Little (Leicester)

• Theatre ID
  180
• Built / Converted
  1930
• Dates of use
  • 1930: continuing
• Current state
  Extant
• Current use
  Theatre (Amateur theatre)
• Address
  Dover Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, England

Details

Opened as a theatre in 1930, converted from upper part of a nineteenth century Rechabite Hall - originally a Baptist chapel. It has been much altered over the years (including after a fire in 1955), but still looks like an old chapel (gravestones in yard at rear) with added red brick fly tower. Auditorium single-raked with flat ceiling.

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• Events
  • 1823 Design/Construction: as a chapel
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1930 Use: continuing
  • 1930 Alteration: converted to theatre
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1930 - 1932 Owner/Management: Leicester Drama Society, lessee and proprietor
  • 1932 Owner/Management: Rechabite Society, proprietor
  • 1958 Design/Construction:
    • A E Cox & Co - Consultant: Auditorium Decoration
  • 1958 Alteration: stage rebuilt after fire
    • Frank Brown & A L Sharpe - Architect
  • 1967 Alteration: foyer altered
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1974 Alteration: auditorium re-raked; new forestage/orchestra pit
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1989 Alteration: auditorium altered
    • Jonathan Smith & Partners - Architect
• Capacities
  • Original: 1946: 367
  • Later: 1992: 349
  • Current: 349
• Listings
  • Grade Not listed
• Stage type
  • Flat
• Dimensions
  • Stage dimensions: Depth: 1946: 8ft 1992: 9.8m Width 1992: SL: 5.9m SR: 8.4m
  • Proscenium width: 1930: 25ft x 15ft high 1946: 24ft x 12ft
  • Height to grid: 37ft (30 lines of hemp)