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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.
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 moved to the South Parade Pier Theatre in the 1950s. When the Pier declined it moved again to the King's Theatre , performing there during the 1970s and early 1980s before becoming more multi-venue (albeit with the Portsmouth Arts Centre and New Theatre Royal as its main venues).
PORTSMOUTH – Seacoast theatre legend Michael J. Tobin will relive the origin story of Theatre By the Sea on Thursday, Aug. 24 with "Theatre by the Sea: A Red-Carpet Gala Honoring Portsmouth's ...
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King's Theatre Southsea, Portsmouth: Matcham's last theatre for Frederick Purcell, [55] an extended member of the Revills, a family of theatre proprietors from Scotland whom Matcham started working for in 1886. [56] The auditorium achieves a maximum seating capacity for the confined site on which it was built.
The Kings Theatre: Southsea, City of Portsmouth: Apartment: 1907: 4 March 1976 ... New Theatre Royal: Landport, City of Portsmouth: Public Hall: 1854: 30 October 1969
The New Theatre Royal is a Victorian Grade II* listed theatre in the heart of Portsmouth, England, with a capacity of 648. The theatre building was constructed in 1854 as Landport Hall. The theatre building was constructed in 1854 as Landport Hall.