The Glasgow Gaiety Theatre

The Glasgow Gaiety Theatre
Address Anderston Cross
City Glasgow
Country  United Kingdom
Opened 1899
Years active 61
Rebuilt 1904
Closed 1960
Previous names Tivoli Variety Theatre

The Glasgow Gaiety Theatre was a cine-theatre in Anderston Cross, Glasgow, Scotland. Originally known as the Tivoli Variety Theatre, and co-founded by a grandson of James Baylis of the Theatre Royal, Glasgow it opened in 1899 presenting Musicals, variety shows and pantomimes. When it was rebuilt in 1904 it changed to operate as a cine-variety under the name of Gaiety Theatre, becoming a full cinema in 1935. The cinema closed in 1960.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "Glasgow Gaeity theatre". University of Glasgow. http://www.freewebs.com/glasgow-empire/theglasgowempirestory.htm. Retrieved 29 March 2011. 
  2. ^ "The Glasgow Gaiety". http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/Glasgow/Tivoli.htm. Retrieved 10th July 2009. 

Further reading

3 The Theatre Royal: Entertaining a Nation by Graeme Smith published 2008 ISBN 978-0-955-94200-6

Scottish Theatres
Former Scottish Theatres