Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre
Winnipeg, Canada
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Located in Winnipeg, Canada, the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre is the country's oldest English-language regional theatre, founded in 1958 by John Hirsch and Tom Hendry as a merger of the Winnipeg Little Theatre and Theatre 77. Its brutalist Mainstage, situated on Market Avenue with a capacity of 785 seats, opened on October 31, 1970. The theatre received its royal designation from Queen Elizabeth II in 2010. With annual attendance surpassed only by the Stratford and Shaw Festivals, it ranks among Canada's premier theatrical institutions and is recognized as a national historic site of Canada.
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- Type
- performing arts center, theatre company
- Heritage
- national historic site of Canada
- Place
- Winnipeg, Canada
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