Alexandra Theatre
Market Street,
Ilfracombe,
EX34
Market Street,
Ilfracombe,
EX34
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Previously operated by: Albany Ward Circuit, Gaumont-British-Picture Corp., Ltd., Provincial Cinematograph Theatres Ltd.
Previous Names: Alexandra Hall
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Located in Ilfracombe, Devon. The Alexandra Hall was a conversion of a 19th Century Market Hall. It as in entertainment us by 1896. It had a 33ft wide proecenium. By August 1910 it was screening films. By 1921 it was screening the films which should have been screened at the Palace Theatre, which was closed for renovation.
It was owned by the Urban District Council and in July 1923 it was taken over by the Albany Ward Circuit and renamed Palace Theatre, where live shows were presented. Albany Ward soon merged with the Provincial Cinematograph Theatres(PCT) chain, later a subsidiary of Gaumont British Theatres. The theatre passed back to the Urban District Council in 1930. It remained a live theatre until 1989.
In the 1970’s the auditorium was converted into an ice rink, and the stage area becamea roller skating rink. It later became the Colossus nightclub, which had closed by 2010. The the front part of the building operated as a sports bar until it closed in February 2017.
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Ken Roe
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The auditorium on the lower level was converted to an ice-skating rink in the 1970s with roller-skating on the stage area. It was later the Colossus nightclub which had closed by 2010. The DJ’s Sports Bar posted a message on Facebook in February 2017 thanking punters for their custom so I take it this has now closed. This provides the opportunity for Premier Inn which proposed a hotel for the site in 2015 to take another look at the proposition.