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21st October 2018

The Midland Hotel Theatre

The Midland Hotel is one of Manchester’s iconic buildings which was built by the Midland Railway Company and opened its doors in 1903. So when I found some programmes for the Midland Hotel Theatre in Manchester Central Library Archives+; it was with great surprise to discover that there had been a theatre inside the Midland Hotel, it was so...

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7th October 2018

The Tivoli Theatre

The Tivoli Theatre opened in 1897 on Peter Street where the Folly Theatre had been, it had had alterations to the outside to make it more ornate and was in use until 1921 when it then became a cinema. When it opened in 1897 it had the exciting new Adolphe Langfriers Cinematographe in use, this was an early version of...

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27th September 2018

The Folly Theatre, Manchester

The Folly Theatre which was on Peter Street, Manchester was opened in the 1880’s by Edward Garcia who also owned the Comedy Theatre at that time. Here is a waterprint picture of what the theatre looked like It was purely a variety show theatre, they didn’t appear to put on plays or operetta’s. In 1893 Little Tich appeared as top...

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14th July 2018

The Prince’s Theatre, Oxford Street, Manchester

I have finished cataloguing the theatre programmes from The Prince’s Theatre, which was on Oxford Street, Manchester and practically opposite St Peter’s Square as you will see from the picture below. It is the building with the yellow facade in its main area and green coloured at the street level Today the site of where the Prince’s theatre was in...

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24th June 2018

The Hippodrome Theatre

This theatre was on Oxford Street, Manchester and when it closed in 1935 it became a famous Manchester cinema ‘The Gaumont’ which had the equally well known ‘Gaumont Long Bar’ , sadly that closed in 1974. Below is a short you tube clip of the actual theatre in its heyday. The programmes for this theatre are so beautiful that...

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The Midland Hotel Theatre

The Tivoli Theatre

The Folly Theatre, Manchester

The Prince’s Theatre, Oxford Street, Manchester

The Hippodrome Theatre