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Auditorium of the former Hippodrome, Brighton, 1988

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  • Image ID
    511
  • Image title
    Auditorium of the former Hippodrome, Brighton, 1988
  • Description
    Colour photograph showing the auditorium of a Mecca bingo hall, formerly the Hippodrome, in Brighton. Taken from the balcony to stage right, it looks directly at the proscenium, with onion-domed boxes either side, the area that would have been the stalls below, and part of the ceiling above which comes in the form of a panelled tent and is richly decorated with boldly modelled Baroque plasterwork.
  • Depicted theatre
    Hippodrome (Brighton)
  • Depiction date
  • Copyright holder
    Ian Grundy
  • Creator
    Mr Ian Grundy

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