Highland Arts Theatre
Performance Theatre in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Highland Arts Theatre is a historic building, first constructed as a Presbyterian Church, now operating an arts and culture centre in Sydney, Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was initially constructed as St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church.
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"The HAT" | |
Former names | St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (1910–1925), St. Andrew's United Church (1925–2013) |
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Address | 40 Bentinck Street |
Location | Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Coordinates | 46.138782°N 60.194000°W / 46.138782; -60.194000 |
Public transit | Transit Cape Breton Routes 1, 5 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 |
Owner | Highland Quality Productions Incorporated |
Operator | Highland Arts Theatre Association |
Type | Theatre |
Genre(s) | live theatre, music, concerts, dance, film |
Seating type | Soft seat, reserved seating |
Capacity | Theatre: 400~ Concerts: up to 475 |
Production | HAT 2020 Winter-Spring Season |
Construction | |
Broke ground | April 14, 1910[1] |
Built | 1910–1911 |
Opened | June 25, 1911 (1911-June-25) |
Renovated | June 3, 2014 |
Construction cost | $62,945 CAD (1911) |
Architect | Samuel G. Curry and William F. Sparling of Toronto (Curry & Sparling)[2] |
General contractor | Rhodes Curry Company |
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Official name | St. Andrew's United Church |
Type | Provincial Heritage Property |
Designated | 29 August 29, 2012[3] |
Official name | St. Andrew's United Church |
Type | Municipal Heritage Property |
Designated | 18 September 2007[4] |
Reference no. | 9326 |
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In June 2014 St. Andrew's reopened as the Highland Arts Theatre, a live play and film theatre and concert venue located in Sydney's waterfront district.