The Workington Opera House, or The Opera as it was known, is a purpose built theatre located in Workington, Cumbria, England. Originally built as the Queen’s Jubilee Hall & Opera House it was gutted by fire in 1927 and rebuilt with a fine wide auditorium, and Ornamental ceiling with seating for 1200. The theatre has good sightlines and a large stage and currently sits empty after its former use as a bingo hall ended in 2004.
The theatre was designed by T. L. Banks & Townsend and had a small auditorium with two balconies accommodating 1,130 people. The theatre was also equipped with a small stage with a proscenium width of 11 metres, a depth of 9.14 metres and a grid height of 14 metres. An orchestra pit for 16 musicians was also included.[1]
Other names:
Queen's Jubilee Hall
Dates:
Opened 1888. Date of first use not known.
1888 - Design/Construction:
T.L. Banks & Townsend - Architect
1897-1900 - Alteration: reconstructed after explosion (architect unknown)
1927-1930 - Alteration: reconstructed after fire (architect unknown)
Graves (Cumberland) Ltd currently own the building and have planning permission for 5 years to replace the theatre with retail and residential units. Graves own many different assets across Cumbria including cinemas, bingo halls and in the past they owned and ran a number of theatres.[2]
SAVE Workington Opera House logo.
The future of the theatre
The Workington Opera House is now under threat of demolition to be replaced with retail units and flats.[3] The Save Workington Opera House group are fighting to have this building made available to the town of Workington as a working civic theatre that the community can be proud of.[4]
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