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14-557: For many years an orchestra of 50 players, it grew to 70 in the 1960s. From 1929, its home was Darke Hall on College Avenue until it moved to the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts in 1970. The orchestra performs over 30 concerts every season to over 30,000 people over a 37-week season. King Charles III , as Prince of Wales, granted his patronage to the orchestra in September 2008, making

28-422: A J. Smith and Sons clock. An addition to the south of the building was constructed in 1929, designed by Regina architects Storey and Van Egmond . Dormer windows in the attic storey were added at the same time. The building functioned as the post office from 1907 until 1956, when the main post office moved to a new building on South Railway Street (now Saskatchewan Drive). The old post office was declared surplus by

42-487: A cost of $ 7.7 million to serve southern Saskatchewan as a centre for performing arts and exhibitions as well as university functions including graduation ceremonies of by the adjacent University of Regina . Engineering students at the nearby Regina Campus of the University of Saskatchewan (which became a separate university in 1974) dubbed it the "world's largest monkey bars ". It was completed after cutbacks were made to

56-536: Is an Estevan brick and Manitoba Tyndall stone structure which houses the Main Theatre (seating 2031), Convention Hall (seating 1400, 1000 for banquets), previously known as Doris Knight Hall, Hanbidge Hall and Jubilee Theatre; and various conference rooms and lobby display areas. Main Theatre, with three balconies, has a large stage whose front lowers hydraulically to form an orchestra pit for 100 musicians. The centre

70-540: Is the home of the Regina Symphony Orchestra , which upon its opening immediately transferred its concert site there from Darke Hall at the original Regina College site of the university; it immediately provided a replacement for downtown cinema buildings which were also theatres for stage plays, such as the Regina Theatre (which had burned to the ground in 1939), Regina Grand Theatre (which closed in 1957) and

84-522: The Canadian centennial in 1967, its construction was interrupted by a substantial increase in cost and after the steel frame was put up the project did not proceed further for almost two years. A substantial reduction in the nature of many intended building materials permitted the project to resume and after the long delay the Centre of the Arts was opened by Governor General Roland Michener on August 24, 1970 at

98-655: The Arts The Conexus Arts Centre , known from 1970 till 2006 (and still largely known) as the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts , is a theatre complex located within Wascana Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan , Canada, which largely replaces former theatres downtown and Darke Hall on the original campus of Regina College, also in Wascana Centre but north of Wascana Lake. Planned and originally funded to commemorate

112-601: The Capitol Theatre (demolished in 1992). Regina's Globe Theatre performed in the Centre of the Arts from its opening, but in 1981 acquired permanent space on the second and third floors of the old post office (now renamed the Prince Edward Building ), the one remaining live theatre facility in downtown Regina. The Centre of the Arts has alternates hosting duties for Telemiracle with TCU Place in Saskatoon . From

126-928: The RSO the fourth orchestra in the world to be granted this honour by the heir to the Canadian throne . In 2023 members of the orchestra were selected to play at his coronation . The orchestra has also performed with the South Saskatchewan Youth Orchestra (begun in 1977 under the RSO's sponsorship), the Royal Winnipeg Ballet , the National Ballet , the Regina Symphony Philharmonic Chorus (established in 1973) and Alberta Opera . The orchestra has also been broadcast regularly by CBC Radio . Regina Symphony conductors have been: Concertmasters have been: Saskatchewan Centre of

140-518: The federal government in 1962, and was sold to the City of Regina for $ 100,000. City offices moved in that same year, when they vacated the old city hall (later demolished in 1965) on 11th Avenue between Scarth and Rose Streets. The building served as Regina's city hall until the present-day city hall was opened in 1976. In 1981, the Globe Theatre acquired permanent space on the second and third floors of

154-406: The immediately adjacent University of Regina , it has often been used as a private facility for social functions such as wedding receptions. Prince Edward Building The Prince Edward Building is the current official (albeit seldom noted) name of the historic post office building in Regina, Saskatchewan , located at the corner of Scarth Street and 11th Avenue. The site had been occupied by

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168-526: The original Knox Presbyterian Church from 1885 until the land was sold to the government in 1905. The church moved to a new building on the corner of 12th Avenue and Lorne Street. The post office was designed in the Beaux-Arts style by David Ewart , chief architect for the Dominion of Canada. Construction of the post office took place between 1906 and 1907. Its distinctive bell tower was added in 1912, featuring

182-503: The original plans, including the exterior cladding. Maintenance and renovation in subsequent decades have substantially brought the appearance of the building substantially closer to the original intention than was initially possible. The TCU Place was erected in Saskatoon also commemorating Canada's centennial. Since 2006, its naming rights have been held by Conexus Credit Union . The building, designed by Izumi, Arnott, and Sugiyama,

196-401: The time it first opened the Centre of the Arts accommodated world-renowned travelling performers — as diverse as Monty Python's Flying Circus and Van Cliburn among many others in its first years — who might have been thought unlikely to visit a small city far from metropolises. As well as serving as theatre and concert hall for both local and travelling performers and graduation ceremonies of

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