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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.
A second national tour began on 25 September 2018 in Manchester and was supplied to finish on 27 July 2019, with the final shows in Sunderland. Instead, the tour extended by one week and went to Leeds and the tour concluded there on 3 August 2019. A return tour has been slated to start on 6 May 2021 in Portsmouth at the Kings Theatre, Southsea
Theatre Location Opened Capacity Current Management Lace Market Theatre: Nottingham 1972 118 Lakeside Theatre (University of Essex) Colchester, Essex 1971 200 Lamproom Theatre Barnsley 1999 187 Barnsley Theatre Trust Lantern Theatre Liverpool 2009 85 Lantern Theatre: Sheffield 1893 84 Lawrence Batley Theatre: Huddersfield 9 July 1819 477 [4]
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It premiered at the Kings Theatre, Southsea in Hampshire in 1925. [1] Donald Calthrop, the actor engaged to play the lead, had to withdraw at short notice due to illness. Keble Howard, the play's author and an amateur actor, stood in for the first two nights at Southsea while another professional actor prepared for the part.
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]
It premiered at the Kings Theatre, Southsea in the naval town of Portsmouth before transferring to the West End. It ran for 192 performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre and then the Cambridge Theatre between 6 August 1934 and 19 January 1935.
King's Theatre, Melbourne, Victoria (1908–1950s) King's Theatre, Thirroul , New South Wales (built 1925), now Anita's Theatre Metropolis Fremantle , Western Australia, a performance venue and nightclub, formerly King's Theatre