THE North Shore’s
grand dame of theatres
will undergo a facelift
starting in January.
Renovations to the 34-

year-old Centennial Theatre
will begin. mid-January and
take an estimated eight
months to complete.

Local officials will be at
the Lonsdale theatre complex

for a ground-breaking cere-
mony this Saturday at 11
am,

When the curtain goes up
on the newly renovated the-
atre in the fall of 2000, it will

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Centennial Theatre upgrade set to begin in January

include:

& wheelchair access from the
parking lot;

8 wheelchair accessible wash-
rooms for the public and per-
formers;

more choices in seating for
those in wheelchairs:

@ additional washrooms for
both public and performers;
& a lobby that is more than
double the existing space;

@ a soundproof rehearsal
space with 15-foot ceiling;

B air conditioning through-
out the building;

® a visible entrance to the

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theatre on the west side of
the building;

@ a reconfigured parking lot
with a new drop-off area that
will connect to the new west
entrance.

The project manager is
Compton Cho from Vanbots
Construction.

The price tag for the ren-

ovation is approximately $2
million. Theatre-goers will
pick up one quarter of the
cost of renovations through a
ticket surcharge. Now in its
second year, the surcharge
will raise $500,000 over a 10-
year period toward the reno- ._
vation costs.

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