Showplace, Peterborough’s regional centre for the performing arts, has a mission to present, promote,
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Showplace Performance Centre has a mission to present, promote, and sustain the performing arts; encourage and support active community involvement; maintain it’s facility; provide opportunities for local and touring artists to perform in a professional quality venue; entertain, inspire, nurture, educate, and empower artists and audiences alike.
HISTORY Showplace Performance Centre has been Peterborough’s regional centre for the performing arts since October 1996. The theatre at 290 George Street was created from what had been built in 1947 as the Odeon movie theatre and it was still operating in that form when the newly formed Showplace Board of Directors purchased it in 1995.
Architectural firm Lett/Smith was selected to design the 650 seat space. The building was totally gutted and reconstructed into the beautiful theatre it is today. Capital fundraising continued until the mortgage was burned within 4 years of opening.
Much of the campaign success can be attributed to the volunteers who organized fundraisers, canvassed for sponsorships and sold naming opportunities. Of the $3.2 million cost of the project, $2 million was raised by the Campaign and Fund Raising Committees. Volunteers still play a major role in the ongoing success of Showplace.
