Theatre Royal Wakefield [Wakefield]
type: Item
description: Theatre building in Wakefield, United Kingdom
description: theater in Wakefield @nl
alternative label: Theatre Royal Wakefield
EUTA building identifier: 840
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: United Kingdom
City: Wakefield
GPS: Point(-1.5027 53.6821)
Wikidata source: Q7777441
opening date: 1894-10-15T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
Address: 12 Drury Lane / Westgate, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 2TE, England
Web: www.wakefieldtheatres.co.uk
architect: Frank Matcham
Theatres Trust Database ID: 2325
Wikidata instance: Q32350958
Arthur Lloyd.co.uk page: Wakefield.htm#royal
Carthalia ID: 2870
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1894 by Frank Matcham. Opened 15 Oct 1894 as Wakefield Opera House. Since the 1920s also used as for film screenings, from 1954 exclusively used as a cinema. Later converted into a bingo hall. Reopened 1981 as Wakefield Theatre Royal and Opera House and again used as a live theatre.