Two fantastic #BMHS events this October! 🎭 📚 Archive on Show @ Lambeth Archives – Thu 9 Oct, 2pm 🎤 Kirsty Roberts Talk @ The Water Rats – Tue 21 Oct, 7pm (celebrating Black performers in Morecambe’s history) 📖 Book here: britishmusichallsociety.com/events

The wonderful Tyne Theatre and Opera House celebrates its birthday today, having first opened on this day in 1867 🎂 The auditorium structure remains the same as when it was first built and is one of the finest of its period. 📸 Ian Grundy

Anyone else notice the fabulous foyer of Soho Theatre Walthamstow, site of a recent @frankmatchamsoc.bsky.social guided tour, featured on the first episode of this year's Strictly Come Dancing where contestants met their professional dancing partners and sashayed down those glamorous stairs?

#SheffieldIsSuper #Sheffield A chance for a guided tour of the Abbeydale Picture House on 21 September - part of Heritage Open Days.

Chance to tour the interiors of some amazing & at risk UK theatre buildings thanks to the Theatres Trust 🎭 www.theatrestrust.org.uk/latest/news/...

Congratulations to HOME and Jon Matthews Architects for winning @news.architectsjournal.co.uk Retrofit & Reuse Award for Adaptive Reuse for the fantastic HOME Arches project We were lucky enough to get a sneak preview of the space last year as part of our conference #RetroFirst

Fantastic to see Citizens Theatre in Glasgow reopened 🎉 It is a major project in which Theatres Trust has been closely involved over the past decade, including an Advisory review, planning application support and two small but significant grants www.theatrestrust.org.uk/latest/news/...

Edmund Yates checks out the audience at the Alhambra Music Hall, Leicester Square, in 1867

Man, the timing of this: so sad. But what a legacy: brilliant theatre everyone could afford.

How Libraries Stand the Test of Time The digital era builds upon millennia of librarianship as humans strive to preserve our cultural heritage. By: Maria Papadouris daily.jstor.org/how-librarie... Libraries at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje... #books #libraries

We’re thrilled to announce that Chris Sudworth has been appointed as the new CEO of Hackney Empire, starting in January 2026. Chris will join us from his role as Creative Director at Birmingham Hippodrome. Read the full story here: www.hackneyempire.co.uk/news/chris-sudworth-appointed-ceo

As proud participants in Open House for over 23 years, we invite you to explore the rich history and stunning architecture of our almost 125- year-old building this September! Book your guided tour or drop in between 10am - 1pm, www.hackneyempire.co.uk/events/open-house-2025

Today I visited Kings Theatre, Southsea, with the Portsmouth Urban Sketching group. Some of them appear in my sketch from the dress circle. Sailor fude fountain pen in A4 sketchbook.

Ceiling & balconies of The Kings Theatre in #Southsea, built by theatre designer Frank Matcham, it opened in 1907 #CeilingsOnSunday

For @thequietus.com, Dan McCarthy explores how the century-old tradition of member-owned social clubs is offering a future for grassroots music venues - and how Music Venue Properties is scaling that model nationwide.

We’re saddened to hear of the passing of Terry Lane, founder and first Artistic Director of the Traverse. Terry built the theatre in 1962 and helped shape its bold spirit and commitment to new writing. We’re deeply thankful for his vision and legacy.

Want to know more about what we do? Then please join us at our next Campaign Meeting on 8:00pm on Wednesday 27th August. Details on how to join us on Zoom are here: https://streathamhilltheatre.org/events

Before Hollywood… before fame…a young Charlie Chaplin appeared on stage at the Hippodrome! From Leicester Square to the Hippodrome, our walk traces the footsteps of legends — long before the lights of Hollywood found them.

Every venue is different, but the challenges they face often look the same. These visits help shape our campaigns, our strategy, and the way we fight for this sector. Thanks to everyone who attended our Venues Meeting in Frome last week. Next stop Sunderland!

A huge part of what we do is going out there across the country to meet up with venues, and have conversations about what we’re doing - the challenges, the successes, and more importantly listening to what they need.

A new exhibition at Lancaster Maritime Museum showcases stories of black entertainers from Morecambe’s golden era, featuring items from the BMHS Archive. Researched by Kirsty Roberts, she will be ‘In the Limelight’ at the Water Rats on October 21, 2025. Booking link: buff.ly/KcC0Rtu

Exciting opportunity to play an important role in the next step in @leiththeatre.bsky.social's journey towards revival Leith Theatre is on our #TheatresAtRisk Register www.leiththeatre.co.uk/news-feature...

Norwich Theatre Royal - an excellent visít yesterday, thanks to Frank Matcham Society! #historictheatres #visittheatres

A visit to the Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich, with the Frank Matcham Society #historictheatres #visittheatres

Mosaic greeting in the foyer of the #LondonColiseum designed by #FrankMatcham on a Roman theme, opened in 1904 as an upmarket Theatre of Varieties. #MosaicMonday

'Gallery of the Old Bedford', Camden Town (c.1895) by Walter Sickert (Walker Art Gallery)

We've been advising King's Theatre in Southsea on its plans to integrate neighbouring shop units to improve its front-of-house space, make the theatre more accessible and create a second performance studio Good news - planning permission has been granted

Very happy with the cover for my Magic Rays of Light. It features a detail from a painting titled 'Starlight' by Harry Rutherford, which he sketched in the studio at AP, and which now hangs in the reading room of BBC Written Archives Centre at Caversham. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/magic-ray...

Just been writing about Elisabeth Scott, the first woman to win a major architectural commission in open competition in 1928. She designed the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in #Stratford then Fawcett Hall @newnhamcollege.bsky.social and #Bournemouth pier theatre

buxtonoperahouse.org.uk/news/tnlhf-g... good news for Buxton Opera House, a Frank Matcham masterpiece #Matcham #theatrearchitecture #historictheatres

Our new creative workshop and performance space, located just a few doors along from the main Belgrade building on Corporation Street, in the former basement bar, The Jaguar (hence the name!) which launches it's very first public performance tonight with Blindspot Nights.

🎉 The doors open for See it First in just a few hours and we can't to see you there! Check out our shiny new signage for The Jag... 😍

Phenomenal leading performance and a new playwright is discovered www.westendbestfriend.co.uk/news/review-...

OTD in early British television On the afternoon of 20 July 1937 the BBC television service mounted a new presentation of Luigi Pirandello‘s oblique modernist dialogue The Man with the Flower in his Mouth. www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...

Are you a fan of quirky #seaside attractions? We've got 3 fantastic rides on our #BucketandSpadeList this year - Douglas Bay Horse Tramway, Central Tramway #Scarborough and the Super Snails at Joyland #GreatYarmouth Vote for your favourite at seasideheritage.org.uk/bucket-spade...

🎭 It's been a while, but we've just updated our Theatres Starter Pack Quite a range of new additions @theeat.bsky.social @crescenttheatre.bsky.social @stratfordeast.com @cambridgejunction.bsky.social @trplymouth.bsky.social @nationaltheatre.org.uk @mayflower.org.uk bsky.app/starter-pack...

We've replaced the rope-lights outlining The Rose's archaeological remains, currently preserved underwater. The red lights mark the inner & outer walls of the seating galleries. The blue lights show the front of the stage in 1587, and then pushed back in 1592/3. Looking south-north, & east-west.

New job #ad: Marketing Manager, Buxton International Festival, Buxton. Salary: £35,000. #artsjobs

The Glove Theatre in Gloversville, NY was almost demolished in the '90s to make room for a parking lot. Seriously. I photographed it a few years back… and accidentally jammed the fire curtain mid-descent while I was poking around. Oops. afterthefinalcurtain.net/2025/07/16/t...

OTD in early British television The evening of Monday 17 July 1939 saw one of the BBC’s two mobile control rooms at the Victoria Palace Theatre for a reprise OB of Me and My Girl, first broadcast on 1 May and subject of an earlier blog post. www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...

How Georges Méliès Brought Magic to the Movies Méliès used his skills as a stage magician to produce over 500 films. www.thecollector.com/georges-meli... #film

📢 We sent out our monthly newsletter yesterday with news for theatres and updates on our work Sign up here to stay up to date www.theatrestrust.org.uk/newsletter

view of the first Olympic Theatre, 1805, designed for circus entertainment, before it was sold and rebuilt as something more traditional a decade later www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o... (the circus element

fabulous stage set here www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...

Providence Performing Arts Center. Opened in 1928 as Loew’s State Theatre. Designed by Rapp & Rapp—the same architects behind the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, which is still my favorite. It was almost demolished in the late '70s until the infamous Buddy Cianci stepped in.

A tiny, very yellow duckling at Longshaw this week, looking so like a plastic one… but definitely natural! #ducks #NationalTrust #Longshaw #PeakDistrict

Don't miss: Chair of the Board of Trustees, Liverpool & Merseyside Theatres Trust Ltd (Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse), . #artsjobs

My article on the architecture of #seaside #lidos is in this week's @countrylifemag.bsky.social with some glorious illustrations.

This year's Building Conservation Directory is chock full of useful information for anyone working in the heritage and building conservation sector. Included are informative articles from professionals. It's free and you can read the 2025 digital copy at: www.buildingconservation.com/books/bcd2025

Great to be in London yesterday at the Cinema Museum giving a @scottishcinemas.org update for the AGM of @CTheatreAssoc - the core of the collection there is from Aberdeen so lots of Scottish cinema artefacts on display!