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Theatre Royal, South Street and Paragon Street, Hull Later - The Tivoli Theatre
Above - The Tivoli Theatre, Hull, which was a conversion from the old Theatre Royal - From an Early Postcard |
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(It seems that before the Queen's Theatre was built there was another Theatre Royal on the site or nearby. See caption below and Bill Right. Right - Bill for 'The Apostate,' 'Fortunate Youth,' and 'Sharp and Flat' on February the 6th 1818 at the earlier Theatre Royal, Hull. If you know any more about this early Theatre Royal please contact me here... ) The second Theatre Royal had a Stuccoed Corinthian frontage and was built to a similar design as London's Gielgud Theatre, formerly the Hicks and then the Globe Theatre, and had a capacity of around 2,000. This Theatre Royal was reconstructed in 1888, whilst under the management of Alfred Cuthbert, to aid fire prevention and escape from the building when two new exits were added for the Pit, two stone staircases were added for the Gallery, a stone staircase replaced the old wooden Dress Circle one, new fire hydrants were installed on stage, and a new Asbestos Fire curtain was installed into the proscenium. The Theatre Royal closed with the opening of the Alexandra
Theatre in 1902, both
theatres being owned by the same firm. This firm adapted the Theatre
Royal and reopened it as the Tivoli in 1912.
(See below.) Some of the information on this page was gleaned from the excellent website Gen UKI - UK and Ireland Genealogy, and also from contributions by Alan Chudley.
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The Tivoli Theatre, South Street and Paragon Street, Hull
Above - The Tivoli Theatre, Hull, which was a conversion from the old Theatre Royal - From an Early Postcard |
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Right - Poster for the New Tivoli Theatre, Hull for November the 7th 1949 featuring The Kopper-Knobs, Clifford Stanton, Ten Zio Angels, Windsor and Wilton, Dennis Willis, Taylor & Gray, Seddes Bros, Claud Williams, an Dennis & Betty Rawlins. The Tivoli Theatre closed as a variety Theatre in 1954 and was for a short time used as a cinema but this venture failed and the Theatre closed in early September 1954 and was later demolished in 1959. A new building Tivoli House now stands on the site and is currently home to Skeltons bakery and cafe. Arthur Lucan the famous Music Hall and Variety star whose best known charactor was Old Mother Riley died backstage at the Tivoli Theatre, Hull on Monday 17th May 1954. There is a bronze mermorial bust of Lucan, which was unveilled on the 8th August 1986 by Danny La Rue, situated near the spot where he died, in the back of the cafe, and there are also a number of posters and programmes for the Tivoli Theatre displayed there. You may like to visit this excellent Website dedicated to Arthur Lucan. Some of the information on this page was gleaned from the excellent website Gen UKI - UK and Ireland Genealogy, and also from contributions by Alan Chudley. If you have any more information or images for this Theatre that you are willing to share please contact me here...
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The
Theatre Royal, Paragon Street, Hull was opened by Sefton Parry in 
The
Theatre Royal (see above) closed with the opening of the 
