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Priestley Centre, Chapel Street, Little Germany, Bradford, West Yorkshire

Formerly the Bradford Civic Playhouse and Film Theatre

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The Priestley Centre, Bradford was built as a Theatre and Cinema by Eric Morley in 1937 on the site of a former Temperance Hall which was itself built a hundred years earlier in 1837. The Temperance Hall had been converted into a Cinema in 1910 and from 1927 ran as the Bradford Civic Playhouse and Film Theatre. The building was destroyed by fire in 1935.

In 1937 a new Theatre was built on the site which was designed from the start as a Cinema and Theatre. After a serious fire in 1996, which destroyed the stage and damaged the auditorium and FOH areas, the Theatre was restored with a completely new stage and reopened in 1997.

Right - Programme for 'Johnson Over Jordan' by J. B. Priestley at the Bradford Civic Playhouse in 1947 - Click for details.

The Priestley Centre now boasts two auditoria, a 291 seat Proscenium Arch Theatre on two levels, Stalls and Circle, and a 70 seat Studio Theatre with movable seating which is easily adapted to any configuration.

The main Theatre also has a 22 foot screen with full Dolby Surround sound.

You may like to visit the Priestly Centre's own webiste here...