Coliseum (Stoke-on-Trent)

• Theatre ID
  1192
• Built / Converted
  1914
• Dates of use
  • 1914 - 1918
• Current state
  Demolished
• Current use
  demolished
• Address
  Bourne's Bank, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST6, England

Details

The Coliseum opened on 16 November 1914 and was converted to a cinema in 1918. The main entrance had a Corinthian portico from which staircases and corridors led to the house. There were two circles and no side boxes, although a line of side boxes encircled the rear of the ground floor, and there were two boxes in line of the circle above. There were plaster mouldings in the auditorium, and above the proscenium the Burslem Arms. There was no fly tower.

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• Other names
  Gaumont
• Events
  • 1914 - 1918 Use:
  • 1914 Design/Construction:
    • Wood & Goldstraw (Hanley & Tunstall) - Architect
  • 1914 - 1918 Owner/Management: Burslem Coliseum Ltd, proprietors
  • 1918 Alteration: converted to cinema, alterations unknown (architect unknown).
  • 1918 Owner/Management: London & Midland Circuit Ltd, proprietors; H T Underwood, managing director
• Capacities
  • Original: c.1790 (stalls, pit, dress circle 1328; box)
• Listings
  • Grade Not listed
• Dimensions
  • Stage dimensions: Depth: 26ft Width: 56ft
  • Proscenium width: 32ft