Colin Rodgers reminisces on the times he has visited the Buxton Opera House with his family in the audio below.
Designed by one of Britain’s finest theatre architects, Frank Matcham, this opera house dates back as far back as 1903.
Hosting live performances from it’s opening, until 1927, the theatre then was used mostly as a cinema until 1976, when it was briefly (although thought to have indefinitely) closed down. Three years later, in 1979, it was refurbished and reopened as a venue for live performance once again. Since then it has been a 902-seat opera house that hosts approximately 450 entertaining acts all year-round.
Matcham also designed some of the UK’s most famous attractions in the late 19th century to the early 20th century, such as the London opera house, the Victoria Palace, the Blackpool Tower Ballroom, the Richmond Theatre, and the London Palladium.
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