 it has been owned by Ed Mirvish Enterprises, a company established by Toronto department store owner Edwin Mirvish.
The company's main stage, The Bluma Appel Theatre, is located in the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts (a city of Toronto-owned building), at 27 Front Street East. The theatre has been Canadian Stage's home for over 25 years. The St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts was constructed in the late 1960s as part of the city's Centennial Celebrations.
Factory Theatre is a theatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded as Factory Theatre Lab in 1970 by Ken Gass and Frank Trotz , and it was run for almost 20 years by Dian English . Factory theatre was the first to announce that it would exclusively produce Canadian plays, but it soon became a widely emulated policy by other theatre companies.
Coordinates: 43°39′03″N 79°21′27″W. Young Centre for the Performing Arts. The Young Centre for the Performing Arts is a theatre in the Distillery District in downtown Toronto, Canada. It is a brand-new theatre built into 19th-century-era Victorian industrial buildings. It is home to the Soulpepper Theatre Company and the theatre ...
Mirvish Productions, commonly known as Mirvish, is a Canadian theatrical production company, based in Toronto. Founded in 1986 by David Mirvish with his father, Ed Mirvish, it is the largest commercial theatre company in Canada. [1][2] Mirvish Productions own and operate four theatres in the downtown Toronto area: the Royal Alexandra Theatre ...
Since 1979, the Elgin Theatre has served as one of the hosts to the annual Toronto International Film Festival. [6] In 1981, the Ontario Heritage Foundation bought the structure from Famous Players. [2] The Elgin was closed as a movie theatre on November 15, 1981; [7] the final film presented at the theatre was What the Swedish Butler Saw. [8]
Four Seasons Centre. The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts is a 2,071-seat theatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located at the southeast corner of University Avenue and Queen Street West, across from Osgoode Hall. The land on which it is located was a gift from the Government of Ontario. It is the home of the Canadian Opera Company ...
The Theatre Centre is a performing arts organization and theatre venue in Toronto . It is nationally recognized as a live-arts incubator for the cultural sector in the city. It also provide meeting space for Toronto residents. The Theatre Centre's mission is to nurture artists, invest in ideas and champion new work and new ways of working.