Caprice Showcase Theatre
965-967 Granville Street,
Vancouver,
BC
V6Z 1L3
965-967 Granville Street,
Vancouver,
BC
V6Z 1L3
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According to the article below, the Caprice nightclub (in the old Dominion/Downtown/Caprice theatre space) closed in January 2018 and following renovations, was replaced in June 2019 with the space’s current tenant, a bar and restaurant called the Colony:
Inside the massive new Colony Granville Strip location before it opens
I remember when this was the Downtown Famous Players.
One of the earliest theatres acquired by Famous Players Canadian Corporation in Vancouver. The original auditorium had a ceiling that consisted of glass with backlit lighting above it. Very interesting!!
That’s an older photo, the current sign has been there longer than 2009.
The information for this photo indicates that it was taken in 2009, apparently the signage was replaced.
Photos from the Vancouver Library: 1-1916, 2-1940
Upon further research, the Dominion Theater was a prestigious venue actually built in 1907 by J.R. Muir and sat 1000 patrons.
There are show listing in a 1925 Vancouver Sun for the Dominion Theater so the official opening date is not 1929.
The theater was resurrected as a movie house by an independent chain and renamed Caprice Showcase Theater. It ran movies from 1992 until 1999. It is currently used as a Cabaret.