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McPherson Playhouse Auditorium

McPherson Playhouse Auditorium is a theatre in Victoria, British Columbia. It seats a stated 772. Here is what the public record holds on it, and what an event67 rollout would cost in a room this size.

Price your eventWhat fits here
Stated capacity
772
people, as published
Opened
1914
112 years old
From YVR
86 km (53 mi)
Vancouver International Airport
From the centre
1.4 km (0.9 mi)
of Victoria

Figures as published in open data, retrieved 3 September 2026. Capacities vary by layout — confirm the one you want with the venue.

What the record holds

It stands at 3 Centennial Square, V8W 1P5, right in the centre of Victoria.

McPherson Playhouse Auditorium was opened in 1914 and operated by The Royal and McPherson Theatres Society, which puts it at 112 years old.

772 seats covers a single-track conference, an awards night or a mid-sized annual meeting.

Address
3 Centennial Square, Victoria, BC , V8W 1P5
Operator
The Royal and McPherson Theatres Society
Coordinates
48.4288, -123.3666
Classified as
theatre

How attendees reach it

At 86 km (53 mi), Vancouver International Airport (YVR) makes arrival day a travel day. Open registration the evening before if you can.

Being 1.4 km (0.9 mi) from the middle of Victoria means attendees can walk from their hotel, which removes the single most complained-about line in most event budgets.

Victoria has 35 venues mapped in total and a population of 289,625. The Victoria guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.

Programming it

The seats do not move, which is the whole trade. You get sightlines, acoustics and a lighting rig you would otherwise have to rent, and you give up the ability to put tables in the room. McPherson Playhouse Auditorium is 3rd of 10 such houses mapped in Victoria.

  • award ceremonies

    Fixed seating, sightlines and a lighting rig are the hard parts, and they are already here.

  • product launches

    A single-track room with a real stage is the right shape for a launch.

  • multi-track conferences

    Works as a plenary house with breakouts booked elsewhere in the city.

What event67 costs at this capacity

Take 750 people through the door in McPherson Playhouse Auditorium — sized to the stated capacity of McPherson Playhouse Auditorium. The first 50 activated attendees are free on every event, so only the rest are billed, and the total stops moving at 1,000 however many more turn up.

activated attendees
750activated attendees
billable, after the first 50 are free
700billable, after the first 50 are free
for the whole event, at CA$7 each
CA$4,900for the whole event, at CA$7 each

You are billed for people, not for the room, so this figure does not change if you move the event down the road. event67 has no floor-plan or booking product — the venue handles the space, the app handles the people in it.

1,000
activated attendees at McPherson Playhouse Auditorium, and what each dot costsOne dot ≈ 10 attendees

Elsewhere in Victoria

4 other venues in Victoria have enough published detail for their own guide. Worth a shortlist before you commit.

Where these numbers come from

event67 is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to this venue or its operator. This page is compiled from open data and links to the venue’s own website where one is published.

  • Wikidata, CC0
  • OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
  • Venue data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.
  • Geographic data © GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  • Retrieved 3 September 2026. 10 distinct facts from the record are rendered on this page: street address, postal code, stated capacity, capacity sizing, year opened, operator, official website, encyclopaedia entry and more.

Last updated

What it costs

Free up to 50
activated attendees, on one live event
CA$7
per activated attendee beyond 50
CA$6,650
the most one event can ever cost, whatever happens past 1,000

Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.

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Questions people actually ask

How many people does McPherson Playhouse Auditorium hold?

Open data records a stated capacity of 772 for McPherson Playhouse Auditorium. That figure is what the venue or an encyclopaedia entry published, and it is usually the maximum seated number — theatre, banquet and reception layouts in the same room can differ by half. Confirm the layout you want directly with the venue.

Where is McPherson Playhouse Auditorium?

3 Centennial Square, Victoria, BC , V8W 1P5. It is 1.4 km (0.9 mi) from the centre of Victoria. The nearest major airport is Vancouver International Airport (YVR), about 86 km (53 mi) away.

What does an event app cost for an event at McPherson Playhouse Auditorium?

750 activated attendees means 700 billable after the free 50, so CA$4,900 for the event. That example is sized to the stated capacity of McPherson Playhouse Auditorium. The rate is CA$7 per activated attendee beyond the first 50, and the total for one event stops at CA$6,650 however many more attend. Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.

Is event67 affiliated with McPherson Playhouse Auditorium?

No. event67 is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to this venue or its operator. This page is compiled from open data — OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and public census sources — and links to the venue’s own website where one is published.

What else is nearby if McPherson Playhouse Auditorium is booked?

Royal Theatre (1,416), University Farquhar Auditorium (1,228) and Cinecenta (302) are in the same city and have their own pages here. 35 venues in total are mapped in Victoria.

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