Coliseum (Aberdare)

• Theatre ID
  912
• Built / Converted
  1938
• Dates of use
  • 1938: continuing
• Current state
  Extant
• Current use
  Theatre (national touring house and community use)
• Address
  Mount Pleasant Street, Trecynon, Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taff, CF44 8NG, Wales
• Website
  • Coliseum - RCT Cultural Services

Details

Erected in 1938 as the Trecynon Welfare Hall the building was re-opened as a theatre in 1992 after considerable refurbishment. A further extension was completed in 1995 to provide front of house facilities. Originally a plain three-bay rendered front, the centre bay slightly advanced with three windows above the entrance canopy and a pedimental gable combining the date, 1938, and the name COLISEUM. The 1995 extensions have been sympathetically designed. The auditorium is rectangular with a rectangular proscenium and linear ornament on the adjoining walls and cove over. The dér has the effect of bringing the eye directly to the stage. The friezes in the auditorium and foyer are plastercasts of brass wall plates that used to be displayed in the Rex Cinema in the town centre.

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• Other names
  New Welfare Hall
• Events
  • 1938 Use: continuing
  • 1938 - 0 Design/Construction: (architect unknown).
  • 1992 - 0 Alteration: first phase of major renovation - theatre re-opened.
    • Kirkham, Williams & Lewis - Architect
  • 1995 - 0 Alteration: extension completed, providing large foyer, box office and other ancillary facilities.
    • Kirkham, Williams & Lewis - Architect
  • 1926 - 0 Owner/Management: Trecynon Welfare Committee purchased site.
  • 1989 - 0 Owner/Management: Cynon Valley Borough Council (now Rhondda Cynon Taf County BC), owners.
• Capacities
  • Original: 'Nearly 800'
  • Current: 617
• Listings
  • Grade Not listed
• Dimensions
  • Proscenium width: 7.9m
  • Height to grid: 12m