Empire Theatre [Southend on Sea]
type: Item
label: Empire Theatre
description: Theatre building in Southend on Sea, United Kingdom
description: theater in Southend-on-Sea @nl
EUTA building identifier: 847
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: United Kingdom
GPS: Point(0.7125 51.5355)
Wikidata source: Q7007107
opening date: 1896-01-01T00:00:00Z
demolished: 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z
Address: 22 Alexandra Street, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS1 1BU, England
City: Southend on Sea
Theatres Trust Database ID: 315
Wikidata instance: Q41253
Carthalia ID: 2863
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1896 as Empire Theatre. 2000 seats. 1920 converted into a cinema, reopened as Rivoli Cinema. 1961 refurbishments, reopened 1962 as ABC Cinema. Closed 1998. Re-opened 1998 as New Empire Theatre, used by amateur theatre groups. Closed 2008. Damaged by arson in July 2015. Remains demolished in 2017.