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Built in 1901–02 on the site of the former Martin's Opera House (built 1879 and destroyed by fire on 6 December 1898), The Grand Theatre was originally known as the Grand Opera House. The theatre's gala performance was on 14 January 1902. [1] From 1905 to 1936 the theatre was owned and operated by impresario Ambrose J. Small.
The first Kick & Push Festival took place in 2015, developing out of a need for summer programming at The Kingston Grand Theatre.It was founded by Brett Christopher, Liam Karry, and Mike Sheppard, under the aegis of the Kingston Theatre Alliance, a partnership between theatre organisations in Kingston to promote sector-wide development.
A group of concerned citizens advocated that the theatre instead become a civic theatre, which was a success (the Grand Theatre reopened in 1964). The Kingston Arts Council adopted its constitution in 1962 and incorporated it in 1963. [2] The KAC has since grown to be a major arts advocacy, funding and promotion resource in Kingston and the area.
Theatre Kingston is a theatre company located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1990 as Theatre Beyond by Paul Gelineau, the company became The People's Theatre Kingston in 1992 and had two more Artistic Directors under that name—Kathryn MacKay (1993–94) and Kathleen LeRoux (1994–97).
Ambrose Joseph Small (January 11, 1866 – disappeared December 2, 1919) was a Canadian theatre magnate who owned several Ontario-based theatres including the Grand Opera House in Toronto, the Grand Opera House in Kingston, the Grand Theatre in London, and the Grand Theatre in Sudbury. The last known sighting of Small occurred the evening of ...
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The Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC), originally the Broadway Theater and Community Theatre, is located on Broadway in Kingston, New York, United States.A Classical Revival building built in 1926, it is the only unaltered pre-World War II theater left in the city, and one of only three from that era in the Hudson Valley. [3]
The orchestra was founded in 1953 under the name the New Symphony Association of Kingston. The first principal conductor was Graham George; he led the orchestra's debut concert of Joseph Haydn's The Creation on 12 April 1954 at The Grand Theatre with the Kingston Choral Society and baritone James Milligan. For its first three years the ...