Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres

Elgin & Winter Garden
Theatres
Map
Address189 Yonge Street
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
OwnerOntario Heritage Trust
TypeEdwardian stacked theatres
Capacity2,149 (Elgin Theatre)
1,410 (Winter Garden Theatre)
3,559 (total)
ProductionPlays, opera, music, film
Construction
Opened1913
Rebuilt1987–1989 (restoration)
Years active1913–present
ArchitectThomas W. Lamb
Website
Official website
Designated1982

The Elgin & Winter Garden Theatres are a pair of stacked theatres in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Winter Garden Theatre is seven storeys above the Elgin Theatre.[1] They are the last surviving Edwardian stacked theatres in the world.[2]

  1. ^ Pound, Richard W. (2005). Fitzhenry and Whiteside Book of Canadian Facts and Dates. Fitzhenry and Whiteside.
  2. ^ Davey, Laura. "Winter Garden Theatre: A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world's last operating double-decker theater". Atlas Obscura-Places. Atlas Obscura. Retrieved April 16, 2018.