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unusual facts about Kings Theatre, Southsea


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Internal theatre scenes were shot at the King's Theatre in Southsea, Portsmouth.


Aaron Steadman

His regular performances charity work and major scale productions are seen by many in the south most notably so for his production of The Little Shop of Horrors) at the Kings Theatre, Southsea.

Basil Hall Chamberlain

Chamberlain was born in Southsea (a part of Portsmouth) on the south coast of England, the son of an Admiral William Charles Chamberlain and his wife Eliza Hall, the daughter of the travel writer Basil Hall.

Frances Eleanor Trollope

Frances died 14 August 1913 at Southsea, where she had been living with her sister Ellen.

John de Mestre Hutchison

The young Hutchison attended Eastman's Naval Academy in Southsea, Portsmouth before he joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1876.

SixNationState

The band also performed at the Southsea Fest, finishing with a set at The Wedgewood Rooms.

Southsea Railway

Southsea is now served by stations at Fratton, Portsmouth & Southsea, and Portsmouth Harbour (also called The Hard), with regular trains to London Waterloo and coastway services.

Southsea Shakespeare Actors

When the Pier declined it moved again to the King's Theatre, performing there during the 1970s and early 1980s before becoming more multi-venue (albeit with the Portsmouth Arts Centre and New Theatre Royal as its main venues).

The Southsea Shakespeare Actors are an amateur theatrical group in Southsea.

Southsea, Wrexham

The Wrexham historian Alfred Neobard Palmer noted that the name Southsea first appeared on the rate books as early as 1786, though also commenting that this was "an absurd name which should never have been adopted, especially as there was an appropriate name ready to hand".

The Cockleshell Heroes

The training camp scenes in the film were shot at Eastney Barracks in Southsea, Hampshire.


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