Victoria Theatre
Wards End,
Halifax,
HX1 1BU
Wards End,
Halifax,
HX1 1BU
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More photos from April 2009 here:–
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stagedoor/3441120210/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stagedoor/3441119844/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stagedoor/3440305393/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stagedoor/3440305133/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stagedoor/3440304705/
During the summer of 2008 a new raked floor has been laid over the original and new stalls seating provided to improve the comfort. A series of photos – all interior – taken during the refurbishment can be seen here:–
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stagedoor/2898368860/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stagedoor/2897525719/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stagedoor/2898368608/
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Some photos of the Victoria Theatre taken in October 2007.
Exterior:-
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Foyer detail:-
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Auditorium:-
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The Victoria Hall halifax, did not have a proscenium arch at all until after 1964. I had an open platform. Addition of the proscenium was a careful inclusion in the 1964 rebuild. The theatre also has a flat floor, infact one of the largest surviving sprung dance floors in the north of England alongside the Royal Hall Bridlington and Blackpool Tower and The Winter Gardens. This ‘feature’ has been seen as a ‘drawback’ for theatrical productions, as has the stage, which although it is aproximately 48 feet wide, is ‘shallow’ compared to the overall proportions of the building
Listed in the Kine' Yearbook 1937 as the Victoria Hall with a seating capacity given as 2,150. Still listed with the same name in 1947 Kine' Yearbook but with a seating capacity of 2,000