Royal Theatre

Constructed in 1912-1913 during Victoria's building boom, the structure originally opened as the Royal Victoria Theatre under the ownership of a group of local entrepreneurs. It belonged to a type of theatre built across Canada between 1913 and 1930 for live dramatic, musical, and vaudeville performances. Among the grandest theatres built in the country, few of this kind now survive. Its impressive brick and terra cotta facade and ornate classically inspired interior have provided a setting for generations of events central to Victoria's social and cultural life.

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