The proscenium of the original stage separates these two performance spaces, each with their own dedicated audience access.
The 300-seat Greenwin Theatre, with its monumental 90-foot fly tower overhead, transforms a traditional black box configuration with the ability to illuminate and give dramatic expression to this ‘fifth wall’ of the theatre. The 580-seat Lyric Theatre reduces the room size, while maintaining acoustics, providing a distinct identity for the performance space that enhances the theatrical experience. Great Canadian Entertainment, one of Canada’s leading gaming and hospitality company, announced that the 2,500-seat Arena at Pickering Casino Resort is set to open with a performance by legendary Grammy and Juno Award. This performance is part of the So Happy It Hurts Tour. The Meridian Arts Centre Main Stage Reconfiguration Project is an ambitious renovation that strategically splits the venue’s main stage into two distinct theatres. In a tweet Bryan Adams said tickets go on on sale on March 17 at 10am. Since then, the Broadway model of large touring productions has waned in many markets and theatres have sought ways to renew and remain viable to a changing theatre-going public. When the Meridian Arts Centre, formerly the Toronto Centre for the Arts, opened in 1993, it created the first major multi-stage, cultural hub beyond downtown Toronto.
