It’s not every day you get to name a brand-new theatre.

A brand new playhouse set to join the Jubilee, Max Bell, Jack Singer, and Martha Cohen in name recognition has a story behind it already.

Get used to saying it: the Osten-Victor Playhouse. Bigger than the Max Bell, but smaller, or as Arts Commons president and CEO Alex Sarian puts it, “more intimate” than the Jubilee.

The 1,000-seat venue is designed for medium-sized productions and endless possibilities. For context, the Martha Cohen seats 450, the Max Bell 750 — and the Jubilee is about 2,500.

But it’s about more than just seat numbers. A unique feature of the space is also how it can be adapted.

Gala floor technology is a Canadian innovation used in world-class spaces like the Perelman Performing Arts Centre in New York. In th

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