Standard Theatre (Toronto)

In December 1933, the agitprop play Eight Men Speak about the imprisonment of Canadian Communist leader Tim Buck premiered.

The theatre remained a centre of Toronto's Jewish community until the building was converted into a mainstream movie cinema known as The Strand, which opened in October 1934.

The theatre consisted of a single stadium seating screen and concession area selling snacks.

The Jewish community had left the area, and Dundas and Spadina was now the centre of Toronto's Chinatown.

An independent theatre, Acacia Centre for the Performing Arts, opened in 2010, but it is no longer active.