Hollywood Cinema

• Theatre ID
  1021
• Built / Converted
  1948
• Current state
  Extant
• Current use
  Cinema (Triple cinema)
• Address
  41 London Road South, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 0AS, England

Details

Built on or near the site of the Bridge Hall Pavilion; originally as a theatre, gutted by fire in 1946, it was rebuilt and enlarged, with a fly tower added. It was then used as a repertory theatre but later became a night club and bingo house. It is now a three-screen cinema. The frontage is utilitarian. Screen One was originally the stalls. The safety curtain and the flys remain. The original wooden floor of the stage is still in place but the stage now has a false ceiling. The proscenium arch is rectangular. Some of the original ceiling mouldings can be seen.

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• Other names
  New Playhouse, Playhouse Theatre, New Playhouse Theatre, Arcadia Theatre, Theatre Royal, Royal Casino
• Events
  • 1926 Design/Construction:
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1948 Alteration: rebuilt following fire
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1962 Alteration: converted to nightclub
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1989 Alteration: converted to cinema
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1952 Owner/Management: Roy Barbour
  • 1960 Owner/Management: Noel Gay Organisation
  • 1989 Owner/Management: Trevor Wicks
• Capacities
  • Original: Said to be 800
  • Current: c.700
• Listings
  • Grade Not listed