August 2019 ⋆ Manchester Theatre History

30th August 2019

‘Ragtime’ arrives at the Opera House, Manchester 1912

The Beginings of a New Theatre on Quay St, Manchester When the Opera House Theatre first opened in Dec 1912 it was not called the Opera House but the New Theatre. In 1915 it was renamed the New Queen’s Theatre as a tribute to the former Queen’s Theatre which had started out in Spring Gardens in 1755. It was...

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18th August 2019

Fun at the Palace Theatre, Manchester 1946

1946 England wanted to be entertained and be a happy place to live in again after the war. The popular quiz show Have A Go! with Wilfred Pickles was first broadcast on BBC Radio, it ran for 21 years. The BBC Light Programme transmitted the first episode of the radio programme Woman’s Hour , which is still running 70 years later. ...

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2nd August 2019

Manchester’s first music festival and ball 1828 at the Theatre Royal

The origins of the music festival and grand fancy dress ball In October 1828 Manchester rose to prominence with it’s first music festival. One of the places it was advertised in was a playbill at The Theatre Royal, Manchester. It was organised by the Chairman, Deputy-chairman, Gentlemen and Stewards of the Committee of the ‘Gentleman’s Concert Society’ . The concerts...

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Monthly Archive: August, 2019

‘Ragtime’ arrives at the Opera House, Manchester 1912

Fun at the Palace Theatre, Manchester 1946

Manchester’s first music festival and ball 1828 at the Theatre Royal