Barrymore's Music Hall
323-325 Bank Street,
Ottawa,
ON
K2P
323-325 Bank Street,
Ottawa,
ON
K2P
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Barrymore's Music Hall (Official)
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Functions: Concerts, Live Performances, Retail
Styles: Beaux-Arts
Previous Names: Imperial Theatre, Pandora's Box
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
613.233.0757
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Opened August 24, 1914 as “Canada’s Theatre Beautiful”, the Imperial Theatre seated 1,091, and was Ottawa’s classiest movie theatre until the opening of the Loew’s in 1920. For years it catered to children with Saturday serials.
The Imperial Theatre closed as a movie theatre in 1955. It was split horizontally to accommodate retail uses along the sidewalk while the Beaux-Arts auditorium upstairs is still largely intact. In 1971 it became Pandora’s Box striptease club. Since 1978 it has functioned as Barrymore’s Music Hall, one of Canada’s top live music venues. Using the former balcony area which is now a multi-tiered room with 6-levels on 3 floors, the capacity is now 400.
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Alain Miguelez
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Exterior, 1938:
http://ao.minisisinc.com/Webimages/I0012531.jpg
Interior views, 1947:
http://ao.minisisinc.com/Webimages/I0012528.jpg
http://ao.minisisinc.com/Webimages/I0012532.jpg
Became Pandora’s Box strip club in 1971. Timeline and history in below links with photos.
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/timeline-imperial-theatre-pandoras-box-barrymores-music-hall
https://lindaseccaspina.wordpress.com/2017/10/10/memories-of-pandoras-box/
http://wheelehouse.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-imperial-theatre.html