Capitol Theatre

560 Talbot Street,
St. Thomas, ON N5P 1C3

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The Capitol Theatre opened in 1935 as a single screen movie and live shows venue, with a seating capacity of 1,075. In 1995 it was triplexed into a three-screen movie house.

The Capitol Theatre is a great place to enjoy a great film in the wonderful city of St. Thomas.

By 2008, the programming included live performances and concerts as well as movies.

Contributed by Chad Irish

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stthomascapitoltheatre
stthomascapitoltheatre on September 19, 2005 at 5:28 pm

My name is Mark Cosens and I am now the current owner of the Capitol Theatre in St. Thomas. Currently it is in the final stages of renovation/restoration. When finished we will be offering the Old Classic Movies as well as some Community Theatre. Although the original seating capacity was 650, our capacity will only be 250 seats due to the existing partition walls of the dormant theatres 2 and 3.
I would like to offer much more for your website on this theatre if someone would contact me.
Sincerely,
Mark Cosens

vic1964
vic1964 on June 14, 2007 at 2:08 pm

I am grateful to Mark Cosens for saving this gem,as i had the honor of projecting on and off during the 90s!I cant wait to see more input on this theatre page.

CSWalczak
CSWalczak on June 9, 2008 at 11:06 am

Some pictures of the St. Thomas Capitol from 1947:

Exterior:
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Concession stand and stairs:
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Steps to foyer:
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CSWalczak
CSWalczak on June 10, 2008 at 7:57 am

The links I posted yesterday of picturs of the Capitol Theatre St. Thomas are no longer working. The pictures can be see by going to the Images database of the Ontario Archives at:

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and entering ‘Capitol Theatre St. Thomas’ in the search window.

CSWalczak
CSWalczak on June 12, 2008 at 10:37 am

Here are direct links to the pictures of this theatre on the Onario Archives site:

http://ao.minisisinc.com/Webimages/I0012833.jpg
http://ao.minisisinc.com/Webimages/I0012834.jpg
http://ao.minisisinc.com/Webimages/I0012845.jpg

vic1964
vic1964 on June 19, 2008 at 10:28 am

Nice pictures!I have an auditorium shot which shows it is identical to the Palace[Park]in London.

lostmemory
lostmemory on October 24, 2008 at 7:06 am

Here is a website for the Capitol Theater. Function is concerts, live theatrical presentations and movies. Current seating is 250. Chain is independent. Phone: 519.633.9525

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on April 5, 2009 at 10:34 pm

1982 photo of the Capitol Theatre.
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