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The Opera House Theatre is a theatre in Blackpool, Lancashire, England. [2] It is located within the Winter Gardens, a large entertainment complex in the town centre and originally opened in 1889, although it has been rebuilt twice, in 1910 and 1939. [3] As part of the Winter Gardens, the theatre is a Grade II* Listed Building. [4]
It is located within the Winter Gardens, a large entertainment complex in the town centre. [1] As part of the Winter Gardens, the ballroom is a Grade II* Listed Building. [2] It is operated by Crown Leisure Ltd, on behalf of Blackpool Council, who purchased the property from Leisure Parcs Ltd as part of a £40 million deal in 2010. [3]
The Winter Gardens is a large entertainment complex in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, which includes a theatre, ballroom and conference facilities. Opened in 1878, it is a Grade II* listed building, [1] operated by Blackpool Entertainment Company Limited [2] on behalf of Blackpool Council, which purchased the property from Leisure Parcs Ltd as part of a £40 million deal in 2010.
The cinema served as a meeting hall for Labour Party events in the 1930s. [2] The theatre was modernised in 1939 which saw its capacity increase to between 1,094 and 1,194 seats. [1] During the early 1940s the science fiction writer John Russell Fearn served as the cinema's chief projectionist. [3]
Finally, on 23 March 1981 the Grand re-opened as a theatre once again to stage an Old Vic performance of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice featuring Timothy West and Prunella Scales. The theatre's return was further confirmed in May of the same year when a Royal Variety Performance was staged in the presence of Charles, Prince of Wales.
William Henry Broadhead became a leading figure in Blackpool, where he "made his name as one of the men responsible for making the town into a hot spot for entertainment and variety". [5] A member of the Liberal Party, he was mayor of Blackpool in 1905/06 and 1910/11, [6] and was later elected as an alderman and a freeman of the borough. [1] [4]
The Grand Theatre. At its peak in the 1930s Blackpool's numerous theatres and cinemas could seat more than 60,000 people. [7] The Theatre Royal on Clifton Street first opened as the Assembly Rooms and Arcade in 1868. It later became the Tivoli Electric Theatre and eventually Yates's Wine Lodge before it was destroyed by fire in 2009. [172] [173]
Funny Girls was originally opened in Blackpool 1994 and was located on the corner of Queen Street and The Strand. Funny Girls relocated to the former Odeon Cinema on Dickson Road in 2002. [1] The cinema was designed by Robert Bullivant and was opened on 6 May 1939. It has a capacity of 3,000 and is the largest original Odeon cinema.