Regent Theatre
PE-11,
Summerside,
PE
C1N 1B3
PE-11,
Summerside,
PE
C1N 1B3
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The Regent Theatre opened its doors on June 23, 1947 with Abbott & Costello in “Buck Privates Come Home” along with a few unnamed shorts. It was still open in 1959, but its closing date remains unknown at this time.
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When the City of Summerside purchased the Regent Theatre building and three adjacent structures for a planned redevelopment project in 2020, the CBC posted this article on its web site.
It says the the Regent is believed to have been closed for the first time in the 1950s, after which the building was occupied by a series of other businesses, but in 1973 it was bought by the owner of the Capitol Theatre, renovated and reopened as a cinema which operated until about 1980. After that it housed a restaurant and night club also called the Regent, then a bar, but by the time the city bought it it had been vacant for some time.
The historic address of the Regent was 12 Summer Street, which was on the west side of that thoroughfare just a few doors north of Water Street. The site is now under the footprint of a large multi-use project that was under construction in the most recent satellite view at Google maps, though the theater can currently still be seen in the street view, which has not been updated since 2018.
Perry wanted to twin the Regent in 1979 to prevent a large theatre conglomerate from opening a multiplex in Summerside, but I don’t know if that happened or not. And yes, the address is 12 Summer St, Summerside, PE C1N 1B3, as I looked at PEI newspaper archives as well.