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COVID-19 forces Picton’s historic Regent Theatre to pivot its programming
[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]MacNaughton added she can’t imagine the town without the 102-year-old facility.“I see this vision being an opportunity to move forward and step into the 21st century,” she said. “What that offers is a way to take that amazing local content that we have here, created by local artists and local community groups, and take it to a much broader audience.”The Main Street facility has been closed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in mid-March.Seay says she’s excited about the ongoing reinvention of the theatre.“I think we’ve definitely seen in these COVID times how important arts and culture are to us, to all of us,” he said.