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Lyric Theatre, Everton Valley, Liverpool Later - The Lyric Super Cinema
Above - The Lyric Theatre, Everton, Liverpool - Courtesy Maurice Friedman, British Music hall Society |
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The Theatre opened on the 26th of December 1897 with a twice nightly production of the Pantomime 'Blue Beard,' and was run by the Lessee and Manager, H. C. Arnold, who was a well known actor at the time. Apart from the annual pantomimes the Theatre was mainly used to house Drama productions, but when the Theatre became part of the Barrasford circuit and reopened on Easter Monday of 1903 it became a twice nightly Variety house. Right - A poster for 'Jack and Jill' at the Lyric Theatre, Liverpool in 1906 , held at the Liverpool Records Office - Courtesy KR. The Lyric remained a Variety House for many years but eventually closed down and remained so for some years until it was taken over by the W. Gordon Cinema Circuit and extensively refurbished and reopened as the Lyric Super Cinema on the 19th of September 1921. This incarnation lasted until 1924 when it closed down. The following year the Theatre was refurbished and redecorated, and reopened as a live Theatre again on the 28th of December 1925 with the revue 'There You Are Then!' which was immediately a great success. Failing a fire inspection by the Liverpool Fire Brigade due to unsatisfactory exits the Lyric closed down on the 19th of November 1932 during the run of another successful revue called 'Laugh and Risk It.' It was never to reopen and became a warehouse and was then mostly destroyed by enemy action in 1940. After this the remains of the building were used as a garage for Wm. Rainfords Demolition, before being demolished for road improvements. |
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Above - This photograph from a block of flats shows
the remains of the Lyric Theatre, (bottom centre) in August 1970 - Courtesy
KR.
Above - A sketch of the Lyric Theatre, Liverpool - From 'The Playgoer' of 1901 - Courtesy Iain Wotherspoon.
Above - A sketch of the Stage, Proscenium, and Boxes of the Lyric Theatre, Liverpool - From 'The Playgoer' of 1901 - Courtesy Iain Wotherspoon. Some of the information for this Theatre on this page was gleaned from Harold Ackroyd's excellent book 'The Liverpool Stage.
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The
Lyric Theatre was a large out of town Theatre with a capacity of 2,000
on three levels, Stalls and Boxes, Circle, and Gallery. The Theatre
was built by Ellis Brammall Junior who also opened the 
