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Southport Theatre was a theatre in Southport, England owned by Sefton Council. The theatre presented a programme of touring shows, opera and children's shows throughout the year. The theatre was also a popular choice for national and international conferences & exhibitions and underwent a £40m renovation as part of the overall redevelopment of ...
William Morton (24 January 1838 – 5 July 1938) was an amusement caterer, a theatre and cinema manager in England for 70 years.. After an erratic start in Southport, Morton's career stabilised when he took on struggling illusionists Maskelyne and Cooke.
The theatre was built on the site of the Opera House, which had burned down in 1929. It was designed by George Tonge (1876–1956), an architect practicing in Southport, whose work included designing many cinemas. The auditorium seated 1,600, and there was a large stage, to accommodate musicals, operas and ballet.
On the left side of the entrance on the front facing Lord Street is a shop selling craft items, [6] and on the right side is a small café known as the Bakery, [7] The upper floors are occupied by a theatre and a performance space known as the Studio. The theatre seats 440 people and has a proscenium arch and facilities for cinema projection. [8]
The theatre is still owned by the present Lord Willoughby de Broke and his family. The first production at the St Martin's was the spectacular Edwardian musical comedy Houp La!, starring Gertie Millar, which opened on 23 November 1916. [1] [2] The producer was the impresario Charles B. Cochran, who took a 21-year lease on the new theatre. [3]
The Ribble Building is a former Victorian building that was built on the site of the Winter Gardens to house the Southport Lord Street railway station The Station opened on 1 September 1884 as the Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway's northern terminus, which provided an alternative route to Liverpool City Centre from Southport, which ...
Part of the ACT Theatres deal. In 2005 the lease on the theatre reverted from ATG to the Salisbury Estate who granted a new lease to Delfont Mackintosh Theatres. [103] Southport Theatre: Southport: 2009: 2018 [104] 1,630 [105] ATG leased the theatre from Sefton Council Council under a contract assumed as part of the Live Nation deal. [24] [105 ...
St Martin's Hall was built for John Hullah, in 1847, by William Cubitt, from a design by Richard Westmacott.The scheme was financed by subscription and it was built on a parallelogram of land, 149 feet (45.4 m) by 61 feet (18.6 m) wide, connected to a plot on Long Acre (44 feet (13.4 m) by 22 feet (6.7 m)); and consisted of a main hall with connected anterooms, galleries and a 500-seat lecture ...