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Did y ou realise by joining our Mailing List you will get access to exclusive ticket pre-sales and discounts for major shows that are not advertised on our site? Share via. More from around the blog Our News See More. Museum life See More. Caring for our Collections See More. Design and society See More. Digital See More. Our Projects See More. Show more. Find out more. The Hackney Empire was built as a music hall in , designed by the architect Frank Matcham.
In the theatre was sold to ATV and it became the first commercial television studios in Britain. MECCA had made some modifications to the interior decor of the Theatre but in removed the famous turreted domes and pediment from the roof of the building. As the interior was also listed, MECCA were unable to alter the original, formal theatre seating arrangement which had become increasingly unsuitable for its bingo playing audience.
CAST New Variety still continued to run the events in smaller locations where they encouraged new acts to perform beside more established artists. Hackney Empire went on to establish itself as one of the leading stand-up comedy venues in Britain. In , the Empire began a renovation and restoration project which was completed in January From the mid s, Roland Muldoon began to become less involved with the day to day running of Hackney Empire mostly due to the financial problems which has continually affected the Theatre.
He finally retired at the end of and has since begun to organize New Variety shows outside of Hackney Empire. The collection had no clear arrangement. In order to make it more accessible, it has been sorted into categories mostly following the chronology of the organizations founded or run by the Roland and Claire Muldoon. However many of these ran concurrently with each other, went through many name changes so there is an overlap which makes them very difficult to separate.
For this reason photographs, publications, posters, flyers and other ephemera are arranged as separate, self contained series. The rebuilding of the stage house, improvements to backstage accommodation and the reorganisation of access and egress to and from the upper tiers has been extremely effective. The works in rebuilding the corner pub and creating the new studio theatre provided useful extra front-of-house and educational spaces.
Financial issues in January forced a temporary closure, but the theatre reopened later in the year for its much celebrated pantomime season. Hackney Empire. Dates of use - continuing. Current state. Current use. Other names. Frank Matcham.
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