DEPARTMENT of THEATRE

THEATRE SPACES

MacEwan University’s celebrated theatre programs have a home filled with light, energy and creativity. Located in the heart of Edmonton’s thriving downtown, Allard Hall is home to multiple performance and rehearsal spaces.

Perform Broadway musicals in an elegant 450-seat proscenium-arch theatre. Push artistic boundaries in an intimate 150-seat black box theatre. Act, sing and dance in four rehearsal studios with giant windows and shock-absorbent sprung floors. Work one-on-one with personal singing instructors in three vocal studios complete with grand pianos and acoustic paneling. Practice your lines and belt out your favourite show tunes in ten private practice rooms.

Theatres and studios

Acting and Rehearsal Studio

Acting & rehearsal studio

Allard Hall

Allard Hall

Dance Studio

Dance studio

Movement Studio

Movement studio

Practice Room

Practice room

Tap Studio

Tap studio

Theatre Lab

Tim Ryan Theatre Lab

Triffo Theatre

Triffo Theatre

Vocal Studio

Vocal studio
As a teaching institution, we are incredibly lucky to have a space like the Triffo Theatre. It has been designed brilliantly. When you walk on stage and look out, it feels so intimate and yet has such beautiful breathing space.
Jim Guedo, Associate Professor

Nuts and bolts, fabric and metal 

In a theatrical production, a well-crafted costume transports performers—and the audience—to just the right place and time. In Allard Hall's wardrobe lab, sewing machines line long tables, laundry facilities and fixed garment racks await the day's creations and a large storage area contains costumes from productions past and current. A staircase just outside the wardrobe lab leads to the Triffo Theatre's backstage, providing access for last-minute fittings or repairs on performance nights.