The Orpheum

“The Orpheum Theatre opened in 1927 as Vancouver’s largest vaudeville house, providing a popular mix of live and screen entertainment.

– The Orpheum has a long association with classical music productions in Vancouver and with important local groups including the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the Vancouver Bach Choir and the Vancouver Chamber Choir.
– The Orpheum works closely with cinematic and live entertainment in Vancouver. For many years, the Orpheum was one of the few venues in Vancouver available to international performers.
– The history of the Orpheum’s use reflects broad patterns of change in the mass entertainment industry in North America, first for vaudeville, then for cinema, and subsequently as a civic theatre.
– As one of the City of Vancouver’s three theatres, the Orpheum enforces the City’s view that cultural and performance spaces are important to Vancouver citizens.”