About Us

The Monarch Theatre is located in beautiful and historic downtown Medicine Hat at 609 2nd St SE.

Rotarians in Medicine Hat banded together to purchase The Monarch Theatre and form the Monarch 1911 Society.

History of The Monarch Theatre

The Monarch Theatre is the oldest, operational, purpose-built movie theatre in Canada.

Oldest: The Monarch Theatre showed its first movie December 21, 1911.

Operational: There may be older movie theatres but they have shut down, or converted into art galleries or condos.

Purpose Built: There may be older theatres, but they were designed for live shows like operas or vaudeville.