DONTATE NOW   Help ensure 75 more years of Massey Theatre Almost 75 years ago, on December 16, 1949, Massey Theatre was opened as the largest production theatre in the Lower Mainland. Over the decades, we have weathered many a storm: impending demolitions, unscheduled closures, economic recessions, the falling in and out of political favour […]

Massey Theatre Society (the Society), and the artistic programming and community services it provides, are undergoing an exciting transformation. In 2021, the Society signed a 25-year lease agreement, based in partnership with the City of New Westminster, for the Massey Theatre’s expanded venue of the Eighth and Eight Creative Spaces. The certainty of this lease […]

We are currently in need of three to four ticket sellers to join our team for the season ahead with opportunity to advance and continue to work into the future. The ticketing team is part of the larger Front-of-House staff group. Ticketing staff are responsible for attending to day-to-day and event ticket sales, client care […]

As we enter the final week of the Great Canadian Giving Challenge, we want to talk about the Massey Theatre itself. The heart of our arts centre. The Massey Theatre was built 75 years ago. The Massey Theatre Society has been its steward for over 40 years, and during that time has weathered many a […]

Today, we want to take you outside to the Garden/Gathering Space. The Garden/Gathering Space has been designed to support Indigenous cultural resurgence, storytelling frameworks and stories that guide and direct us from the land outward. A space to gather and offer opportunities for connection and sharing to strengthen our futures together as a community. Led […]

As we enter the third week of the Great Canadian Giving Challenge, we want to shine our light on access to the arts, as the arts are the heart of who we are. Performing artists are still in post pandemic recovery, with performing spaces and opportunities decreasing, which makes access to and activation of the […]

We’ve entered the second week of the Great Canadian Giving Challenge and we want to thank all of you who have already donated! As we mentioned in our previous post, we’re fundraising for community as it’s the heart of who we are. For programs like Community Nights, which we celebrated last Tuesday with a Showcase […]

Today is the first day of the Great Canadian Giving Challenge! The Great Canadian Giving Challenge is designed to help charities fundraise during the slow summer months when donations tend to decline and people are out enjoying the summer sun. As it is the 10th anniversary of the challenge, from June 1st to 30th, every $1 […]

A season of bold acts of imagination, dynamic talents and magical stories await the audience in the Massey Theatre 2024/2025 Mainstage and Eighth & Eight Creative Spaces Studio Series presentations. The season’s journey unfolds with Kid Koala’s multi-disciplinary world of wonder, international guitar mastery, a reimagining of Sleeping Beauty the Ballet, a cinematic retrospective series, […]

April 11, 2024 For Immediate Release   New Westminster, BC – A new Garden/Gathering Space is taking root at Eighth & Eight Creative Spaces. The Garden / Gathering Space has been developed to support Indigenous cultural resurgence, storytelling frameworks and stories that guide and direct us from the land outward.  These stories offer opportunities for […]