id: https://capacoa.ca/member/358
type: Organization
additional type:
  id: https://capacoa.ca/vocabulary#PrimaryActivity_pres
  type: skos:Concept
  pref label:
    en: presenting/promoting live performances and/or operating venues
    fr: présentation/promotion de spectacles et/ou gestion de lieux
  in scheme:
    id: https://capacoa.ca/vocabulary#PrimaryActivity
  definition:
    en: You organize and/or promote performances created by others, either in your own facilities or in facilities operated by others
    fr: Vous organisez et/ou promouvez les spectacles qui sont crées par des autres, sois dans vos propres installations ou des installations exploitées par d'autres
  hidden label: pres
  note: The term 'promoter' is preferred in the live music industry, whereas presenter is preferred in the rest of the performing arts domain. From an economic perspective, it is however the same activity.
additional type:
  id: https://capacoa.ca/vocabulary#PresentingFormat_series
  type: skos:Concept
  pref label:
    en: series/season/regular presentations
    fr: série/saison régulière de spectacles
  in scheme:
    id: https://capacoa.ca/vocabulary#PresentingFormat
  hidden label: series
additional type:
  id: https://capacoa.ca/vocabulary#Genres_the
  type: skos:Concept
  pref label:
    en: theatre/spoken word
    fr: théâtre/arts de la parole
  in scheme:
    id: https://capacoa.ca/vocabulary#Genres
  hidden label: the
additional type:
  id: https://capacoa.ca/vocabulary#Genres_film
  type: skos:Concept
  pref label:
    fr: film
    en: film
  in scheme:
    id: https://capacoa.ca/vocabulary#Genres
  hidden label: film
additional type:
  id: https://capacoa.ca/vocabulary#Genres_mus
  type: skos:Concept
  pref label:
    fr: musique
    en: music
  in scheme:
    id: https://capacoa.ca/vocabulary#Genres
  hidden label: mus
additional type:
  id: https://capacoa.ca/vocabulary#Genres_mus-th
  type: skos:Concept
  pref label:
    en: musical theatre/opera
    fr: théâtre musical/opéra
  in scheme:
    id: https://capacoa.ca/vocabulary#Genres
  hidden label: mus-th
additional type:
  id: https://capacoa.ca/vocabulary#Genres_com
  type: skos:Concept
  pref label:
    en: comedy
    fr: humour
  in scheme:
    id: https://capacoa.ca/vocabulary#Genres
  hidden label: com
additional type:
  id: https://capacoa.ca/vocabulary#Genres_dan
  type: skos:Concept
  pref label:
    en: dance
    fr: danse
  in scheme:
    id: https://capacoa.ca/vocabulary#Genres
  hidden label: dan
additional type:
  id: https://capacoa.ca/vocabulary#PresenterType_Multidisciplinary
  type: skos:Concept
  pref label:
    en: multi-disciplinary
    fr: pluridisciplinaire
  in scheme:
    id: https://capacoa.ca/vocabulary#PresenterType
additional type:
  id: https://capacoa.ca/vocabulary#CharitableStatus_Charitable-organization
  type: skos:Concept
  pref label:
    en: charitable organization
  in scheme:
    id: https://capacoa.ca/vocabulary#CharitableStatus
additional type:
  id: https://capacoa.ca/vocabulary#LegalForm_Not-for-profit-organization
  type: skos:Concept
  pref label:
    en: not for profit organization
  in scheme:
    id: https://capacoa.ca/vocabulary#LegalForm
additional type: https://capacoa.ca/vocabulary#TermsConditions_agree-and-disclose-v1.2
address:
  type: PostalAddress
alternate name: Academy Theatre
location:
  type: Role
  location:
    type: Place
  role name: Manager/Operator
legal name: Academy Theatre Foundation
name:
  en: Flato Academy Theatre
url: https://www.flatoacademytheatre.com/
url:
  type: Role
  role name: Events Webpage
  url: https://www.flatoacademytheatre.com/whats-on
P8860: 119482719
has agent biography: The FLATO Academy Theatre was built in the spring of 1892. Designed by architect W. Blackwell of Peterborough, two citizens of the town, R. J. Matchett and Fred Knowlton, spearheaded its building. When the theatre doors opened in 1893, it was billed as the most technically perfect theatre in Canada. With seating for 900 people, there was one balcony and one dress circle, with VIP boxes on either side of the stage. The stage measured 38 by 44 feet, and the proscenium height was 28 feet. A fly gallery was 22 feet above the stage and a rigging gallery reached 48 feet. At that time, there were 3 furnaces in the building, which needed to be fed coal constantly. This required a couple to live in the theatre on the third floor, in an apartment. According to legend, it is said that one day, the lady of this couple rushed down from the third floor stairs and fell and sadly, died. It is said to be her spirit that inhabits the theatre. To this day, “Mary”, as she has affectionately been named, is a friendly but mischievous “ghost” who mysteriously moves things, then puts them back, lowers the lights or opens and closes doors. Staff and patrons alike often have their own “Mary” story to share. It was in this theatre that Marie Dressler made her first stage appearance at the age of 5, in an amateur play organized by her mother. As part of the vaudeville circuit in the early 1900s, the Academy hosted a young Sammy Davis Jr. and the Marx Brothers as well.
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