Updates On The Courthouse Stage

For more than 30 years, the Saint John Theatre Company has served as an arts and culture catalyst, community educator, and creative hub in the Greater Saint John Community and across Southern New Brunswick. Driven by our mission to support and grow the theatre industry and the arts and culture sector in our city, Province, and across Atlantic Canada, we took our mission further in 2018, by founding the Atlantic Repertory Company (ARC).

The Atlantic Repertory Company was created to provide meaningful employment and developmental opportunities for young theatre-makers with ties to Atlantic Canada. Our search for a permanent home for this growing educational and professional development arm of the company resulted in the transfer of ownership of the Sydney Street Courthouse to the Saint John Theatre Company, and five years of planning to restore this 200-year-old iconic building and transform it to become a much needed, mid-sized theatre venue, and multi-level arts and culture hub in Uptown Saint John.

We hope that this monumental project will leverage our rich architectural heritage and re-ignite creativity, community pride and economic vitality in our great City and Province.