Adeline Genee

• Theatre ID
  1962
• Built / Converted
  1967
• Dates of use
  • 1967 - 1989
• Current state
  Extant
• Current use
  converted to other use (Security Training Centre)
• Address
  Lingfield Road, East Grinstead, West Sussex, England

Details

Built as a dance theatre for Bush Davies School capable of use as a professional theatre. Not one of the great post-war theatres, but well suited to its original purpose and it is a great pity that a building named after such a historically significant dancer should have been lost to the public. The theatre ceased to operate in 1989 when the ballet school closed and the building purchased by security firm Sabrewatch. Rectilinear exterior in concrete and brick. Plainly finished auditorium in a single rake with a wide proscenium.

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• Events
  • 1967 - 1989 Use:
  • 1967 Design/Construction: Clifford & Carmen, with John Wyckham
    • W Kemp of W B Starr - Architect
  • 1967 Design/Construction:
    • Lonsdale-Hands - Consultant: Original Auditorium Decor
    • John Wyckham - Consultant: Theatre Consultant
  • 1967 - 1989 Owner/Management: Bush Davies School, owner
  • 1989 Owner/Management: Sabrewatch, owner
• Capacities
  • Original: 330
• Listings
  • Grade Not listed
• Stage type
  • Proscenium. Flat
• Dimensions
  • Proscenium width: 10.36m (34ft)
  • Height to grid: 11.59m (38ft)
  • Orchestra pit: 25