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Description: | The Kings Theatre opened in 1905. It was built on a sharp road junction, which resulted in the unusual fan-shaped building. There were 18 rows of seats with a promenade and a saloon lounge over the main entrance. The whole theatre held over 2000 people. The opening performance was of the musical comedy Floradora. The owners of the theatre intended to run Kings as a ‘high-class’ establishment by either only hiring London theatre companies or those of first class reputation from elsewhere . However, Gateshead was outside the theatre circuit system and the best shows never appeared. The theatre struggled and was eventually converted to a cinema. The Kings was renamed twice after the First World War becoming the Empire in 1918 and finally the Essoldo in 1950. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.asaplive.com/Lco/Lco.cfm?ccs=629&cs=2674&Preview=1 | Publisher: | Gateshead Council | Rights holder: | Gateshead Council | Subjects: | Streets Shops | Temporal: | name=Edwardian; start=1901; end=1910; | Source: | iSee Gateshead | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk/detail.php?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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