Now in its Fourteenth year online this website regularly receives over a Million Visitors a year from all over the world. There are currently over 2,400 pages of information on this site and more than 9,900 archive images.

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Below are all the latest additions and updates:

8th March 2014

A Chat With Acton Phillips, Manager of the Temple of Varieties and Lyric Opera House, Hammersmith - New Article Added

7th March 2014

The Hammersmith Palace / Temple of Varieties - New Listing Added

The Clapham Picture House / Electric Palace - New Listing Added

6th March 2014

The Octagon Theatre, Bolton - New Listing Added

The Grove Picture House, Stratford East - New Listing Added

The Parkhurst Theatre, Holloway, London - New Article and Image Added

The Theatre Royal, Hawkins Street, Dublin - Page Restructured - New Images for the second Theatre Added - New Article on Fred Midgley Added

5th March 2014

The Scala Theatre, London - Page Restructured and New Article Added Here

4th March 2014

The Theatre De Luxe, Southend - New Short Listing and Photograph Added

The Brixton Theatre - More Information Added

3rd March 2014

Backstage Conditions in Theatres - New Page Added

The Picture House, Ipswich - New image Added

The Stoll Picture Theatre, London - New 1924 Image Added

The Tottenham Palace Theatre, London - New 1924 Image Added and Page Restructured

The Tivoli Picture Theatre, Strand, London - New 1924 Image Added

The Palace Theatre, London - New 1924 Image Added

2nd March 2014

The Empire Theatre/ Alexandra Theatre, Southend-on-Sea - Listing Updated and New Images and Early Programme Added

The Alhambra Theatre, Brighton - New Information and Images Added

1st March 2014

The Gaiety Theatre, Glasgow - New 1880 Programme and Information Added and Here

28th February 2014

The Glasgow Empire Theatre - Page Completely Rebuilt with a new Article by Graeme Smith and Many New Images

27th February 2014

The Middlesex Theatre of Varieties - New Programme Added

The Palace Theatre, Hull - Better Scans of Programme Added

The Bolton Empire / Hippodrome Theatre - New Listing Added

The Empire Palace Theatre, Newcastle on Tyne - New Images Added

The Paragon Theatre, Mile End, London - Page Restructured and New images Added

25th February 2014

The Palace Theatre, London - New Information Added

Improvements in Stage Machinery at the New Royal English Opera House in 1891

24th February 2014

The Grand Theatre, Llandudno -New Listing Added

22nd February 2014

The Prince of Wales Theatre, London - Page Updated

C. J. Phipps' handwritten planning application letter to the Metropolitan Board of Works concerning his plans for the Prince's Theatre, Coventry Street - New Page Added

21st February 2014

The Aldershot Hippodrome - New Photograph Added Top of Page

The Victoria Pier, Blackpool - New Programme Added

20th February 2014

The Bolton Grand Theatre - New Listing Added

19th February 2014

The Shakespeare Theatre, Clapham Junction - New Programme, Information, and Photographs Added

18th February 2014

The Royal Hippodrome, Salford - Listing Rebuilt

17th February 2014

The Gaiety Theatre, Glasgow - New Page Added

Rowley's Empire, Huddersfield - New article Added

14th February 2014

The Middlesex Theatre of Varieties - New Image Added

The Queen's Park Hippodrome, Manchester - New Information Added

The Royal Hippodrome, Salford - New Brief Listing and Image Added Here

The Plymouth Palace Theatre - Listing Updated and Video showing the state of the Theatre in 2013 Added

13th February 2014

The Gymnasium Hall, Huddersfield - New Article Added to Replace Old Listing

12th February 2014

The Parkhurst Theatre, Holloway, London - New Page Added

The Regal Cinema, Kingston - New Images Added

10th February 2014

The Alexandra Theatre, Stoke Newington - New 1897 Advertisement Added

9th February 2014

The Victoria Theatre / Star Music Hall, Bolton - New Article Added

8th February 2014

The Theatre Royal, Birmingham - New 1941 Programme Added and Here

7th February 2014

The Camden Hippodrome - New 1908 Poster Added

The Queen's Park Hippodrome, Manchester - New Information and Images Added

The Leeds Empire - New Information Added About the Theatre's Closure and Auction

6th February 2014

Arthur Lloyd's Song 'The Old Woman & Her Pig' - New Complete Song Sheet Added

The Leeds Empire - New Image and Information Added

The Royal Albert Music Hall, Glasgow - New Page Added

The Victoria Music Hall, Glasgow - New Information Added

The Alexandra Music Hall, Glasgow - New Information Added

3rd February 2014

The Park Theatre, Glasgow - More Information and Two New Programmes Added

1st February 2014

Wylson And Long Theatre Architects - New Page Added

Alhambra / Palace Complex, Blackpool - New Image Added

31st January 2014

The Arcadia Theatre, Llandudno - New Article and Images Added

The Prince Edward Theatre, London - Two New Photographs of the Theatre during its Cinerama Years Added

29th January 2014

Walter Emden (Theatre Architect) - New Page Added

28th January 2014

The St. James Theatre, Westminster - Many New Images Added and Page Moved Here

The Westminster Theatre - Page Restructured and Updated

27th January 2014

The Pier Pavilion, Llandudno - New Image Added

26th January 2014

The Pier Pavilion, Llandudno - New Article with Many Images Added

The New Theatre, Llandudno (Unbuilt) - New Article and Images Added

The Theatre Royal, Kilburn / Kilburn Palace Cinema - New Images Added

24th January 2014

The Rotherhithe Hippodrome - New 1921 Poster added

The Palace Theatre, Reading - New Billy Russel Poster Added

The Theatre Royal, Scarborough - New Poster Added

The Clydebank Gaiety Theatre - New Poster Added

23rd January 2014

The former Leicester Square Theatre, Odeon West End, is to be demolished - Page Updated

The Embassy Theatre, High Holborn, London - New Image and Information Added

The Alexandra Music Hall, Sheffield - New Information Added

9th January 2014

The Leicester Haymarket Theatre - More New Information and Video Added Bottom of Page

8th January 2014

The Leicester Haymarket Theatre - Some New Show Information Added

7th January 2014

The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane - Charlie & The Chocolate Factory Baddeley Cake Added

The Dunfermline Opera House - New Information on its period as a Cabinet Making Workshop Added

The Winter Gardens at the Floral Hall, Leicester - New Programme Added

The Theatre Royal, Bolton - New Listing Added

The Curtain Theatre, Glasgow - New Page Added

The Park Theatre, Glasgow - New Page Added

5th January 2014

The Scotia Music Hall / Metropole Theatre, Glasgow - New Articles and Images Added

Arthur Lloyd's 'I'll Place it in the Hands of my Solicitor' - Music Added

4th January 2014

The St. Georges Hall / Princes Theatre, Llandudno - New Page Added

3rd January 2014

The Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield - New Information and Images Added

The City Theatre, Sheffield - New Listing Added

I have added Links to Lighting Designer Nick Hunt's Website on my Lyric and Her Majesty's Theatre pages as it is a great resource for anyone interested in the old Strand Light Consoles.

 

For an archive of the updates to the site in 2013 Click Here