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The Kings Theatre is a theatre in Southsea, Portsmouth, designed by the architect Frank Matcham. [1] It opened on 30 September 1907. It is operated by the Kings Theatre Trust Ltd. The building was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1976.
Boughton's success led him to engage Matcham to build two more theatres in Portsmouth, the Prince's Theatre in Lake Road and Kings Theatre in Southsea. The Kings opened in 1907 and is still operating. The Princes Theatre was of a similar structure to the Theatre Royal with a similar cast iron conservatory.
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King's Theatre Southsea, Portsmouth: Matcham's last theatre for Frederick Purcell, [55] an extended member of the Revills, a family of theatre proprietors from Scotland whom Matcham started working for in 1886. [56] The auditorium achieves a maximum seating capacity for the confined site on which it was built.
King's Lynn 1445 320 Shakespear's Guildhall Trust H. ... Kings Theatre, Southsea: Portsmouth/Southsea 30 September 1907 1,600 L. Theatre Location Opened
Seacoast theatre legend Michael J. Tobin will relive the origin story of Theatre By the Sea on Thursday, Aug. 24. Theatre By the Sea & special guests return for one night to celebrate Portsmouth ...
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Southsea is a seaside resort and a geographic area of Portsmouth, Portsea Island in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England. Southsea is located 1.8 miles (2.8 km) to the south of Portsmouth's inner city-centre. Southsea began as a fashionable 19th-century Victorian seaside resort named Croxton Town, after a Mr Croxton who owned the land. [2]