 The Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage ( formerly the Stanley Theatre ) is a landmark theatre at 12th Avenue and Granville Street in Vancouver , British Columbia which serves as the main stage for the Arts Club Theatre Company . The Stanley first opened as a movie theatre in December 1930 , and showed movies for over sixty years before falling revenues led to its closure in 1991 . After years of threatened commercial redevelopment , the Stanley was renovated as a stage theatre in 1997 – 1998 and subsequently awarded status as a heritage building . 
