Highland Arts Theatre
"The HAT" | |
Official logo of the Highland Arts Theatre, designed by Hilary Scott. | |
Highland Arts Theatre during a regional broadcast of CBC's Mainstreet for East Coast Music Week, 2016. | |
| Former names | St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (1910–1925), St. Andrew's United Church (1925–2013) |
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| Address | 40 Bentinck Street |
| Location | Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Coordinates | 46°08′20″N 60°11′38″W / 46.138782°N 60.194000°W |
| Public transit | Transit Cape Breton Routes 1, 5 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 |
| Owner | Highland Quality Productions Incorporated |
| Operator | Highland Arts Theatre Association |
| Type | Theatre |
| Genre(s) | live theatre, music, concerts, dance, film |
| Seating type | Soft seat, reserved seating |
| Capacity | Theatre: 416 Concerts: up to 475 |
| Production | The Producers |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | April 14, 1910 |
| Built | 1910–1911 |
| Opened | June 25, 1911 |
| Renovated | June 3, 2014 |
| Construction cost | $62,945 CAD (1911) |
| Architect | Samuel G. Curry and William F. Sparling of Toronto (Curry & Sparling) |
| General contractor | Rhodes Curry Company |
| Website | |
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| Official name | St. Andrew's United Church |
| Type | Provincial Heritage Property |
| Designated | 29 August 29, 2012 |
| Official name | St. Andrew's United Church |
| Type | Municipal Heritage Property |
| Designated | 18 September 2007 |
| Reference no. | 9326 |
The Highland Arts Theatre is a historic building, first constructed as a Presbyterian Church, now operating an arts and culture centre in Sydney, Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was initially constructed as St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church.
In June 2014 St. Andrew's reopened as the Highland Arts Theatre, a live play and film theatre and concert venue located in Sydney's waterfront district.