Reviews of Sid Williams Theatre (Night Club)

Beate Askerlund

Best concert ever for Special Olympics!

Frank Mayhood

Good sound... Seats are well worn and saggy

Tim Hief

Exciting times. The acoustics have always been amazing when I've been here! 40min. To show time. Can't wait!

Carmie Dixon

Good shows and not a bad seat anywhere

my dude

Cute & Quaint

Michael Heydon

Fun place to watch shows with family and friends. If a show is particularly popular, the front lobby gets crowded to the point where you can't get in. Once you're in though the staff are friendly and helpful. The seats could be a little more comfortable though, especially since longer shows can get tiresome on your back.

Elaine Brown

Very cool

darryl Hicks

Amazing little theatre.

Leanne Ryder

A wonderful theater, no bad seat in the house. Absolutely enjoyed "Once Upon a Mattress"

Camille Soper

Nice theatre for plays or formal events, I've been here for music concerts and it tends to be awkward. The band's trying to get the audience pumped up but the general atmosphere has always been that you're supposed to remain seated. Too formal a location for musical acts like rock bands or the like.

Andrew Saowapon

Nice homey feel to this theatre.

Carla Brown

Awesome place to see a concert or theater play.

Carolina Viteri Ronald

It was an amazing night. I don't think there's a bad seat in the house. Truly enjoyable evening thank you

Judy Bood

Great little Theatre. Staff were welcoming and accommodating. Sound was great and seating is well spaced.

Ron Taylor

it was a little small, but the seats were comfortable. i sat in the balcony and the view and sound were excellent.

A.A. Brown

A bit too warm..

D -

Love this place. Great staff. Great entertainment.

Sabina M.-Swan

Great place to enjoy a film with the kids

Gillian Ottaway (LittleGnome1461)

This is an excellent theatre from all aspects.

Shannon Francis

Great show first timer for me !

Shawn H

Beautiful theater that offers a wide variety of fantastic shows.

Paul Sture

Small, uncomfortable seats, and feels like it could collapse at any moment. You can't completely see over the row in front of you. But I'm sure with some proper renovations it could look really good.

Nick “Nickname” Name

I love this place. I take my family every new years eve for the performance. Will miss out this year due to covid 10.

Cameron Macaulay

Sid the whale was awesome. So was Mother mother!!

Melissa Bingham

Lovely small theatre with good acoustics, sight lines, and volunteer program. Easy access parking available on three sides of the building. Washrooms are small so there's lineups at breaks. They operate a small bar before and at intermission on many productions. Although wheelchair and walker accessible, that space is limited and at the back of the theatre and often requires accompanying patron to sit behind the person in the wheelchair or elsewhere in the theatre depending on how many accessibility spaces have been requested.

Tracey Simons

Saw only 1 play, but it was a very nice experience

Alan P

A great local venue showcasing a wide variety of performances to satisfy everyone's tastes.

Brandy Drummond

ABBA at theatre that night. Good concert, good time had by all six of us.Young and old ????????

Fraser G

Saw mother mother perform here; Wicked show. The staff are awesome and the venue is decent. My only complaint is the seats are kinda awful, however I did spend most of the evening up front dancing so I guess it was a bit of a moot point.

Robyn Liseth

I love that dress rehearsal is free

Eliza Haugrud

Great venue for all kinds of shows

Giuliana G.

They are well organized with friendly, helpful staff. A pleasure to go there for shows.

BananaFalls

Welcomed by great volunteers, friendly and inviting atmosphere. Small theater though it offers a diversity of offerings throughout the year while still giving time by supporting local talent and and students in the performance arts.

Cherie Edgar

Elvis was great

Vernon Brewster

Burton Cummings was awesome!!

shonda c

Menopause the Musical was excellent

Gordon Jaques

Live theatre from youngsters learning their craft. What's not to like????

Neil Nahirnick

Great little theatre. I opted for the premium seats for a show recently, but it's such a small & well laid out theatre that I don't think there are any "bad" seats. Covid protocols followed & enforced (like screening for covid passports & going up to ppl seated to ask them to put their masks back up if they forgot). One negative, not a lot of bathrooms on the upper floor (main floor). Only a one-room accessible washroom & a couple stalled women's washroom. 2 older gentlemen had to each wait for the accessible washroom due to the lack of a men's washroom.

Warren Janes

A great venue for both local and touring performances at reasonable prices, including the beverage bar

Black Fox

The seats are old and way too low to get up easily

Leif Jason

I've been to a number of concerts, documentary films and live theater productions there. The theater has great acoustics, a very intimate venue also boasting a small balcony. Most of the staff are volunteers, friendly, and helpful. However, they don't allow one to bring in their own water bottle and I refuse to buy bottle water.

Dolorese Plante

Beautiful facility

Sushistew

Little Mermaid was amazing!

Gary “Thinkgary” Schell

Great venue

Phil Le Vesconte

A wonderful place run by paid staff and volunteers Great productions for a little town like Courtenay

Blaine McMillan

The theatre staff were very friendly and helpful with directions and suggestions.

Cindy Xavier

Always a pleasure . Back to a live show ( missing the smooching with the other patrons and the intermissions)

Derek Spencer

Saw Hotel California tonight, great sound, great tribute band. The problem are the seats, I was on the balcony, my seat measured 17", very very tight, the rows behind me were 19". Yes I actually measured during intermission I was that uncomfortable. No cup holders. $3.00 for a carton of really bad tasting water that is from Ontario not BC, support our province Sid Williams Theatre. It was unbearably hot with a full crowd turn on the A/C. I got a conformation email stating the show would be 2 hours 50 minutes it was under 2 hours. I feel ripped off, I paid full price for a smaller uncomfortable seat with a shorter concert than promised. Very disappointing, I won't be back even if I was given tickets for free.

Barb Denz

A Grand Theater . Historical meets Modern. We had a wonderful evening

Peter Jewesson (Dr. J)

Great free Christmas carol show. I soooo enjoyed it! Just what I needed.

Joe S

Great small town venue..... There really is no bad seat, even the worst seat in the house has a great view of the stage and the staff were all very friendly and helpful. It's as if they wanted to be there to help you enjoy the experience more......

Lana Harach

It depends what you're there for whether the space is "fun" or not. Staff is reliable, seating is okay, tho there are blind spots, sound is good.

Angela Kroemer

We recently held our 2021 YANA Big Love Benefit and want to thank you for your generous donation of two tickets to the Banff Mountain Film Festival. The Comox Valley has embraced the concept that it takes a community to raise a child. We are grateful for Sid Williams Theatre's donation which helped create a memorable evening and a successful fundraiser. Thank you on behalf of YANA (You Are Not Alone) Comox Valley Board of Directors

A Rat

A very nice theatre.

Ken Tedford

Wonderful

Ken Seabloom

It's a great venue. The seats are comfortable. The staff is very friendly and the theatre is fairly modern with great sound and lighting.

lyndseynorthcott

The Banff Film Festival showing in the theater was fantastic and theater is a great place to see shows like this

Chris Rivers

This particular experience truly was what we believers call, Magical. DEC 2 locals dressed up in magic hats and conductors for the Alllll Aboardddd Magical Polar Express. This was our first family outing with our new baby girl. An 8 month old. We were greeted outside with such love and warmth. And that continued on the inside. We truly felt like we were in the storybook itself. The Spirit of xmas and love and magic was alive at this cherished theater. We drove in from Nanaimo and glad we did. Thank you so much people who put on this event. You made us dreamy new parents experience the best ever new tradition (we hope to re experience) year after year. You did remarkable!

Sandy Dreger

Nice place

Jeffrey Clement

This is a great venue for all sorts of events. Concerts, plays, musicals... lovely staff and volunteers too!

Alex The thicc boi

Great acoustics!

Susan Brandt

Good venue.

Jeremy Pearson

Lovely casual venue, good acoustics, comfortable seating (I'm 6'3"), convenient location (next to Gladstone brew pub with excellent beer/cider and pizzas) and friendly small town feel to it...

Algy Goosen

Good venue for entertainers. Smaller theatre where audience gets closer to artists. Good sound system and great staff.

Paul Moquin

Small

Roger Tarves

A world-class theatre right here in Courtenay! Great acoustics, terrific sight lines from any seat, intimate and comfortable.

Laura Bonnor

Great seats from all locations, we never hesitate attending a show because of this venue. It's comfortable and warm, parking is never tough to find either.

Delvin Grimstad

Small town theatre, but there are no bad seats, you are always close to the stage

Sally Freeman

Attended the Stampeders show.it was wonderful.

Rob Long

The staff at the Sid Williams theatre are amazing. And what a terrific venue! Thank you for helping the Comox Valley Child Development Centre with a successful Virtual Telethon for our 45th Annual Children's Telethon. We'll done!!

Don Harrison

We saw the musical RENT, it was so well done, a true testament to the produce,dire for and the exceptional cast. Bravo.

Peter van kessel

awesome show tonight !! the animals were incredible..lovely theatre too !

Solomon Douglas

My tickets for Ron James were bought last minute. My seat was against the wall half way up the main seating area and it was great. It seemed very intimate and the temperature and air circulation in the theatre was perfect.

Megan Nelson-Vassart

Great facility! Lots of local performance arts as well as traveling shows.

yeri lee

Lovely venue.

Terry Papiernik

We are very lucky to have this Theatre in town. Even though it's small, its beautiful and presents high quality shows all the time. I'm always impressed by the great sound technician. Takes the shows to a higher level.

fred rediker

Wonder venue...Great staff.

Daryl Hala

I've enjoyed a variety of shows at the Theatre, ranging from Parents & Kids movie night, to comedy, to trade shows, to dance performances. The Sid is a remarkable establishment for an urban area of this population. It definitely contributes to the 'interestingness' of the Comox Valley, and allows for high quality performances year round. Whether you're visiting the valley, or live here, check out their upcoming events! And thank goodness their online seating and ticketing solution was recently upgraded and works great now. The only improvements I might make would be a more robust refreshments area, and better thought out restroom facilities, however those are relatively small things.

Colleen Gieck

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

Brenda Graham

Great place but concession sucks

Naomi Vierstra

Great local and regional entertainment events. Warm and friendly staff and volunteers.

Tim Bro

I Love the Performance every Time

Beverley Derby

Air conditioning too cold! !!!

Brenda Hunt

I performed there in a socially distanced, recorded concert, with no audience. Beautiful hall with lovely acoustics, wonderful tech crew, gorgeous piano. I can't wait to go back.

Gordon Graham

Saw 54-40 unplugged there. Great venue!

Andrea Laviolette

Nice seats. Good acoustics.

Lotten Lagerquist

Fantastic venue great performances

Robert George

We went to see the play "Chicago" and was very happy with the show. Great performance! They offer refreshments during intermission and found the place to be warm and inviting. Stage and seating were on the smaller side but this allowed everyone to see and enjoy the show.

Carol Nelson

Change rooms too small

Robert Ekdahl

Great little Theatre!

Donna-Marie Woods Contrads

clean, comfortable and intimate. enjoy going here for small shows and local plays

Catriona Allen

Awsome

Leslie Currie

Well you have to visit the Sid! There's always something to see, and we've been privileged to see Stuart McLean (of the Vinyl Cafe) here twice, as well as other famous bands like Jesse Cook (twice so far). They also host all the local Dance Studios' yearly events, and our favourite is Pantuso Dance's Groove event in May.

Jane Coleman

This is a great theater.

Shauna Arsenault

Nice theater. Gets some good shows.

Dave Ostrander

So many amazing productions and tours, speaking as both an actor and audience member!

Phil Lucas

Neat and comfortable

frances yates

Nice cozy theater

Laura Babs

Tried to buy tickets online, terrible seating selection process (Told me there were no seats in that area available, even though by selecting a different option there were. And did not show all the seats available.) I'm from out of town and picking up "Will Call" tickets during office hours is very inconvenient. Would be nice to print out tickets from home. Would not let me mail tickets even though there was still more than 10 business days. I did not end up going because of all these inconveniences.

Amy Large

Excellent

Beverly Christianson

Excellent puppets live music would have improved the performance.

dm graham

Good acoustics and classy staff.

Tammy Shaw

Such a great show!

Maureen Polard

Nice medium sized theatre. Good acoustics and in the centre of Comox.

Dorrie Estlin

Great theatre for setting local plays. Only complaint is that it's quite crowded at intermission.

Douglas Moeckl

Great venue for music and theatre.

Derek Hodge

Good concerts

Sandy Heyman

It is really warm inside

Terry Woloshyn

Lots of fun!

Sandy Rogers

Had a fun time. Staff are delightful.

Dee Collings

A perfect small theatre, staffed by volunteers, and managed by professionals. Not a bad seat in the house. Due to the intimacy, I enjoy most performances here, more than I do those on the large stages in the big cities.

dan gillespy

Great venue, solid acoustics.

Eric Andersen

Great shows here all the time. There are no bad seats in my opinion.

Marnie Connick

Steve Elliot was great.