Grand Theatre [Lancaster]
type: Item
label: Grand Theatre
description: Theatre building in Lancaster, United Kingdom
description: theater in het Verenigd Koninkrijk @nl
EUTA building identifier: 704
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: United Kingdom
City: Lancaster
GPS: Point(-2.7966 54.05)
Wikidata source: Q5595137
opening date: 1782-01-01T00:00:00Z
Capacity: 457
Address: St. Leonardgate, Lancaster, LA1 1NL, England
Web: www.lancastergrand.co.uk
Theatres Trust Database ID: 2264
Redevelopment date: 1897-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q41253
Carthalia ID: 2809
theatricalia id: wf/grand-theatre-lancaster-lancaster
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Opened June 1782 as The Theatre. 1849 alterations, reopened as a music hall and museum. Closed 1882. 1884 reopened as Athenaeum Theatre. 1897 alterations by Frank Matcham. Interior destroyed by a fire in 1908. Rebuilt by Albert Winstanley within the existing walls and reopened as Grand Theatre. From 1936, used as a cinema. 1951 bought by the Lancaster Footlights Club. Since then, again used for live theatre. 457 seats.