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It is the oldest surviving theatre in Buxton. The earliest theatre in Buxton was in a thatched house on Spring
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When Buxton Cinema opened in 2017, it marked the end of three decades for the town without a cinema and a return to the original cinema venue in the town. Buxton's first cinema was The
Hippodrome in 1903. The Picture House was then built in 1916 on Spring Gardens (on the site of the demolished
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Swedish Gymnasium). Buxton Opera House opened in 1903 and it was converted to a cinema in 1927 which closed in 1976. In 1937 The Picture House was remodelled as the
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