My wife is the granddaughter of P J Nolan, who designed and built the Avalon (the original name of this theatre). He owned 3 theatres and operated 4. He also became the mayor of Ottawa.
Today (Aug 25) we are headed down to the open house of “The Acting Company” who are now setting up shop in the old theatre space to see what remains of this theatre.
Little known factoid – my wife’s father was Leo (the lion) McCarthy. He taught the returning soldiers from the war in this theatre to help them get caught up on their schooling.
Earlier they used to run vaudeville in this theatre as well as “talkies”.
My wife is the granddaughter of P J Nolan, who designed and built the Avalon (the original name of this theatre). He owned 3 theatres and operated 4. He also became the mayor of Ottawa.
Today (Aug 25) we are headed down to the open house of “The Acting Company” who are now setting up shop in the old theatre space to see what remains of this theatre.
Little known factoid – my wife’s father was Leo (the lion) McCarthy. He taught the returning soldiers from the war in this theatre to help them get caught up on their schooling.
Earlier they used to run vaudeville in this theatre as well as “talkies”.