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The Theatre Royal is the oldest theatre in Glasgow and the longest running in Scotland. Located at 282 Hope Street, its front door was originally round the corner in Cowcaddens Street. It currently accommodates 1,541 people and is owned by Scottish Opera. The theatre opened in 1867, adopting the name Theatre Royal two years later.
Glasgow Scouts performed their first Gang Show here in 1936; and Marlene Dietrich performed her Farewell at the Alhambra from 7–11 November 1966. The theatre continued to be well attended but the company were selling off their theatres, and after the final show by Cilla Black on 24 May 1969, the theatre closed. It was demolished in 1971.
Websters is a theatre in Glasgow, Scotland. It also operates as a bar and restaurant. ... The current theatre can seat up to a 188 people and holds concerts and shows ...
Tramway is a contemporary visual and performing arts venue located in the Scottish city of Glasgow. Based in a former tram depot in the Pollokshields area of the South Side, it consists of two performance spaces and two galleries, as well as offering facilities for community and artistic projects. The Hidden Gardens is situated behind Tramway. [1]
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 King's Theatre was commissioned by the theatre company Howard & Wyndham at a cost of over £50,000 and opened on 12 September 1904.. In the 1930s like many city theatres, it had been policy to close during the summer while many city residents headed to the coast for their holidays, but this all changed in 1933 when the then managing director of Howard & Wyndham, A. Stewart Cruikshank ...
The Metropole Theatre started as the Scotia and was built in 1862 at 116, Stockwell Street, Glasgow, Scotland.Built to the designs of architect Robert Black [1] for James Baylis, who later built the Theatre Royal [2] [3] in the Cowcaddens area of the city, it opened as the Scotia Hall, [4] holding over 3000 people, with stalls and two galleries, reputed to be the first purpose built commercial ...