Princess Theatre (Hunstanton)

• Theatre ID
  2163
• Built / Converted
  1932
• Dates of use
  • 1932: continuing
• Current state
  Extant
• Current use
  Theatre (Theatre and cinema)
• Address
  The Green/St Edmunds Terrace, Hunstanton, Norfolk, PE36 5AH, England
• Website
  • http://www.princesstheatrehunstanton.co.uk

Details

Opened as the Capitol Cinema, a conversion of a hotel called Simpsons and built for occasional use as theatre. Of frame construction with local carrstone facing, stands on the sea front but partly on the north side masked by a row of late nineteenth century residences with modern co-ordinated bungalow shop fronts. A single storey entrance and foyer extension built in 1998 quietly designed in metal and glass. The auditorium is a simple exercise in 1930s design with stripped classical plaster decoration to the proscenium arch. A shallow moulded flat ceiling, and rather naive box on each return wall. Raked floor and balcony of typical cinema proportions and sightlines. A very lively theatre with a diverse programme.

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• Other names
  Capitol Cinema, Kingsley Centre
• Events
  • 1932 Use: continuing
  • 1932 Design/Construction: (architect unknown).
  • 1932 Owner/Management: Ben Culey
  • 1981 Owner/Management: King's Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council
  • 1998 Alteration: front of house extension (architect unknown).
• Capacities
  • Current: 464
• Listings
  • Grade Not listed
• Stage type
  • Proscenium rake 1:40, no traps, optional forestage
• Dimensions
  • Proscenium width: 8m
  • Height to grid: 10.1m
  • Orchestra pit: 8.1m x 1.67m (railed off from auditorium seating; alternative use for forestage area)