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It was designed in 1894 as the Wakefield Opera House, by theatre architect Frank Matcham, and was built for a price of £13,000. [2] The Theatre Royal Wakefield is the smallest remaining of Matcham's theatres. [3] In the 1920s the theatre had to compete against cinemas and in the summer live shows were replaced by films.
An adaptation of the plays was performed at London's National Theatre under the title of 'The Mysteries' first in 1977. in 1985, it was filmed and broadcast for Channel 4. [10] As part of Wakefield's centenary celebrations in 1988, Adrian Henri was commissioned to do a modern adaptation of the Wakefield Medieval Mystery Plays. Simple vernacular ...
The musical premiered at Bromley in November 1997, and debuted on the West End at the Savoy Theatre in October 1998, directed by Jon Conway (its writer). Boogie Nights was also performed by WYMT (Wakefield Youth Music Theatre) at Wakefield Theatre Royal in September 2008 where it was performed by youths ages 12–19 for 2 weeks.
The ABC Cinema was a cinema in Wakefield, West Yorkshire that fell into derelition after its closure. Located in Kirkgate on the corner of Sun Lane, it was designed and built in the Art Deco style for Associated British Cinemas by in-house architect William R. Glen and opened as the Regal Cinema on 9 December 1935.
Because of its listing, permission to demolish it was refused the following year. The theatre remained closed until 1977, when it received a £200,000 renovation. [21] II* [20] 1894 [22] Theatre Royal: Westgate, Wakefield: Built as a drama theatre at a cost of £13,000 on the site of the c. 18th century Theatre Royal. Matcham's building was ...
Wakefield's local radio stations are BBC Radio Leeds, Heart Yorkshire, Capital Yorkshire and Ridings FM, was founded in 1999, [143] and rebranded in September 2020 as Greatest Hits Radio West Yorkshire. Wakefield is known as the capital of the Rhubarb Triangle, an area notable for growing early forced rhubarb. In July 2005 a sculpture was ...
Until 1992, it was known as The Pindar of Wakefield and was famous for its regular old time music hall entertainment. Bob Dylan played his first UK gig here in December 1962. [ 1 ] The Pogues (then known as the Pogue Mahones) had their first performance here on October 4, 1982 when they played alongside the band Suppose I Laugh, which included ...
Alternative Cabaret performed their first show at the Pindar of Wakefield pub (now the Water Rats) on Grays Inn Road on 15 August 1979. [3] Sayle would record a single as a double A side recorded live at The Comedy Store along with Alexander Arundel, whose band Flak released the song When The Gold Runs Dry with Alexei on 4 Play Records.