Granada (Rugby)

• Theatre ID
  459
• Built / Converted
  1933
• Dates of use
  • 1933 - 1976
• Current state
  Extant
• Current use
  Bingo
• Address
  North Street/Newbold Road, Rugby, Warwickshire, England

Details

A red brick building at the junction of North Street and Newbold Road. Pitched roof and fly tower. Quite plain auditorium with barrel vaulted ceiling. Shallow curved circle front. Workable depth of stage (stripped of counterweights) only 6.4m (21ft). Used for pop concerts until 1970s. Although used for bingo, restoration to theatre use would be possible but for the vast, impersonal and cold auditorium which is not to its advantage.

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• Other names
  Plaza
• Events
  • 1933 - 1976 Use:
  • 1933 Design/Construction:
    • J H & R B Lyddington (with Leathart & Granger) - Architect
  • 1933 Design/Construction:
    • Campbell Bros Ltd (London) - Consultant: Fibrous Plaster
  • 1933 Owner/Management: Plaza (Rugby) Ltd, owners; Halford W Reddish, managing director
  • 1946 Owner/Management: Granada, owners
  • 1991 Owner/Management: Gala (Bass Brewery), owners
• Capacities
  • Original: 1700
• Listings
  • Grade Not listed
• Dimensions
  • Proscenium width: 39ft x c.25ft