Vancouver: Refurbished Vogue Theatre hopes to host 200 events annually: A deco gem is relaunched
The last few years haven’t been kind to Vancouver’s old theatres.
The Lux on Hastings burned down. The Imperial on Main street (last known as the Venus) was knocked down for a condo. Concord Pacific tore down the remains of the Columbia and National on Hastings.
Canada’s oldest remaining vaudeville theatre, the Pantages, also looks destined for the wrecker’s ball. Years of rain pouring in through holes in the roof at 150 East Hastings has caused much of the interior to collapse.
But there is one bright spot: the Vogue.
The art deco gem at 918 Granville has been given a fresh coat of paint, literally, as part of a $2 million restoration.
“We scraped down, got paint samples and had it matched,” relates Matt Gibbons of the Gibbons Hospitality Group, which owns the theatre. “It’s what they call a ‘light buff.’ It’s the original 1941 colour.”
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