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Walker Theatre

Walker Theatre is a Manitoba Heritage Council commemoration in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Manitoba · 364 Smith Street, Winnipeg · location approximate

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The Walker Theatre was formally dedicated to music and drama on February 18, 1907, with a gala presentation of Puccini’s Madam Butterfly. It was named after its owner, Corliss Powers Walker (1853–1942), an American-born theatrical agent. Walker became an impresario of lasting importance by presenting outstanding theatre, opera, vaudeville, orchestral concerts, and silent films in Manitoba. Designed by Montreal architect Howard G. Stone, the theatre was intended to be part of a hotel, office, and retail complex. Only the 2,000-seat auditorium, lobby, and box office were built. The focus of the auditorium is the great proscenium, a 12-metre-high arch which separates the stage from the seats. This plaster arch, ringed with garlands of ivory acanthus and gold oak leaves, holds a central painted panel with two allegorical figures representing the arts. After serving for nearly 30 years as a centre for cultural activity and political debates, the Walker Theatre was used as a cinema from 1945 to 1990. It reopened in 1991 as a home for performing arts. In 2002, the theatre was renamed after local musician Burton Cummings.

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Le théâtre Walker a été officiellement dédié à la musique et aux arts dramatiques le 18 février 1907, à l’occasion d’une présentation gala de Madame Butterfly de Puccini. L’édifice porte le nom de son propriétaire, Corliss Powers Walker (1853–1942), un impresario est devenu célèbre par ses présentations exceptionnelles de pièces de théâtre, d’opéras, de vaudevilles, de concerts et de films muets au Manitoba. Conçu par l’architecte montréalais Howard G. Stone, le théâtre devait faire partie d’un ensemble abritant un hôtel, des bureaux et des commerces. Seule la salle de 2 000 places, le hall et la billetterie ont été construits. L’arc de scène imposant de douze mètres de hauteur qui sépare la scène des places constitue le point d’intérêt de cette salle. Cet arc en plâtre, orné de guirlandes d’acanthe ivoire et de feuilles de chêne dorées, comporte un panneau central peint avec deux figures allégoriques représentant les arts. Après avoir été utilisé pendant près de trente ans comme centre d’activités culturelles et politiques, le théâtre Walker a été transformé en salle de cinéma de 1945 à 1990. La salle a retrouvé sa vocation de maison des arts de la scène en 1991.

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Plaque text and location: Manitoba Heritage Council Commemorative Plaques, Historic Resources Branch, Government of Manitoba, as the Branch publishes them on its plaque pages. The text is the Manitoba Heritage Council’s text as the Branch publishes it; the pin on this page is ours, worked out from the location the Branch gives and marked approximate. Contains information from the Government of Manitoba, licensed under the OpenMB Information and Data Use License (Manitoba.ca/OpenMB)
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