The Empire Theatre, Great Yarmouth UK was built in 1908 and designed by the Architect A. S. Hewitt.
The Theatre's auditorium was built on two levels, Stalls and one Horseshoe shaped Circle which curves round to almost reach the proscenium.
The Theatre was equipped with dressing rooms and a band room under the stage which was 40 foot wide by 48 foot deep, and had a proscenium opening of 25 foot, and a fly tower with grid and fly rails which are all still in existence although the building is no longer used as a Theatre.
For a while the Theatre was being used as as a nightclub called Zen until that closed down in 2009. Since then it has been left empty and unused and apparently is full of pigeon mess, and the downstairs area (most recently used as a cocktail bar) has been repeatedly flooded.
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Loc: God's Country - COLORADO
Shame about old buildings like that they weren't maintained. Thanks for sharing.
Lovely Shot - I know the area reasonably well
Shame about the modern signs that are erected with no consderation to the buildings characters around them - could you PP this out
Cheers
Karl
Interesting architexture,too bad not restored for a worthwhile use.
It is a beautiful building.
Beautiful architecture, I hope it can be saved.
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