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3 unusual facts about Alhambra Theatre Glasgow


Alfred Butt

Outside London Butt opened two new theatres, firstly, the Alhambra Theatre Glasgow in 1910, designed by Sir John James Burnet and, secondly, the Theatre Mogador Paris in 1919 (delayed by the World War I), designed by Bertie Crewe.

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 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.



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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.