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The theatre originally seated 1,500 and was used for variety acts, while the larger Grand Junction next door concentrated on staging dramatic productions. Fairly quickly in c.1905 the names and the contents of the two theatres were swapped for commercial reasons: this theatre the (former) Hippodrome
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One researcher suggests that "aqua shows" with a water stage being installed were being considered during construction in 1901 "but did not come to fruition" (p273). There are also a few community stories that the smaller theatre was built in the same year as the larger theatre and not a year later
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bought The Playhouse from Brennan's Cinemas Limited to be used a fully equipped rehearsal and production studio for radio and television shows, and the connecting doorways in the internal party wall to Hulme Hippodrome were bricked up. James Brennan retained his ownership of Hulme Hippodrome next
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Some time around 1929 the Grand Junction Theatre was converted into a cinema, renamed as the Junction Picture Theatre, an under-researched era. The entire building with both theatres was bought by Buxton Estates in 1932, reportedly to pay for Broadhead's death duties, with an onward sale to James
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The £1.3 million funding for the Nia Centre included capital works as well as revenue, and the use of the stage and fly-tower was substantially changed to create new rooms and offices behind and above 'the iron' safety curtain, which became permanently lowered becoming a new wall with a cafe-bar
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as most accounts report, and that in that first year experiments were held including with animal performances, but the only document found to date to support these stories is one potentially speculative architectural drawing showing entrances for "horses" to a circular performance area.
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at the Playhouse on 7 March 1962 (broadcast the next day) and again on 11 June 1962 (broadcast on 15 June 1962). The second recording was of five songs, mostly cover versions but including reportedly the first broadcast performance of a
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door for five more years until 1960. The BBC had previously been hiring the Hulme Hippodrome at weekends for mostly radio recordings (1950–1956) and the BBC needed a studio full-time due to moving out of premises overlooking
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The last BBC production in the theatre took place on 25 August 1986. Meantime the Playhouse had been designated as a Grade II (two) heritage listed building on 8 June 1997, the same day as the conjoined Hulme Hippodrome.
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In 1950 the cinema was converted back to being used as a theatre, now named The Playhouse. The first performance in the newly converted theatre took place on 22 January 1951,
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In 2012 The Playhouse was used by the evangelical Fountain Gate Chapel, and in 2017 the building was sold at auction to a new owner, a local property company.
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behind and rooms above. Some audience sight lines were also reportedly reduced. The architects were Mills Beaumont Leavey and Tim Ronalds.
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The building was originally known as the Hippodrome (named 1902–1905) and opened on 6 October 1902. The theatre and its larger conjoined
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As of 2024, the building is tenanted by Niamos Ltd, a non-profit community organisation, and known as the Niamos Centre.
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In: Theatre History and Historiography Ethics, Evidence and Truth. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK, pp. 121–146.
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was broadcast on Radio 4 with interviews of various people who had played at the Playhouse in the BBC years.
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became the Grand Junction Theatre and continued with dramatic works, while its more popular
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performances were transferred to use the bigger auditorium next door in the (new)
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company of actors who had played in the Hulme Hippodrome during the 1940s.
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The Bread and Butter Tour - a theatrical journey through the North West
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Other notable artists who recorded at the BBC Playhouse included
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Facing the Face of the Other: The Case of the Nia Centre.
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A summary of an evaluation of the Nia Centre looked at:
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Hulme
Manchester
Coordinates
53°27′51″N 2°14′58″W / 53.4643°N 2.2494°W / 53.4643; -2.2494
Listed Building
1293008
Hulme
Manchester
grade II listed building
BBC
Grand Junction Theatre
variety
Hulme Hippodrome
The Happiest Days of Your Life
repertory
BBC
Piccadilly Gardens
The Beatles
Lennon–McCartney
Ask Me Why
Ken Dodd
Les Dawson
Jimmy Clitheroe
BBC Northern Dance Orchestra
BBC Theatre Organ
Wurlitzer
Empress Ballroom
The Organist Entertains
Robin Richmond

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