As far as the local news coverage reported, it would be usable this fall but not fully completed until mid 2009. The new owner has plans to add apartments on the back end of the property where the parking lot is. The original restoration plans were to add meeting rooms and dressing rooms in that location.
I just hope he doesn’t cheap out and paint it the awful gaudy colour the Danforth interior is.. hopefully he follows some of the original design and paint colours.
Incorrect mjc.. the new owner (who recently purchased it from the City after the Oshawa Folk Arts council threw the towel in due to finally admitting to inexperience in theatre restorations (and who shouldn’t have even touched it in the first place in my opinion)) is investing more than a million dollars to restore it to an 800-seat live theatre/concert hall.
The new owner accomplished the same task when he bought the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto. The scaffolding/covers is due to the deal which states he has until the end of February to remove the ugly blue paint from the front of the building.
www.regenttheatre.ca is the website. The news section is poorly documented with no dates and there is no email to contact the group, but some of the info is not bad. I really want this local theatre to shine once again.
As far as the local news coverage reported, it would be usable this fall but not fully completed until mid 2009. The new owner has plans to add apartments on the back end of the property where the parking lot is. The original restoration plans were to add meeting rooms and dressing rooms in that location.
I just hope he doesn’t cheap out and paint it the awful gaudy colour the Danforth interior is.. hopefully he follows some of the original design and paint colours.
Incorrect mjc.. the new owner (who recently purchased it from the City after the Oshawa Folk Arts council threw the towel in due to finally admitting to inexperience in theatre restorations (and who shouldn’t have even touched it in the first place in my opinion)) is investing more than a million dollars to restore it to an 800-seat live theatre/concert hall.
The new owner accomplished the same task when he bought the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto. The scaffolding/covers is due to the deal which states he has until the end of February to remove the ugly blue paint from the front of the building.
www.regenttheatre.ca is the website. The news section is poorly documented with no dates and there is no email to contact the group, but some of the info is not bad. I really want this local theatre to shine once again.