Building    From 21/9/1896  To 8/11/1940

Brixton Theatre

Categories: Theatre

Theatre designed by Frank Matcham. It had a capacity of 1,504, and was home to plays, small touring productions, and Christmas pantomimes. It was renamed the Melville Theatre in 1940, but was destroyed in an air raid shortly afterwards. The Ritzy Cinema now occupies the site.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Brixton Theatre

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Brixton Theatre foundation stone

Although not actually named, this lonely, vandalised stone is all that remain...

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Albert Finney

Albert Finney

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1 memorial
George Edwardes

George Edwardes

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Person, Theatre

1 memorial
Sir Noel Coward

Sir Noel Coward

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Person, Cinema, Gender Issues, Music / songs, Seriously Famous, Theatre, Jamaica

4 memorials
Richard Berkeley Sutcliffe

Richard Berkeley Sutcliffe

From V&A: “Berkeley Sutcliffe was one of the leading stage designers of the mid 20th century. He was best known for his spectacular and amusing scenery and for the costumes which he designed fo...

Person, Art, Theatre

1 memorial
St Bride Foundation Institute

St Bride Foundation Institute

Established to meet the educational, cultural and social needs of a community working within the burgeoning print industry of the Victorian era.  The Londonphile has visited and photographed the in...

Group, Journalism / Publishing, Museums / Libraries, Theatre

1 memorial

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1745 Association

1745 Association

Oddly with a contact address in Oxfordshire, this association does a splendid job keeping the story of the Jacobite rebellion of 1745 alive.

Group, History

1 memorial