Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts
88 Dalhousie Street,
Brantford,
ON
N3T 5V7
88 Dalhousie Street,
Brantford,
ON
N3T 5V7
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Opened as the Temple Theatre on December 22, 1919, as an independently operated vaudeville theatre by Jules and Jay Allen. It had a seating capacity of 1,600.
It was renamed the Capitol Theatre in 1928, and in 1929 Famous Players purchased the theatre and operated it as a single screen movie theatre until 1986.
This large theatre has no balcony. Instead, it has a section of stadium seating at the rear of the auditorium. The theatre is now known as the Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts. Now dedicated to live performing arts, there is no longer a movie screen or projection equipment in the building.
A blaze in two historic buildings next door to the theatre in September of 2004 caused heavy smoke and water damage in the Sanderson Centre and it was closed down for six weeks for repairs to be carried out. It has now been fully restored.
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The official website for The Sanderson Centre is:
http://www.sandersoncentre.on.ca/album.htm
I passed by the Sanderson Centre in 1999 and because a function was ongoing, I couldn’t get past the foyer. What I saw was very impressive. The website’s many photos have somewhat diluted my dissapointment in not having seen the auditorium.
A RESENT FIRE(SEPT. 04) AT TWO HISTORIC BUILDING NEXT TO THE THEATRE CAUSE MAJOR SMOKE AND WATER DAMAGE TO THE THEATRE. THE CEILING,WALLS,SEATS AND BASICLLY THE ENTIRE THEATRE HAS TO BE CLEANED. THEY ESTIMATE IT WILL COST UPWARDS OF $1,000,000.00 TO CLEAN. I HAVE BEEN INSIDE AND THE WORK THAT WAS DONE TO RESTORE THIS THEATRE WAS FANTASTIC.. LET’S HOPE IT DOES NOT TAKE LONG TO REPAIR AND RE-OPEN IT.
This is a 2007 photo of the Sanderson Center.
Pictures of the theatre, as the Capitol, from the Ontario Archives as it was in 1947:
http://ao.minisisinc.com/Webimages/I0011915.jpg
http://ao.minisisinc.com/Webimages/I0011916.jpg
http://ao.minisisinc.com/Webimages/I0011917.jpg
http://ao.minisisinc.com/Webimages/I0011918.jpg
http://ao.minisisinc.com/Webimages/I0011919.jpg
A couple 1983 photos of the Capitol
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