Updates to the site in 2011

The Oxford Music Hall, London - During building work on the site of the Oxford Music Hall some early platerwork details have been revealed which at the time of writing are a bit of mystery. Is this a remaining fragment of the Oxford Theatre or the Lyons Corner House? See Photo Bottom of Page Here

I have begun adding seat plan icons to the west end Theatre pages courtesy the Independent and noncommercial site Seatplan.com which offers excellent advice on the best seats to book for these Theatres. Added so far are the following:

Adelphi Theatre
CambridgeTheatre
DruryLane
HerMajestysTheatre
LondonPalladium
LyceumTheatre
Novello
PalaceTheatre
QueensTheatre
SavoyTheatre

More to follow soon.

16th November 2011

Theatre Royal, Haymarket - New Information for 1887 Added

The Grand Saloon, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane - New Photograph Added

14th November 2011

The Royal Olympic Theatre, London - Page Completely Rebuilt and New Articles and Images Added

13th November 2011

Hulme Hippodrome - Page Updated and New Image Added

Hulme Playhouse - Page Updated and New Image Added

Marie Kendall Added to Commemorative Plaques Page

12th November 2011

The Lyric Theatre, Everton, Liverpool - New Information and Opening Night Poster Added

Details of a wonderful new CD showcasing the music of The Northern Dance Orchestra Added to the Hulme Playhouse Theatre Page

7th November 2011

The Palace Theatre, Swansea - New Listing Added

The Living Theatre, Leicester - New Programme Added

Windmill Slides - Many New Details Added to Captions

6th November 2011

The Theatre Royal, Hyde - New Page Added

5th November 2011

Surrey Theatre / Music Hall, Sheffield - New Information Added

Alexandra Music Hall, Sheffield - New Listing Added

3rd November 2011

The Theatre Royal, New Street, Birmingham - Information on the Royal Patent Added

1st November 2011

The Imperial Theatre, Bordesley, Birmingham - Page Rebuilt and New Article and Images Added

The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury - Page Updated

Sadly the Brighton Astoria is to be demolished - Page Updated

31st October 2011

The Woolwich Grand Theatre - Page Updated

29th October 2011

Garrick Theatre, London - New Image Added and page updated

27th October 2011

Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool - New Article and Images Added

26th October 2011

Kennington Theatre - New Article and Images Added to the page Here

Agricultural Hall / Gaumont Palace, Wolverhampton - More Information Added

Harold Pinter Theatre - Page Updated and New Photograph Added

Cambridge Theatre, London - New Image Added and Page Updated

Novello Theatre, London - New Image Added and Page Updated

Queen's Theatre, Longacre - New Image Added

25th October 2011

Astoria Theatre, Charring Cross Road - Replacement Theatre Proposal Information Added to the page

24th October 2011

Opera House, Londonderry - Page Rebuilt and New Article and Image Added

Windmill Slides are now all Captioned although some details are as yet unknown

23rd October 2011

The Cheltenham Everyman Theatre - Many New Images Added

22nd October 2011

Half The Windmill Slides Are Now Captioned - More Soon

21st October 2011

In 1940 Kenneth Bandy, who was the House Manager at the Windmill Theatre at the time, set about photographing some of the scenes from the Revudeville shows at the Windmill Theatre on to 35mm colour slides. These slides now belong to Maurice Poole who has had them restored and digitised by David Rose and has kindly sent them in for inclusion on the site. There are 256 of these slides and all you need to do to see them all is to click the image above.

19th October 2011

The Cheltenham Everyman Theatre - Page Rebuilt and New Articles and Images Added

16th October 2011

The Queen's Theatre, Longacre, London - Page Restructured and New Article Added

15th October 2011

Dewsbury Empire - Opening Night Programe Added

Savoy Super Cinema, Northampton - New Video Added

Old Vic, London - New Image Added

Cambridge Theatre, London - New Sketch of the Theatre Added

14th October 2011

Arthur and his family were involved in a near tragedy in 1898 aboard the Steam Ship Ban Righ - Article Added to his Biography

Prince of Wales Theatre, Middlesbrough - New Images and Information Added

1st October 2011

Queen's Theatre, Long Acre - New information on the exact position of this Theatre has now been Added

28th September 2011

The Riverside Theatre, Battersea - Festival Gardens Brochure Extract and Images Added

27th September 2011

Theatre Royal, New Street, Birmingham - New information Added

Theatre Royal, Bradford - New Image Added

26th September 2011

The Grand Theatre and Her Majesty's Theatre, Walsall - Four New Photos Added

Novello Theatre - Information about Ivor Novello's flat at the Theatre Added

25th September 2011

Gaiety Theatre, Strand Musick Hall, London - Page Completely Rebuilt and New Articles and Images Added, Special Feature Incorporated and - Page Moved Here

15th September 2011

The Comedy Theatre will be renamed the Harold Pinter Theatre in October - Site Updated to Reflect This and Page Moved Here

The Granville Theatre, Walham Green Fulham - New Image and Programmes Added

14th September 2011

Souvenir Programme for the first Royal Command Performance at the Palace Theatre, London in 1912 - Major New Page Added

Palace Theatre, London - New Image Added

The Royal Opera House, Coventry - New Image Added

13th September 2011

Royal Hippodrome / Hengler's Grand Cirque, Liverpool - Page Restructured to include both venues and New Information Added

12th September 2011

Grand Theatre, Swansea - New Page Added

8th September 2011

Prince's Theatre, Bradford - New Images Added

Andie Caine - New Page Added

Harry Braham and Lizzie Watson - Biographical Details Added Here

7th September 2011

The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane - Page Restructured and New Information and Images Added

6th September 2011

The London Opera House, Kingsway - New Information Added for the 'Come Over Here' Commemorative Glass Jar

Palace Theatre, London - New Image Added near bottom of page

5th September 2011

The Whitehall Theatre, London - New Images Added

Royal and Derngate Theatres, Northampton - New Images Added

4th September 2011

The Royal Court Theatre, Bacup - Page Rebuilt and New Information and Images Added

Details of the latest edition of 'Old Theatres' Magazine Added

3rd September 2011

The Cambridge Theatre, London - New Image and Info Added for the Magic Castle Period

31st August 2011

Wilton's Music Hall - Page Completely Rebuilt and New Information and Images Added

29th August 2011

Adelphi Theatre, London - New Programme cover Added for 'The Dancing Years' signed by Ivor Novello

Kingston Empire - New Image Added

Riverside Theatre, Battersea Park -New Image Added

Windmill Girls Photographs - Captions Updated for some of these

26th August 2011

The Windmill Girls' Annual Reunion - New Page Added

The Playhouse Theatre, Halifax - Listing Updated and Error Corrected

Priestley Centre, Bradford - Error Corrected

24th August 2011

Shaftesbury Theatre, London - New Image Added

Theatre Royal, Drury Lane - New Image Added

Piccadilly Theatre, London - New Image Added

23rd August 2011

Sheffield Theatres and Cinemas - Many New Images Added

The Riverside Theatre, Festival Gardens, Battersea Park - New Image Added

19th August 2011

The Riverside Theatre, Festival Gardens, Battersea Park - New Page Added

Wolverhampton Grand - Several New Images Added

18th August 2011

The Birkenhead Hippodrome - New Image Added

17th August 2011

Lyceum Theatre, London -New Photos of the 1996 Reconstruction Added

Arthur Lloyd's 'The Organ Grinder' - New Colour Song Sheet Cover Added

Whilst I have been away Google have done something horrible to the search results pages for my site. The background colour should match the site colours and always used to but now the results pages are almost unreadable.
I am trying to find a fix for this so please bare with me.

29th July 2011

Sadler's Wells Theatre - New Images Added for its 1996 Demolition

27th July 2011

Wolverhampton Theatres and Halls - New Page Added with Many Articles and Images

The Palladium Picture House, Brixton - Page Updated

26th July 2011

The Theatre Royal, Dumfries, Scotland - New Page Added

25th July 2011

Theatres in Blyth - Page Updated and Several Images Added

Olympia Theatre, Glasgow Demolition - Yet More New Images Added

20th July 2011

Woolwich Odeon - New Image Added

19th July 2011

Theatres Royal, Blyth - New Information and Video Added

17th July 2011

London Trocadero - New Article and Images Added for the 1930s Period

Olympia Theatre, Glasgow Demolition - Even More New Images Added

15th July 2011

Theatre Royal and Opera House, Wakefield - New Page Added

13th July 2011

Olympia Theatre, Glasgow Demolition - New Images Added to bottom of page

11th July 2011

Ulster Hall, Belfast - New Image Added

2nd July 2011

Palace Theatre, Oldham - New Image Added

Grand Opera House, Belfast - New Image Added

29th June 2011

Theatre Royal, Leicester - New Images Added

28th June 2011

The current Theatre Royal and Drum Theatre, Plymouth - New Listing Added

The Gaumont Palace, Plymouth - New Listing Added

Palace Theatre, Plymouth - Many New Images Added

Olympia Theatre, Glasgow Demolition - New Image Added to bottom of page

22nd June 2011

Theatres and Music Halls in Newport, South Wales - Page Completely Rebuilt and New Information and Images Added

20th June 2011

The Regal Theatre, Wimbledon - New Page Added

Brixton Theatre - New Programme Added

17th June 2011

Theatre Royal, Halifax - More Information and New Programme Added

Olympia Theatre, Glasgow - More Information Added

16th June 2011

The Wrexham Hippodrome - New Programme Added

Arthur Lloyd's 'I vowed that I never would leave her' - New Information Added

15th June 2011

Glasgow's Olympia Theatre is being partly demolished for a major regeneration scheme - New Photos and Information Added

14th June 2011

Wilson Keppel & Betty - New Article by Des Kerins Added

The Tivoli Theatre, Dover -New Page Added

13th June 2011

Theatre Architect C. J. Phipps - New Photograph Added

Her Majesty's Theatre, London - New Image Added

12th June 2011

Empress Theatre, Brixton - More Information on the 1930s rebuild and photographs of the frieze by Hermon Cawthra Added

The London Palladium - Many New Photos Added

11th June 2011

Empress Theatre, Brixton - New information on the 1930s rebuild Added

4th June 2011

Horatio Lloyd at the Caledonian Theatre, Glasgow - New Poster Added

3rd June 2011

King's Theatre, Haymarket - Two New 1790s Indentures Added

2nd June 2011

The Rialto Cinema, Coventry Street, London - New Page Added

1st June 2011

The National Opera House on the Thames Embankment, London -New Site Photos Added

31st May 2011

Theatre Royal, Oxford - New Page Added

Kilburn Empire - New Poster Added

Barnes Theatre, Richmond - New Programme Added

29th May 2011

The Theatre That Never Was - The Story of the National Opera House on the Thames Embankment, London - New Page Added

26th May 2011

“Mr and Mrs Revudeville” A Pictorial look at The Windmill Theatre's JohnLaw and Margaret Cooper in this exclusive article for www.arthurlloyd.co.uk by Jill Millard Shapiro

25th May 2011

Empire Theatre / Day's Crystal Palace Concert Hall, Birmingham - Page Rebuilt and Many New Images Added Here and Here

New theatre, Oxford - New Images Added

Playhouse Theatre, Oxford - New Image Added

24th May 2011

The Granville Theatre, Walham Green Fulham - New Listing Added

23rd May 2011

Britannia Theatre, Hoxton - New Information Added

Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford - New Page Added

Odeon, Magdalen Street, Oxford - New Page Added

Pegasus Theatre, Oxford - New Page Added

22nd May 2011

Leeds City Varieties - Page Rebuilt and New Information and Video Added

21st May 2011

The Alexandra Theatre, Stoke Newington - Page Restructured and New Article and Many New Images Added

16th May 2011

The Holywell Music Room, Oxford - New Page Added

Toole's Theatre, London - Page Reconstructed and New Articles and Images Added

Wimbledon Theatre - New Programme for Marlene Dietrich's final London Performances Added

15th May 2011

The Alhambra Theatre, Leicester Square - A New Film made from an original set of triple lantern slides depicting the fire of 1882 has been created for the site and sent in for inclusion - See It Here

6th May 2011

Grand Theatre, Nottingham - New Information and Article Added

5th May 2011

Nottingham Theatre Royal - New Articles and Images Added

Nottingham Empire - New Article Added

4th May 2011

Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show Visits Leicester in 1891, an article by David Garratt - New Page Added

David Garratt has researched and written a number of informative and interesting articles on various Theatres for this site recently. You may like to find out more about him so I have added a Biography page for him here

3rd May 2011

OFS Studio / Old Fire Station Theatre, Oxford - New Page Added

Hippodrome Theatre, Oxford - New Page Added

30th April 2011

Playhouse Theatre and Burton Taylor Studio, Oxford - New Page Added

29th April 2011

Scala Theatre, Charlotte Street, London - Page Rebuilt and New Information and Images Added

Bristol Old Vic - New Information on the Current Refurbishment and Archaeological Dig Added

28th April 2011

Colston Hall and Little Theatre, Bristol - Page Rebuilt and New Information Added

Tivoli Theatre, Bristol - New Information Added

Vaudeville Theatre, Bristol - New Page Added

27th April 2011

London Hippodrome Staff Photographs - New Information Added for the 1918 Photo

About Music Hall Page - New Image Added Top of Page

Details of the latest edition of 'Old Theatres' Magazine Added

26th April 2011

David Garratt who has recently done such a splendid job of adding all of Leicester's Theatres to the site has now very kindly begun work on Adding Oxford's Theatres too, the first of which is - The New Theatre, Oxford - New Page Added

Gus Elen's house added to Plaques page

25th April 2011

We Never Closed - Jill Millard Shapiro meets Margaret McGrath, the Windmill Theatre’s Blonde Bombshell of the Blitz, in this exclusive article for www.arthurlloyd.co.uk

22nd April 2011

Gatti's / Players Theatres - Page Updated

12th April 2011

The Dalston Theatre - New Page Added

Billy Eckstine at the Coventry Hippodrome - New Image Added

10th April 2011

Royal Aquarium, Westminster - New Information Added on the fate of the Hall's Organ

Palace Theatre, Aberdeen - New Image and Information Added

8th April 2011