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_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Olympia Theatre, West Derby Road, Everton, Liverpool Formerly the New Olympia / Olympia Cinema
Above - The Olympia Theatre, Liverpool during the run of 'Mexico', billed as 'The most sensational water production ever produced by Mr. Albert Hengler' - Courtesy Caroline Fildes whose ancestor Frank Johnstone was property manager at the Olympia at the time. |
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Right - Variety Programme for the Liverpool Olympia Theatre on March the 2nd 1914. On the Bill were Whit Cunliffe, Eight Lancashire Lads, the American Bioscope, and the play 'The Forest Fire' by Langdon McCormick. The Theatre, now Grade II Listed, was built as a Circus Variety Theatre and is a rare survivor of its type in the country.
The Olympia Theatre was converted into a Cinema in 1925 and was even used as a Naval Depot during the second world war. Left - A 1907 postcard for the Olympia Theatre, Liverpool. More recently the Olympia Theatre saw service as a Bingo Hall, and a Discotheque. |
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Above - The Typhoon set from 'Mexico' at the Olympia Theatre, Liverpool, billed as 'The most sensational water production ever produced by Mr. Albert Hengler' - Courtesy Caroline Fildes whose ancestor Frank Johnstone was property manager at the Olympia at the time.
Above - A scene from 'Mexico' at the Olympia Theatre, Liverpool, billed as 'The most sensational water production ever produced by Mr. Albert Hengler' - Courtesy Caroline Fildes whose ancestor Frank Johnstone was property manager at the Olympia at the time.
Above - The stage of the Olympia Theatre, Liverpool on the day of the Coronation of George V on June the 22nd 1911 - Courtesy Caroline Fildes whose ancestor Frank Johnstone was property manager at the Olympia at the time.
Above - 'The Motor Chase - 'The Accident', in a scene from an unknown production at the Olympia Theatre, Liverpool - Courtesy Caroline Fildes whose ancestor Frank Johnstone was property manager at the Olympia at the time.
Above - A scene from an unknown production at the Olympia Theatre, Liverpool - Courtesy Caroline Fildes whose ancestor Frank Johnstone was property manager at the Olympia at the time. |
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Right - A Postcard showing the Olympia Theatre, Liverpool. You may like to visit the Liverpool Olympia Theatre's own website here... If you have any more information or images for this Theatre you are willing to share please Contact Me Here... |
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The
Olympia Theatre in Liverpool's West Derby Road, Everton was built for
To
see a 360 degree view of the auditorium today click 
However,
the Theatre is now back in use again for various forms of live entertainment
and is occasionally even used as a Circus venue, as originally intended
when it opened over one hundred years ago in