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2 unusual facts about Alhambra Theatre


Alhambra Theatre

The name was also adopted by many other British music hall theatres located elsewhere; in Bradford, in Hull and in Glasgow etc.

Alhambra Theatre, Manchester

The Alhambra Theatre in Higher Openshaw, Manchester, England, was opened in 1910, part of the H. D. Moorhouse Theatre Circuit, but it had been converted to a cinema by the outbreak of the First World War in 1914.


Robert W. Paul

After some demonstrations before scientific groups, he was asked to supply a projector and staff to the Alhambra Music Hall in Leicester Square, and he presented his first theatrical programme on 25 March 1896.


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Alhambra Theatre Glasgow

The Alhambra Theatre, Glasgow opened on 19 December 1910 at the corner of Waterloo Street and Wellington Street, Glasgow under the direction of Sir Alfred Butt and was acknowledged as one of the best equipped theatres in Britain, planned to accommodate 2,800 people.

Kathleen Gibson

Her talent was noticed by C. B. Cochran who auditioned her and she became one of Cochran's Young Ladies and on 30 November 1933, took the important role as Ena Hawkins in a production of "Mr Whittington" at the Alhambra Theatre, Glasgow, starring alongside Jack Buchanan.