5 Best Performing Arts in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Known locally simply as The Hall, this historic building was constructed in the 1920s and served as the headquarters of the Longshoremen's Protective Union. In recent decades it has been established as an innovative theater housing the Resource Centre for the Arts Theatre Company (RCAT). It showcases professional main-stage and experimental second-space productions year-round. This theater and RCAT have been the launching pad for the province's most successful theatrical exports.

See classic Shakespeare, along with an inspired selection of more modern plays, performed in this rustic and intimate open-air venue based on Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London. Theatergoers are encouraged to bring blankets or cushions to cozy-up the wooden bleacher-style seating. 

A main theater with just under 1,000 seats is the focal point of this center, which also houses the St. John's Public Library. It is the site of musical and theatrical events from September through June.

Dinner theater, local dramas, comedies, and newly commissioned plays are performed from mid-June to mid-October as part of the Bight Festival at the Rising Tide Theatre. The theater company also presents the New-Founde-Land Trinity Pageant and conducts walking tours of lanes, roads, and historical sites. More theater than tour, with actors in period costume.