The Globe Theatre in Regina, Saskatchewan, was founded in 1966 when Canadian Ken Kramer and British-born Sue Richmond Kramer received a $3000 grant from the Saskatchewan Arts Board to start a touring company for young audiences. It was the first professional educational theatre company in Saskatchewan and, at the time, the province's only professional theatre company. Motto: Nickname: The Queen City Motto: Floreat Regina (Let Regina Flourish) Location City Information Established: 1882 Area: 118. ...
Initially the Globe Theatre was resident in the Jubilee Theatre at the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts and then housed in rented quarters in downtown Regina. In 1981, the company acquired its own permanent space in the Prince Edward Building (Old City Hall, formerly the Old Regina Post Office), a heritage building on 11th Avenue and Scarth Street.
The theatre staged a 1994 performance before Prince Edward, who became the Globe's royal patron in 1992. The Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, (Edward Antony Richard Louis Mountbatten-Windsor), styled HRH The Earl of Wessex (born March 10, 1964), is a member of the British Royal Family, the youngest child and third son of Queen Elizabeth II. He has held the title of Earl of Wessex since... Generally, patronage is the act of supporting or favoring some person, group, or institution. ...
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