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Glasgow Film Theatre was built as the Cosmo by George Singleton in 1939. Main entrance. GFT's predecessor, the Cosmo, was Scotland's first arts cinema and only the second purpose-built arthouse in Britain, after the Curzon Mayfair in London. Opened on 18 May 1939, it was also the last cinema to be built in Glasgow before the outbreak of WW2. [2]
Pages in category "1960s in Glasgow" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1960 European Cup ...
The Playhouse was at 126 Renfield Street, Glasgow, Scotland, commissioned by George Green Ltd, designed by the architect John Fairweather, and built by the Cinema Building Company. Opened in 1927, the Playhouse operated until the 1970s, a decline in audience numbers in the 1960s necessitated diversification as a music venue until
The Citizens' Theatre repertory was founded in 1943 by dramatist and screenwriter James Bridie, [3] [4] author of around forty plays presented in Britain and overseas, art gallery director Tom Honeyman, [5] [6] cinema impresario George Singleton, known by many as "Mr Cosmo", whose headquarter cinema continues today as the Glasgow Film Theatre ...
The following is a list of active theatres and concert halls in Scotland. They are organised alphabetically by name. In rural areas, church halls and town halls may double up as theatres, and that many colleges and universities also have their own auditoria.
The first Locarno was created in 1926 on Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow, in the shell of the Charing Cross Electric Theatre, Glasgow's first purpose built cinema. [3] This was designed by Robert Duncan in 1898 with a cast iron structure but with a traditional stone frontage with high numbers of large windows (certainly more glazing than a ...
National Cinema Day, an annual event in which movie theater tickets are heavily discounted, is evolving in 2025 with expanded programming that won’t confine the festivities to one day. Retitled ...
Pages in category "Theatres in Glasgow" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Alexandra Music Hall;