Arthur Lloyd is also known to
1957 Empress re-opened as Granada Cinema
Lazarus and
Above - The Hermon Cawthra Frieze thought to have
In 1978 the Theatre was faced with demolition for reuse
The
It appears that at the last
me here. In
was no difficulty in finding the place, as everybody in the neighbourhood
of their original seating and so the building has a huge capacity as
The stalls floor is reached through a hall in the centre of which is
I knew the Brixton Empress in the
January 23rd 1930. piece in the same edition of the Cinema News and Property Gazette speaks
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Electric Brixton, which people will know today as a music and concert
the private boxes on each side are set off by two boldly modelled winged
A smashing success at the Brixton
The maximum capacity is 4,921 (3,760 standing downstairs; 1,083 seated and 78 standing in the circle), alternatively the all-seated capacity is 2,391. were entering for the opening, the last two carpenters having to sink
There are fourteen dressing
Above - The Opening Night Programme for the Brixton Empress Theatre on the 19th of October 1931 - Courtesy Ron Knee Archive. radius, that is to say, when it is finished. Frank Matcham, the architect,
Dansie, whose father, Don Dansie, worked at the Theatre for over 50
and Long and built for W. H. Burney and W. J. Grimes by the contractors
In the 1930s, the Brixton Repertory Company produced their own versions of West End plays. age of 13. Astoria.Sundown/Fair Deal/Astoria
the accommodation there provided; and the glass and iron shelters will
Every regard has been paid
facings of pink and brown. The Empress Theatre, Brixton had originally opened on Boxing
My congratulations to Mr. Stretton Walker upon this
The Herne Hill Solidarity Fund needs you! Above - The Brixton Academy at night, formerly the
and Mr Charles Rider-Noble is the manager. Theatres Online Worldwide Ltd.Company Number: 11705867, © Copyright 2020 Theatres Online Worldwide Ltd - site by Fusion Software Consulting. The building is perhaps less impressive from without than from within, where everything is most artistic and comfortable. acquired by new owners, Variety Theatres Consolidated, in 1930, who also
The Theatre had a fully equipped stage some 40 foot deep, a Compton
of Hermon Cawthra in Leeds and are shown below. Theatre on the 19th of October 1931 the Theatre then continued as a
of politeness on the part of the picture-attendant. of around 1,200 people on two levels, Stalls and Balcony. A 1938 program revealed the availability of Carlsberg Pilsner, Jenner's Golden Ale, Charrington 'Toby' Ale and Whiteways Cyders at the theatre's bars, along with Clayton's 'pure fruit squashes and mineral waters.' Astoria was finally closed as a Cinema on the 29th of July 1972 with
The Ritzy Cinema holds the distinction of being the oldest Cinema in
architects, who, however, assure us that any suggestion addressed to
London for the independent film exhibitor, Arthur Segal. a Renaissance design - in character with the decorations of the house
with cafe and tea lounge. 1976 Classic cinema closed,
Dedicated to Arthur Lloyd, 1839 - 1904. Theatre opened in Islington. Right - A programme for 'The Silent House' at the Brixton Theatre
auditorium. The stage is entirely cut off from the auditorium by an asbestos
in the clear, and is surmounted by a lofty saucer-shaped
Mr E. V. Page, late of the Cambridge,
it is known that the whole of the seating and furnishing is in the hands
The ground floor is to be divided into the
Photographic comparisons of old and modern views of Lambeth
of the Astoria Charing
rebuilt in 1931 in the sprit of an Art Deco cinema. The stage is 100 ft wide, 37 ft. deep. Above - A Postcard showing the Brixton Theatre, Brixton. The Music Hall and
The auditorium
he resigned himself to the worst, and proceeded to disentangle fresh
and part of a collection of material from Ethel Bourne, a contralto
Olympic Dreams. in his Boxing Day list, for he has secured Tom Leamore, G. W. Hunter,
Brixton for the week commencing October 17th 1955. Shortly before the Theatre opened the Stage
The artist, who has done so much for the internal
show with acts including Lily Morris, Jenny Howard, and Hilda Monday, see opening programme below. accoutrements are provided for scenic effects of a most elaborate description. This show has been rescheduled to 21st August. Brixton Theatre was built next door to the Tate Library in Brixton by
height large enough to accommodate big spectacular productions, the
building of the Astoria, Brixton Segal went on to build the Astoria,
so soliloquised a human wreck, seated upon an upturned bucket in the
It was an astonishing figure,
the Theatre was converted for Cinema use and renamed the Granada Cinema. Theatre in Charing Cross Road, Berkeley
as advertised with out a hitch.' by
thousand people. being on the concealed plan. Borthwick, The Donnas Trio, Andy McLeod, May Mars, Mona Garrick, Archie
Theatre was when Bingo finished and the building was temporarily used
construction throughout, and two boxes on each side. The
The following year the Theatre was reopened as a Concert Venue again,
In
of the new Theatre saying: 'New Theatre at Brixton - The popular South
the ABC Cinema / Palladium Picture House, in 2008. light and airy appearance of the auditorium, which measures 75ft. Above - The Astoria, Brixton, whilst under the ownership
House Eckington which may be where he
and the ingenuity displayed by the designers, Messrs
- The Cinema News and Property Gazette, March 26th 1913. 1911 Brixton Cinematograph Theatre opened (963 seats)
of Odeon Cinemas in the 1950s - Courtesy Philip Dansie, whose father, Don Dansie, worked at the Theatre for over 50 years
he kindly offered to show us round, but we had scarcely entered upon
lofty turret attracts the attention of all wayfarers to its striking
In the 1930s, the Brixton Repertory Company produced their own versions of West End plays. clawing a shield in a delicate shade of pink. for sending in these wonderful and evocative images from his father's
of gas lighting in case of failure, and an efficient heating plant is
If
is to be divided into the usual stalls and fauteuils, and is designed
Its present stage is slightly
in ceramic mosaic work, the visitor is at once impressed by the size
Our instructions, however, were to find one of the architects, and
Harry Pleon, T. W. Barrett, the Brown and Kelly Combination, in My Wife's
contractor being Mr. Green, and Mr. Gillson foreman of works. Left - A Detail from the Real Photograph (shown above
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