Globe Theatre, Regina

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The Globe Theatre Society
Type Nonprofit
Industry Theatre
Founded1966
Headquarters1801 Scarth Street
Regina, Saskatchewan
S4P 2G9
Key people
Ken & Sue Kramer (founders)
Website www.globetheatrelive.com

Globe Theatre in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada was founded in 1966 by Ken and Sue Kramer. It was the first professional educational theatre company in Saskatchewan. [1]

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Old Post Office, temporarily a city hall, and Scarth Street Mall. Old Post Office and Scarth Street Mall.jpg
Old Post Office, temporarily a city hall, and Scarth Street Mall.

Founded in 1966 by Ken and Sue Kramer, Globe Theatre was Saskatchewan's first professional theatre company. It was named for Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London. Globe Theatre is the province's largest performing arts organization and the regional theatre for Regina. The theatre is housed in the Prince Edward Building in downtown Regina, a designated heritage site that was built in 1906 as the Regina Post Office and RCMP headquarters and later became City Hall. The theatre took over the second and third floors of the building in 1981. In 2014, Globe Theatre purchased The Prince Edward Building.

Globe Theatre programs two stages: a 406-seat theatre-in-the-round stage and a 100-seat black box space where the theatre produces emerging artists and work. The theatre produces six productions per year. The Globe Theatre School was launched in 2006.

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  2. Martin, Ashley (4 July 2020). "Theatre is an 'opportunity': New Globe artistic director has big plans". leaderpost. Retrieved 7 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)