Unusually permission was granted this week (during the run of a stage play (The Calendar Girls) to take some pre-show photos of the the theatre with an audience – so for a view of what it is like in full use …
At some point the auditorium was horizontally sub-divided with the theatre / cinema operating from the former balcony and the stage above the front stalls area as this picture shows:–
AUDITORIUM
I believe at this point that films were still possible using the old (the one sticking out of the façade) projection room.
The rear stalls became, I think a bar and the front stalls a cafe.
The cinema/theatre entrance at this point was around the corner in Tyldesley Road through a former balcony exit stairwell, with the bar accessed from Rigby Road. A photo from circa 1992 here:–
EXTERIOR AS A CINEMA
Following a few years of closure a new restaurant is opening later in 2011, and the building is being extensively restored again. Current images here:–
The Regency Suite, former Cinema ballroom and then Studios 5-8 cinemas boarded up in August 2011. I think this was as a result of the riots rather than closure.
The Palace survived the London riots, (despite being in the heart of the first day rioting and looting) with apparently little more than a few broken windows, seen boarded up in these August 2011 views:–
Two photos of the Tivoli in 1985 – the theatre is hidden from view on Streetview above.
TEATRO TIVOLI
TEATRO TIVOLI
Photo from 1985 here
TEATRO POLITEAMA
1985 photos here:–
EDEN TEATRO DETAIL
EDEN TEATRO FAÇADE
Photo from 1985 here:–
CINE CONDES
Unusually permission was granted this week (during the run of a stage play (The Calendar Girls) to take some pre-show photos of the the theatre with an audience – so for a view of what it is like in full use …
EXTERIOR
AUDITORIUM TOWARD STAGE
AUDITORIUM FROM STAGE
I am not sure, but I think the building is still there – the redevelopment delayed.
A photo of the Empire in use as a children’s' day nursery in 1986.
EMPIRE EXTERIOR
September 2011 photo
HARROGATE ODEON
At some point the auditorium was horizontally sub-divided with the theatre / cinema operating from the former balcony and the stage above the front stalls area as this picture shows:– AUDITORIUM I believe at this point that films were still possible using the old (the one sticking out of the façade) projection room.
The rear stalls became, I think a bar and the front stalls a cafe.
The cinema/theatre entrance at this point was around the corner in Tyldesley Road through a former balcony exit stairwell, with the bar accessed from Rigby Road. A photo from circa 1992 here:– EXTERIOR AS A CINEMA
Following a few years of closure a new restaurant is opening later in 2011, and the building is being extensively restored again. Current images here:–
AUDITORIUM
DETAIL OF PROSCENIUM
A 1988 shot here – newly trashed to become McDonalds
NEW OXFORD
A 1988 shuttered shot here
ODEON SALE
A photo from 1988 showing almost all of the frontage with the Studio name still in place
STUDIOS CINEMA MANCHESTER
Some interior shots of the Dominion from August 2011 here:–
AUDITORIUM FROM STAGE
STAGE FROM UPPER CIRCLE
VIEW FROM REAR CIRCLE
REAR OF CLOSED UPPER CIRCLE
STAIRS TO UPPER FORMER UPPER CIRCLE
The Regency Suite, former Cinema ballroom and then Studios 5-8 cinemas boarded up in August 2011. I think this was as a result of the riots rather than closure.
STUDIOS 5-8
The display changes at regular intervals – here is an August 2011 view
BFI IMAX
Another Vue (sorry) of the cinema
VUE CINEMA
A set of images from 2011 of this great cinema
EXTERIOR
CIRCLE FOYER
CIRCLE
AUDITORIUM FROM CIRCLE
AUDITORIUM FROM STALLS
Well worth seeing a film here!
The Palace survived the London riots, (despite being in the heart of the first day rioting and looting) with apparently little more than a few broken windows, seen boarded up in these August 2011 views:–
PALACE THEATRE
PALACE THEATRE
PALACE THEATRE
A 2011 photo here BRUCE GROVE CINEMA
A photo of the former Olympia HERE
A photo of the former Odeon HERE
A photo of the former Granada HERE
A shot in the Cannons final weeks of operation – “Broadcast News is the film
CANNON ROYAL CINEMA
A 1987 shot clearly showing the position of the projection box PICCADILLY THEATRE