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The Edinburgh Festival Theatre (originally Empire Palace Theatre and later shortened to Empire Theatre) is a performing arts venue located on Nicolson Street in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is used primarily for performances of opera and ballet, large-scale musical events, and touring groups. After its most recent renovation in 1994, it seats 1,915.
Empire Cinemas multiplex cinema chain with 14 locations and 131 screens; Empire Palace Theatre, later simply the Empire Theatre and now the Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
The first, on 9 October 1971 at the Edinburgh Empire Theatre, was cancelled after the PA system failed to arrive at the venue. [7] A newspaper story at the time reported that the equipment van, travelling to Scotland from the Royal Festival Hall from the previous evening's concert, broke down in Birmingham. [ 7 ]
As at the beginning, most performances took place at the Empire Theatre, later to be refurbished to become the Edinburgh Festival Theatre. In addition to London's The Royal Ballet who came in 1960, there were a total of 16 visiting companies from abroad who came to the city, offering varied programmes for festival goers.
ABC Theatre 11 April 1968 Glasgow: Scotland Green's Playhouse: 12 April 1968 Edinburgh: ABC Theatre 13 April 1968 Stockton-on-Tees: England 14 April 1968 Liverpool Empire Theatre: 17 April 1968 Portsmouth: Portsmouth Guildhall: 18 April 1968 London The Castle 19 April 1968 Hanley: Gaumont Cinema 20 April 1968 Bolton: Odeon Theatre 21 April 1968 ...
The King's became famous for being a venue belonging to the theatre empire Howard & Wyndham. The theatre was originally commissioned by the Edinburgh Building Company Ltd, chaired by Robert C. Buchanan. The King's was built as a rival to the successful Royal Lyceum Theatre, which had been established for over twenty years. Buchanan was ...
26 April: British actor Sid James died at 63 after collapsing on stage at the opening night performance of The Mating Season at the Sunderland Empire Theatre. [22] 10 September: Finnish magician Aimo Leikas accidentally shot himself in front of a crowd while performing his Russian roulette act. He had been performing the act for about a year ...
The Empire Theatre, Leicester Square. Moss Empires was a company formed in Edinburgh in 1899, from the merger of the theatre companies owned by Sir Edward Moss, Richard Thornton and Sir Oswald Stoll. This created the largest chain of variety theatres and music halls in the United Kingdom. The business was successful, with major variety theatres ...