31st December 2011
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane - New Image Added
30th December 2011
George Hoare at the Theatre Royal, Drury
Lane - New Article and Video Added
29th December 2011
Belfast Theatres - Page Updated and
Many New Articles and Details Added
26th December 2011
The Albert Hall, Swansea - New
Listing Added for this early Music Hall which is in need of restoration
and reopening
24th December 2011
Neil Sean has kindly
sent in this Exclusive
Interview with Des O'Connor detailing his early career in variety
23rd December 2011
Christmas Pantomimes in the 1950s - A new Article
by David Garratt
21st December 2011
Followspots and Limes - New Images
Added
The Dewsbury Empire - A Radio
Play by Neil Sean, based on the Theatre, Added
18th December 2011
The Royalty Theatre, Morecambe -
New Listing Added
The Theatre Royal, Swansea -
New Listing Added
17th December 2011
Windmill Slides
- Many New Details Added to Captions and Corrections Made
16th December 2011
The Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue
- Page Updated and Opening Night Programme Added
14th December 2011
Issue 10 of Old Theatres Magazine
is now Available
13th December 2011
The Alhambra Theatre, Glasgow - Page
Updated and New Image Added - And Details of Graeme Smith's new book
on the Theatre Added
12th December 2011
Epstein Theatre,
Liverpool - New Images Added
11th December 2011
The Empire Theatre, Cardiff - Complete
History and New Images Added
9th December 2011
The New Theatre, Cardiff - More Information
Added
The Prince of Wales Theatre / Theatres
Royal / Playhouse, Cardiff - New Listing Added
Pavilion
Theatre, Whitechapel Road - New Images Added
Holder's
Grand Concert Hall, Birmingham - Eight New Tokens for this Music Hall
Added
8th December 2011
New Seat Plan Icons Added to the following Theatre pages, courtesy
Seatplan.co.uk
Dominion Theatre
Garrick Theatre
Aldwych Theatre
6th December 2011
A Fan Commemorating the opening
of the Third Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 1794 - New Page Added
5th December 2011
Arthur Lloyd's 'Ill Used Organ
Man' - New Song Sheet Added with Music and Lyrics
Saville Theatre, London - New Image
of the Tea Set used in the Salon Added
4th December 2011
Palace
Theatre of Varieties, Northampton - New Poster Added
3rd December 2011
Raglan Music Hall, Southwark - New Page Added
Arthur Lloyd's Biography - New
Information for 1868 Added
2nd December 2011
Empire Theatre,
Northampton - New Information Added
28th November 2011
Windmill Slides
- Many New Details Added to Captions and Corrections Made
27th November 2011
Derby Hippodrome Fire - Yet another
blow for this Grade II Listed Theatre
25th November 2011
Wood Green Empire - New Sketch of its
late 1940s manager, George Hoare, Added
The Theatre Royal,
Newcastle - Informaton and Image Added for the Robert Arthur period
24th November 2011
The
Palace of Varieties, Northampton - Fuller History Added
The First
Royal Theatre / Empire Palace of Varieties, Northampton - New Page
Added
Northampton Theatres Index Page
Updated
23rd November 2011
The
Palace of Varieties, Northampton - New Information Added
22nd November 2011
The Theatre Royal,
Newcastle - Page Completely Rebuilt and New Articles and Images Added
21st November 2011
Bedford Theatre, Camden - New short piece by
one of the site's visitors Added
18th November 2011
The Swansea Empire
- New Article by David Garratt Added
17th November 2011
The Jermyn Street
Theatre - Page Updated and...
You can now Buy Tickets for Richard Leigh's wonderful period Magic
Shows easily from the site
The Oxford Music
Hall, London - During building work on the site of the Oxford
Music Hall some early platerwork details have been revealed which
at the time of writing are a bit of mystery. Is this a remaining fragment
of the Oxford Theatre or the Lyons Corner House? See
Photo Bottom of Page Here
I have begun adding seat plan icons to the west end
Theatre pages courtesy the Independent and noncommercial site Seatplan.co.uk
which offers excellent advice on the best seats to book for these
Theatres. Added so far are the following:
Adelphi Theatre
CambridgeTheatre
DruryLane
HerMajestysTheatre
LondonPalladium
LyceumTheatre
Novello
PalaceTheatre
QueensTheatre
SavoyTheatre
More to follow soon.
16th November 2011
Theatre Royal,
Haymarket - New Information for 1887 Added
The
Grand Saloon, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane - New Photograph Added
14th November 2011
The Royal Olympic Theatre, London
- Page Completely Rebuilt and New Articles and Images Added
13th November 2011
Hulme
Hippodrome - Page Updated and New Image Added
Hulme
Playhouse - Page Updated and New Image Added
Marie
Kendall Added to Commemorative Plaques Page
12th November 2011
The
Lyric Theatre, Everton, Liverpool - New Information and Opening Night
Poster Added
Details
of a wonderful new CD showcasing the music of The Northern Dance Orchestra
Added to the Hulme Playhouse Theatre Page
7th November 2011
The Palace Theatre,
Swansea - New Listing Added
The
Living Theatre, Leicester - New Programme Added
Windmill
Slides - Many New Details Added to Captions
6th November 2011
The
Theatre Royal, Hyde - New Page Added
5th November 2011
Surrey Theatre
/ Music Hall, Sheffield - New Information Added
Alexandra Music
Hall, Sheffield - New Listing Added
3rd November 2011
The
Theatre Royal, New Street, Birmingham - Information on the Royal Patent
Added
1st November 2011
The
Imperial Theatre, Bordesley, Birmingham - Page Rebuilt and New Article
and Images Added
The Marlowe Theatre,
Canterbury - Page Updated
Sadly the Brighton
Astoria is to be demolished - Page Updated
31st October 2011
The Woolwich
Grand Theatre - Page Updated
29th October 2011
Garrick Theatre, London
- New Image Added and page updated
27th October 2011
Royal
Court Theatre, Liverpool - New Article and Images Added
26th October 2011
Kennington
Theatre - New Article and Images Added to the page Here
Agricultural
Hall / Gaumont Palace, Wolverhampton - More Information Added
Harold Pinter Theatre
- Page Updated and New Photograph Added
Cambridge Theatre,
London - New Image Added and Page Updated
Novello Theatre, London - New
Image Added and Page Updated
Queen's Theatre, Longacre
- New Image Added
25th October 2011
Astoria
Theatre, Charring Cross Road - Replacement Theatre Proposal Information
Added to the page
24th October 2011
Opera House, Londonderry
- Page Rebuilt and New Article and Image Added
Windmill
Slides are now all Captioned although some details are as yet unknown
23rd October 2011
The Cheltenham Everyman Theatre
- Many New Images Added
22nd October 2011
Half
The Windmill Slides Are Now Captioned - More Soon
21st October 2011
In 1940 Kenneth Bandy, who was the House Manager
at the Windmill Theatre at
the time, set about photographing some of the scenes from the Revudeville
shows at the Windmill Theatre on to 35mm colour slides. These slides
now belong to Maurice Poole who has had them restored and digitised
by David Rose and has kindly sent them in for inclusion on the site.
There are 256 of these slides and all you need to do to see them all
is to click the image above.
19th October 2011
The Cheltenham Everyman Theatre
- Page Rebuilt and New Articles and Images Added
16th October 2011
The Queen's Theatre,
Longacre, London - Page Restructured and New Article Added
15th October 2011
Dewsbury Empire
- Opening Night Programe Added
Savoy
Super Cinema, Northampton - New Video Added
Old Vic, London - New
Image Added
Cambridge Theatre,
London - New Sketch of the Theatre Added
14th October 2011
Arthur
and his family were involved in a near tragedy in 1898 aboard the
Steam Ship Ban Righ - Article Added to his Biography
Prince
of Wales Theatre, Middlesbrough - New Images and Information Added
1st October 2011
Queen's Theatre, Long
Acre - New information on the exact position of this Theatre has now
been Added
28th September 2011
The Riverside Theatre,
Battersea - Festival Gardens Brochure Extract and Images Added
27th September 2011
Theatre
Royal, New Street, Birmingham - New information Added
Theatre
Royal, Bradford - New Image Added
26th September 2011
The Grand Theatre and
Her Majesty's Theatre, Walsall - Four New Photos Added
Novello Theatre - Information
about Ivor Novello's flat at the Theatre Added
25th September 2011
Gaiety Theatre,
Strand Musick Hall, London - Page Completely Rebuilt and New Articles
and Images Added, Special Feature Incorporated and - Page Moved Here
15th September 2011
The Comedy Theatre
will be renamed the Harold Pinter Theatre in October - Site Updated
to Reflect This and Page Moved Here
The Granville
Theatre, Walham Green Fulham - New Image and Programmes Added
14th September 2011
Souvenir
Programme for the first Royal Command Performance at the Palace Theatre,
London in 1912 - Major New Page Added
Palace Theatre, London
- New Image Added
The Royal Opera House,
Coventry - New Image Added
13th September 2011
Royal
Hippodrome / Hengler's Grand Cirque, Liverpool - Page Restructured
to include both venues and New Information Added
12th September 2011
Grand Theatre, Swansea
- New Page Added
8th September 2011
Prince's
Theatre, Bradford - New Images Added
Andie Caine - New Page
Added
Harry
Braham and Lizzie Watson - Biographical Details Added Here
7th September 2011
The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
- Page Restructured and New Information and Images Added
6th September 2011
The London Opera House, Kingsway
- New Information Added for the 'Come Over Here' Commemorative Glass
Jar
Palace Theatre, London
- New Image Added near bottom of page
5th September 2011
The Whitehall Theatre,
London - New Images Added
Royal
and Derngate Theatres, Northampton - New Images Added
4th September 2011
The Royal Court Theatre, Bacup
- Page Rebuilt and New Information and Images Added
Details of the
latest edition of 'Old Theatres' Magazine Added
3rd September 2011
The Cambridge Theatre,
London - New Image and Info Added for the Magic Castle Period
31st August 2011
Wilton's Music Hall - Page Completely
Rebuilt and New Information and Images Added
29th August 2011
Adelphi Theatre, London - New
Programme cover Added for 'The Dancing Years' signed by Ivor Novello
Kingston Empire - New
Image Added
Riverside Theatre,
Battersea Park -New Image Added
Windmill
Girls Photographs - Captions Updated for some of these
26th August 2011
The
Windmill Girls' Annual Reunion - New Page Added
The Playhouse Theatre, Halifax
- Listing Updated and Error Corrected
Priestley
Centre, Bradford - Error Corrected
24th August 2011
Theatre
Royal Hippodrome, Dublin - Page Updated
Shaftesbury Theatre,
London - New Image Added
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
- New Image Added
Piccadilly Theatre,
London - New Image Added
23rd August 2011
Sheffield Theatres
and Cinemas - Many New Images Added
The Riverside Theatre,
Festival Gardens, Battersea Park - New Image Added
19th August 2011
The Riverside Theatre,
Festival Gardens, Battersea Park - New Page Added
Wolverhampton
Grand - Several New Images Added
18th August 2011
The Birkenhead
Hippodrome - New Image Added
17th August 2011
Lyceum Theatre, London
-New Photos of the 1996 Reconstruction Added
Arthur Lloyd's 'The Organ
Grinder' - New Colour Song Sheet Cover Added
Whilst I have been away Google have done something
horrible to the search results pages for my site. The background colour
should match the site colours and always used to but now the results
pages are almost unreadable.
I am trying to find a fix for this so please bare with me.
29th July 2011
Sadler's Wells Theatre
- New Images Added for its 1996 Demolition
27th July 2011
Wolverhampton
Theatres and Halls - New Page Added with Many Articles and Images
The Palladium Picture
House, Brixton - Page Updated
26th July 2011
The Theatre Royal,
Dumfries, Scotland - New Page Added
25th July 2011
Theatres
in Blyth - Page Updated and Several Images Added
Olympia
Theatre, Glasgow Demolition - Yet More New Images Added
20th July 2011
Woolwich Odeon
- New Image Added
19th July 2011
Theatres
Royal, Blyth - New Information and Video Added
17th July 2011
London
Trocadero - New Article and Images Added for the 1930s Period
Olympia
Theatre, Glasgow Demolition - Even More New Images Added
15th July 2011
Theatre Royal and Opera
House, Wakefield - New Page Added
13th July 2011
Olympia
Theatre, Glasgow Demolition - New Images Added to bottom of page
11th July 2011
Ulster Hall,
Belfast - New Image Added
2nd July 2011
Palace Theatre,
Oldham - New Image Added
Grand Opera House,
Belfast - New Image Added
29th June 2011
Theatre
Royal, Leicester - New Images Added
28th June 2011
The current Theatre
Royal and Drum Theatre, Plymouth - New Listing Added
The Gaumont Palace,
Plymouth - New Listing Added
Palace Theatre, Plymouth
- Many New Images Added
Olympia
Theatre, Glasgow Demolition - New Image Added to bottom of page
22nd June 2011
Theatres and Music Halls in
Newport, South Wales - Page Completely Rebuilt and New Information
and Images Added
20th June 2011
The Regal Theatre, Wimbledon
- New Page Added
Brixton Theatre - New
Programme Added
17th June 2011
Theatre Royal, Halifax
- More Information and New Programme Added
Olympia
Theatre, Glasgow - More Information Added
16th June 2011
The Wrexham Hippodrome - New
Programme Added
Arthur Lloyd's 'I vowed that
I never would leave her' - New Information Added
15th June 2011
Glasgow's
Olympia Theatre is being partly demolished for a major regeneration
scheme - New Photos and Information Added
14th June 2011
Wilson Keppel &
Betty - New Article by Des Kerins Added
The Tivoli Theatre, Dover
-New Page Added
13th June 2011
Theatre Architect C. J. Phipps
- New Photograph Added
Her Majesty's Theatre,
London - New Image Added
12th June 2011
Empress Theatre, Brixton
- More Information on the 1930s rebuild and photographs of the frieze
by Hermon Cawthra Added
The London Palladium
- Many New Photos Added
11th June 2011
Empress Theatre, Brixton
- New information on the 1930s rebuild Added
7th June 2011
The site now has its own Facebook page where important
updates and News can be posted. If you are a Facebook member you can
'Like' this page and updates to the site etc will be posted on your
wall automatically. Try it here 
.
4th June 2011
Horatio Lloyd at the
Caledonian Theatre, Glasgow - New Poster Added
3rd June 2011
King's Theatre, Haymarket
- Two New 1790s Indentures Added
2nd June 2011
The Rialto
Cinema, Coventry Street, London - New Page Added
1st June 2011
The National
Opera House on the Thames Embankment, London -New Site Photos Added
31st May 2011
Theatre
Royal, Oxford - New Page Added
Kilburn Empire
- New Poster Added
Barnes Theatre,
Richmond - New Programme Added
29th May 2011
The Theatre
That Never Was - The Story of the National Opera House on the Thames
Embankment, London - New Page Added
26th May 2011
“Mr
and Mrs Revudeville” A Pictorial look at The Windmill Theatre's
JohnLaw and Margaret Cooper in this exclusive article for www.arthurlloyd.co.uk
by Jill Millard Shapiro
25th May 2011
Empire
Theatre / Day's Crystal Palace Concert Hall, Birmingham - Page Rebuilt
and Many New Images Added Here and Here
New
theatre, Oxford - New Images Added
Playhouse
Theatre, Oxford - New Image Added
24th May 2011
The Granville
Theatre, Walham Green Fulham - New Listing Added
23rd May 2011
Britannia Theatre, Hoxton
- New Information Added
Sheldonian
Theatre, Oxford - New Page Added
Odeon, Magdalen
Street, Oxford - New Page Added
Pegasus
Theatre, Oxford - New Page Added
22nd May 2011
Leeds
City Varieties - Page Rebuilt and New Information and Video Added
21st May 2011
The Alexandra
Theatre, Stoke Newington - Page Restructured and New Article and Many
New Images Added
16th May 2011
The
Holywell Music Room, Oxford - New Page Added
Toole's Theatre, London - Page
Reconstructed and New Articles and Images Added
Wimbledon Theatre -
New Programme for Marlene Dietrich's final London Performances Added
15th May 2011
The Alhambra Theatre,
Leicester Square - A New Film made from an original set of triple
lantern slides depicting the fire of 1882 has been created for the
site and sent in for inclusion - See It Here
6th May 2011
Grand Theatre,
Nottingham - New Information and Article Added
5th May 2011
Nottingham
Theatre Royal - New Articles and Images Added
Nottingham
Empire - New Article Added
4th May 2011
Buffalo
Bill's Wild West Show Visits Leicester in 1891, an article by David
Garratt - New Page Added
David Garratt
has researched and written a number of informative and interesting
articles on various Theatres for this site recently. You may like
to find out more about him so I have added a Biography page for him
here
3rd May 2011
OFS
Studio / Old Fire Station Theatre, Oxford - New Page Added
Hippodrome
Theatre, Oxford - New Page Added
30th April 2011
Playhouse
Theatre and Burton Taylor Studio, Oxford - New Page Added
29th April 2011
Scala Theatre, Charlotte Street,
London - Page Rebuilt and New Information and Images Added
Bristol
Old Vic - New Information on the Current Refurbishment and Archaeological
Dig Added
28th April 2011
Colston
Hall and Little Theatre, Bristol - Page Rebuilt and New Information
Added
Tivoli
Theatre, Bristol - New Information Added
Vaudeville
Theatre, Bristol - New Page Added
27th April 2011
London
Hippodrome Staff Photographs - New Information Added for the 1918
Photo
About Music Hall Page
- New Image Added Top of Page
Details of the
latest edition of 'Old Theatres' Magazine Added
26th April 2011
David Garratt who has recently done such a splendid
job of adding all of Leicester's
Theatres to the site has now very kindly begun work on Adding
Oxford's Theatres too, the first
of which is - The New
Theatre, Oxford - New Page Added
Gus
Elen's house added to Plaques page
25th April 2011
We
Never Closed - Jill Millard Shapiro meets Margaret McGrath, the Windmill
Theatre’s Blonde Bombshell of the Blitz, in this exclusive article
for www.arthurlloyd.co.uk
22nd April 2011
Gatti's / Players Theatres -
Page Updated
12th April 2011
The Dalston Theatre -
New Page Added
Billy Eckstine at the Coventry
Hippodrome - New Image Added
10th April 2011
Royal Aquarium,
Westminster - New Information Added on the fate of the Hall's Organ
Palace Theatre, Aberdeen
- New Image and Information Added
8th April 2011
The
De Montfort Hall, Leicester - New Page Added
7th April 2011
The
Living Theatre, Leicester - New Page Added
6th April 2011
The Windmill
Girls - New Images Added to the bottom of this page
5th April 2011
The
Victoria Pleasure Grounds, Leicester - New Page Added
Windmill Theatre
- A Collage of the Windmill Theatre Staff in 1957 Added
3rd April 2011
Astoria Theatre,
Brighton - New Image Added towards bottom of page
Astoria, Old
Kent Road - New Information Added
23rd March 2011
The
Floral Hall, Leicester - New Page Added
King's Theatre, Hammersmith
- Listing Updated
21st March 2011
The Victorian
Era Exhibition of 1897 on Theatre Construction - New Page Added
17th March 2011
Brighton Astoria
- Many New Images Added
The
Y Theatre, Leicester - New Page Added
Theatre Royal, Dunlop
Street, Glasgow - New Information and Image Added to bottom of page
16th March 2011
The Wood Green Empire
- New Early Poster Added
The Friars
/ Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury - New Image Added
15th March 2011
Theatre Royal,
Dewsbury - New Images Added
Laurel
and Hardy at the New Theatre, Northampton - New Video Added
King's Theatre,
Nottingham - New Information Added
Neptune
Theatre, Liverpool - Page Updated
13th March 2011
Day's
Crystal Palace, Birmigham - New Image Added
12th March 2011
Brighton Astoria
- Page Updated and New Article and Many Images Added
3rd March 2011
The
Theatre Royal, Leicester - New Page Added
The Playhouse / Avenue Theatre,
London - Page Completely Rebuilt and Many New Articles and Images
Added, including details of the tragedy which befell the Theatre in
1905
2nd March 2011
Alhambra
Theatre / Music Hall, Leicester - New Page Added
Prince's
Theatre, Bristol - Performance Details for 1939 to 1940 Added
1st March 2011
Nottingham
Hippodrome - New Article written for the site by someone who used
to work there added
Royal Court
Theatre, London - Two Programmes for the first Court Theatre Added
28th February 2011
Terry's Theatre, Strand, London
- New Articles and Image Added
26th February 2011
Theatre
Royal, Dublin - New Image and Article Added Bottom of Page
25th February 2011
Leicester
Gaiety / Empire / Hippodrome Theatre - New Page Added
Metropolitan, Edgware Road
- New Image Added
24th February 2011
Theatre
Royal, Bristol - New Information and Images Added
Prince's
Theatre, Bristol - New Article on a terrible tragedy whcih occured
at the Theatre in 1869 Added
23rd February 2011
Prince's
Theatre, Bristol - Page Rebuilt and New Articles and Many Images Added
The
East Park Picturedrome, Northampton - New Article about Bernie Burgess
and Ruby Murray Added
New Theatre, Cardiff - New Images
Added
18th February 2011
Haymarket
Theatre, Leicester - New Page Added
17th February 2011
Theatres and Halls in
Walsall, West Midlands - New Page Added
National
Picture Theatre, Hull - Many Recent Photographs Added
16th February 2011
Central
Picture Theatre, Canterbury / Marlowe Theatre - New Information Added
14th February 2011
Site photographs of Leicester's Palace
Theatre, Pavilion
Theatre, and Royal
Opera House Added
13th February 2011
Hulme
Playhouse - New Programme and Article Added (Which mentions Cherie
Booth at age 6 months!)
Can you identify this
pianist who performed at the Brixton Palladium Picture Palace?
12th February 2011
Phoenix
Theatre, Leicester - New Page Added
11th February 2011
Finsbury Park Empire -
New Early Programme Added
10th February 2011
Morton's Theatre, Greenwich
- New Programme and Arthur Lloyd Information Added
Waldorf Theatre (Now the Novello),
London - New Early Programme Added
Kingsway Theatre,
London - New Programme Added
9th February 2011
The Saville Theatre,
London - Many New Images and Opening Programme Added
Grand
Theatre and Opera House, Hull - Page Rebuilt and New Information and
Opening Programme Added
6th February 2011
The
Little Theatre, Leicester - New Page Added
4th February 2011
London Coliseum - New
Image about the Revolve Added
2nd February 2011
The
Temperance Hall, Leicester - New Page Added
31st January 2011
Comedy Theatre,
London - Three New Early Programmes Added
Arthur Lloyd's
Biography - New information added for 1866
Dominion Theatre, London
- New Image and Information Added
28th January 2011
The
Athena / Odeon, Leicester - New Page Added
Brixton Theatre - New
Image Added
25th January 2011
Theatre
Royal and Regal Rooms, Hawkins Street, Dublin - Two New Images Added
Music
Hall and Variety Artistes Commemorative Plaques - Hetty King Added
Plaza Theatre, Lower Regent Street,
London - New Image Added
24th January 2011
Trocadero
Cinema & Ballroom, Leicester - New Page Added
22nd January 2011
Jill
Millard Shapiro recalls some backstage moments as one of Vivian Van
Damm's famous
Windmill Girls in this exclusive and lavishly illustrated article
22nd January 2011
Theatre
Royal, Hawkins Street, Dublin - Last Night Programme Added
17th January 2011
The London Pavilion - Page
Completely Rebuilt with many new Articles and Images Added
14th January 2011
Burnley Empire
- New Images Added
Theatre Royal, Plymouth - New
Images Added - And Here
13th January 2011
Royal
Opera House, Leicester - New Page Added
Palace
Theatre, Leicester - New Images Added
11th January 2011
Capitol Theatre,
Scarborough - Listing Updated
7th January 2011
London Pavilion - New British
Pathe Film Clip Added
6th January 2011
Curve
Theatre, Leicester - New Information and Many Images Added
5th January 2011
The
Story of a Staircase - Des Kerins writes on the intriguing story of
Frank Matcham's Theatre Royal Dublin Staircase
Theatre
Royal, Bradford - New Information and Images Added
4th January 2011
This Website has now been online for
10 years - Many Thanks to everyone who has visited and supported it
over the last decade, long may you continue to do so - Matthew Lloyd.
The
Pavilion Theatre, Leicester - New Page Added
The Grand Theatre, Plymouth
- New Article and Images Added
