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The Britannia Panopticon Music Hall,
115 Trongate, Glasgow

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Above - The Britannia Music Hall

Arthur Lloyd is known to have performed here 1879

The Britannia Music Hall, formerly Campbell's Music Saloon, The Trongate, opened in 1857. In 1903 it closed for three years and reopened on 9th July 1906 as Panopticon or Britannia Theatre of Varieties and Panopticon. It became the Tron Cinema post 1922 but in 1927 it reverted to Panopticon. The theatre closed in 1938 but the exterior of the building remains and recently it has been discovered that much of the interior also remains.

Above - The Britannia Music Hall

The Britannia Music Hall, formerly Campbell's Music Saloon, The Trongate, opened in 1857. In 1903 it closed for three years and reopened on 9th July 1906 as Panopticon or Britannia Theatre of Varieties and Panopticon. It became the Tron Cinema post 1922 but in 1927 it reverted to Panopticon. The theatre closed in 1938 but the exterior of the building remains and recently it has been discovered that much of the interior also remains.

Textual information courtesy The Mitchell Library, Glasgow.

Also see this page on the Glasgow's Merchant City website.