London's lost theatres and music halls

[Lear]

For anyone wondering where they all went, here's the definitive list. Many are still standing, but no longer have boards upon which to tread:

http://arthurlloyd.co.uk/LondonsLostTheatres.htm

Lear

 

[Edward]

Excellent resource! I've been to an event in Hoxton Hall - well worth it if you get the chance, it's beautiful.

 

[Lear]

Excellent resource! I've been to an event in Hoxton Hall - well worth it if you get the chance, it's beautiful.

Did an appalling audition there some eight years ago. It was the Cromwell speech from a Robert Bolt play, "Now Sir Thomas, you stand upon your silence...". I remember about five people sitting there in absolute silence. No reaction whatsoever, as I slunk off to the sound of my own footsteps. Scary stuff!

I'm intrigued by the London Hippodrome. Here's the auditorium as it was in July 1900:

http://arthurlloyd.co.uk/Archive/September2003/Auditorium.htm

And this is how they got the elephants up from underneath:

http://twitpic.com/159826

Lear

 

[Edward]

Seeing real, live elephants back in 1900 must really have been something (hell, I'm still excited by it today!). That's quite a feat of engineering. I was only in the Hippodrome the once, back in 2004, for Andrew Logan's Alternative Miss Universe. I never did, to my regret, get around to going when la Clique was on there. I was very pleased to hear they'd turned it back into a theatre, but alas last I heard they're now turning it into a casino with only a very tiny performance area?


(Oh.... and don't get me started on that Cromwell..... )