Infromation on Allied Ars Centre

[James Dugan]

David's memory is good, but I am matching it against mine, which also could be fuzzy.  The Theatre Calgary staff list does not list an archivist, but I suggest you start with Shari Wattling, an artistic associate for new play development, 403-294-7440, X1062.  Mention my name.  No one on the current staff was around in Allied Arts Centre days.  Sharon Pollock was AD and had Doc staged in that theatre; spdrama at telus.net. When Martin Kinch wa AD, I think he worked the first year in the Allied Arts Centre before the move to the new Arts Centre.  He staged his version of A Christmas Carol there.

One thing I do know is that the TC offices were not in the Centre. They were in a building several blocks away on tenth ave.

Good luck,

Jim
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Subject: Re: Infromation on Allied Ars Centre

I performed in both Frances  Hyland's production of "Playboy of the Western World" and Jean Gascon's "Elephant Man" there. The stage was a traditional proscenium arch with an auditorium that I think sat about 450 raked up from the stage. It had flies. The acoustics were ok .

Backstage was sufficient with dressing rooms downstairs. I would say the stage was at least 35 feet wide and 30 feet deep

That is all from fuzzy memory, sorry. I have memories particularly from Playboy of having a good piece of real estate to move on...wing space where I did quick changes. Space enough behind the set that the townspeople could all congregate there before the scene where I was (as Christy) trussed up ready to be marked by Pegeen with a hot poker.

And from Elephant Man significant dressing room space.

I think the offices where in the same building..but not sure.

Daf

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On Mar 30, 2015, at 1:17 AM, Wes Pearce <Wes.Pearce at UREGINA.CA<mailto:Wes.Pearce at UREGINA.CA>> wrote:

I hope everyone is surviving the semester!

I am wondering if  anyone has information about the space that used to be home to Theatre Calgary.  A sense of how big the Allied Arts Centre/QR Centre was?  Both in terms of performance space, audience space and how intimate was the theatre?  I'm assuming it was smaller than the current space but I'm most interested in the relationship of audience and stage but also how big the stage was?

Wes D. Pearce, Professor
Associate Dean (Undergraduate)
Faculty of Fine Arts
University of Regina
S4S 0A2
306 585 5571