Mayfair Theatre
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The Mayfair Theatre, founded in 1932, is Ottawa's oldest still active movie theatre. It is famous for its double bills (two films for a single admission price almost every evening), and for its tradition of screening the cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show every Halloween (even encouraging audience participation, within reason). For many years, the theatre adopted a dual format, being both a second-run movie house (playing mainstream Hollywood, Canadian and international features several weeks after their release in first-run theatres), and a repertoire cinema (showing classic films). Its repertoire programming has largely been phased out in recent years, however, due to poor attendance (with the aforementioned exception of Rocky Horror).
