Our History
Pooley Street, Wells, BC, 1930s
way back when
Built in 1934, the Sunset was a movie house built to entertain mine workers during the great gold boom in Wells, which, at its peak, boasted a population of 5,000. It was actually one of two movie theatres in Wells; the other, the Lode, burnt down in the 1980s.
The Sunset played countless classic movies, and even served as a temporary morgue after a mining accident in the 1940s. In 1999, the building was bought by Karen Jeffery, and over the following 7 years she and her husband, Dave Jeffery restored and transformed it into an intimate live performance space. The doors re-opened in 2006 to host theatrical events and live concerts. True to its origins, the theatre can still screen movies on its the big screen.