Behind the Red Curtain: The Ghosts of the Savoy

BEHIND THE RED CURTAIN: The Ghosts of the Savoy It might interest you to know that when the audience goes home and the stage lights go dark, the Savoy Theatre becomes a very different place. The sounds are different when the building is empty. The old roof stretches and strains in the wind, and the catwalk high above the stage creaks with every gust. Every now and then, a door slams somewhere in the building. An empty theatre seat squeaks. A light flickers or goes out for no apparent reason. And then there are the smells. A trace of perfume where there was none a moment before. The unmistakable scent of a gentleman wearing a little too much Old Spice. They come and go just as quickly, with nobody around to explain them. Spend enough time alone in the Savoy, and you begin to understand why people sometimes talk about the building as though it has a life of its own. The Savoy has been standing in the heart of Glace Bay for nearly a century, so it’s safe to say a building that old collect