Alhambra (Dunfermline)

• Theatre ID
  2318
• Built / Converted
  1924
• Current state
  Extant
• Current use
  Bingo (cinema by 1950)
• Address
  33 Canmore Street & New Row, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Details

A mighty pile of red facing brick dwarfs the modest three storey entrance block of three bays with red sandstone dressings to Canmore Street. A soaring castellated fly-tower casts its shadow across New Row. The foyer is lofty with composite columns and pay booths flanking a high arch. The auditorium is spacious and theatrical in form and decoration (similar to Milburn & Milburn designs of the same period). A single large fully cantilevered balcony meeting stacks of superimposed stage boxes with enriched pilasters and broken pediments, two each side. The proscenium arch is curved with egg and dart moulding and flanking pilasters. Above is a deep frieze with cartouches and a flat panelled ceiling. The stage is very large and now put to good use as the no smoking section of the bingo club. Having lost the Opera House, Dunfermline presently lacks a theatre. However, the Alhambra is a very large building and may be difficult to fill, although the town has a large hinterland. It is well cared for as a bingo club.

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• Events
  • 1924 Design/Construction:
    • John Fraser - Architect
  • 1924 Owner/Management: Dunfermline Alhambra Ltd (Henry Hare)
  • 1998 Owner/Management: Carlton Leisure
• Capacities
  • Later: 1951: 1700
  • Current: est. 1000
• Listings
  • Grade B