The Glasgow Gaiety Theatre
Appearance
55°51′29″N 4°15′24″W / 55.858°N 4.2568°W
Tivoli Variety Theatre | |
Address | Argyle StAnderston Cross Glasgow United Kingdom |
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Construction | |
Opened | 1899 |
Closed | 1965 |
Rebuilt | 1904 |
Years active | 66 |
The Glasgow Gaiety Theatre was a cine-theatre in Anderston Cross, Glasgow, Scotland. Originally known as the Victoria Music Hall, then the Tivoli Variety Theatre, and co-founded by a grandson of James Baylis of the Theatre Royal, Glasgow it opened in 1899 presenting Musicals, variety shows and pantomimes. When it was rebuilt in 1904 it changed to operate as a cine-variety under the name of Gaiety Theatre, becoming a full cinema in 1935. The Beatles appeared there in 1963. The cinema closed in 1965.[1][2] It is not to be confused with the Gaiety Theatre, Sauchiehall Street, which became the Empire Theatre.
References
- ^ "Glasgow Gaeity theatre". University of Glasgow. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
- ^ "The Glasgow Gaiety". Retrieved 10 July 2009.
Further reading
- The Theatre Royal: Entertaining a Nation by Graeme Smith published 2008 ISBN 978-0-9559420-0-6