Queen's (Burton-upon-Trent)

• Theatre ID
  57
• Built / Converted
  1932
• Dates of use
  • 1932 - 1939
• Current state
  Demolished
• Current use
  demolished
• Address
  341 Wetmore Road, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England

Details

The theatre was most probably converted from an existing building - a malthouse has been suggested. The auditorium was raked and the stage space was described as ‘limited’. It probably took its name from the almost adjacent Queens Hotel. From 1936 to 1939 it was a variety house. Between 1941 and 1944 it was used by the Salvation Army and then became Queen’s Dance Hall. Behind the premises was a cooper’s factory. The owner, Mr Oldham, became the driving force of the theatre in its variety house days. The building was on two floors with the theatre on the first floor, above an electrical wholesaler. The box office was on the ground floor at the foot of an oak staircase which is said to have come from a country house. The auditorium seated approximately 200 in one tier. The proscenium was almost the width of the auditorium. The proscenium height was low and there were no flies. There was no orchestra, just a piano and sometimes a drummer. There were two dressing rooms. There was no get-in, all properties and scenery having to come in through the auditorium. It was owned from the late 1940s by a shoe manufacturer and served a variety of purposes until its final demolition.

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• Events
  • 1932 - 1939 Use:
  • 1932 Design/Construction:
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1932 Alteration: structural alterations
    • Unknown - Architect
  • 1932 Owner/Management: Ted Aubrey, resident manager
  • 1932 Owner/Management: D Oldham, proprietor or lessee
  • 1932 Owner/Management: Walter Bellian, manager (once at Derby Grand)
• Listings
  • Grade Not listed