New Theatre Picturedrome

• Theatre ID
  241
• Built / Converted
  1911
• Dates of use
  • 1910 - 1921
• Current state
  ?
• Current use
  converted to other use (demolished?)
• Address
  Sherwood Avenue, Newark, Lincolnshire, England

Details

This was a very simple steel-framed building with wooden walls and wood inner linings, built as a skating rink in 1909 but adapted for variety shows within nine months. A year later it was again adapted for alternating variety and skating. In this form it had tip-up seats and stage, both removable. By 1921 it was cinema only. The following year it became a warehouse. Despite its 1910 name of New Theatre it had few theatrical features and its live use was, at best, intermittent.

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• Other names
  New Theatre
• Events
  • 1910 - 1921 Use:
  • 1909 Design/Construction: as skating rink
    • H W Lockton & Sheppard - Architect
  • 1911 Alteration: adapted for ciné-variety shows
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1911 Owner/Management: W Payne Seddon & Ernest Pope, lessees, Fowler Thatcher, manager
  • 1911 Owner/Management: J J Holmyard, manager
  • 1911 Owner/Management: London Picture Palace Co, lessees
  • 1913 Owner/Management: J Hough, manager
  • 1920 Owner/Management: George Meads, manager
  • 1921 Owner/Management: Newark Cinemas Ltd, proprietor
• Listings
  • Grade Not listed
• Dimensions
  • Building dimensions: 150ft x 65ft