Empire Theatre

321 Front Street,
Belleville, ON K8N 2Z9

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mrchangeover
mrchangeover on July 5, 2008 at 5:30 pm

I had a chance to look at the Empire theatre in Belleville a couple of days ago. What a beautiful job of restoring an old theatre. Its one of the coziest and most comfortable small theatres I have seen.
Also, the sound and lighting systems are recessed in the ceiling so the audience can focus on the stage. They still show movies occasionally too.
I hope someone will post a photograph of the interior on the theatre’s website.
Belleville is lucky to have such a community-minded owner.

texas25th
texas25th on February 6, 2007 at 1:29 am

Just found this web site from “Pro AV” talking about all the technical improvements that were done!

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Very helpful information for somebody wanting to do this to their favorite theatre!

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on December 31, 2006 at 9:50 am

Listed as the MacCarthy Theatre in the 1943 edition of Film Daily Yearbook with a seating capacity of 829.