‘A sense of conservation’: Royal George Theatre redevelopment to speak to its past

The new Royal George Theatre development will include special features to pay tribute to its past.

Tim Jennings, executive director of the Shaw Festival, said the redevelopment will include plaques, public art, interpretive panels, digital storytelling and commemorative landscaping to honour the theatre’s history in the area.

“We really tried to dig into what we can do to provide a sense of conservation,” said Jennings.

Jennings, along with Meika McCunn, a design associate with Unity Design Studios, which is creating the new Royal George Theatre, told the Oct. 1 Niagara-on-the-Lake heritage committee how the proposed $50-million redevelopment of the theatre will commemorate the site and the surrounding Queen Street neighbourhood.

Jennings and McCunn outlined a series of ideas, includin