The Playhouse, Weston-super-Mare

The Playhouse, Weston-super-Mare

Infobox Theatre
name = The Playhouse


caption =
address = High Street
city = Weston-super-Mare
country = England
designation =
latitude =
longitude =
architect = Hans Price (original building)
owner =
capacity = 658 seat
type =
opened = 1946
yearsactive =
rebuilt = 1969
closed =
othernames =
production =
currentuse =
website = www.theplayhouse.co.uk/Expand|date=January 2007

The Playhouse is a 658 seat theatre in Weston-super-Mare, England that hosts opera, ballet, comedy, music and pantomime performances.

In 1946, an old market building, designed by local architect Hans Price, was converted into a 500 seat theatre. [cite web
url = http://www.theplayhouse.co.uk/history/index.asp
title = Theatre history
work=The Playhouse, official website
accessdate = 2006-08-27] For the next 18 years this theatre, The Playhouse, provided the town with a great variety of entertainment and played host to stars including Frankie Howerd, Bob Monkhouse and Ken Dodd. On 21 August 1964, a fire destroyed most of the theatre and the unsafe structure had to be demolished. In 1969, at a cost of £230,000 a new theatre opened and has been in continuous use ever since. The stage measures convert|59|ft|m|0|lk=on by convert|28|ft|m|0 and can be extended by covering the orchestra pit.

On 6 June 2007 the theatre staged the world première of "Houdini - The Musical", [cite web
url = http://www.houdinithemusical.co.uk/houdini_dates.html
title = Tour dates
work=Houdini - The Musical
accessdate = 2007-06-06] which is based on the life of Harry Houdini, the famous escapologist. The musical includes Houdini's famous trick the "Chinese Water Torture Cell".

Pantomime

The following is a list of recent annual pantomimes:
*1996 - Jack and the Beanstalk starring Keith Harris with puppets Orville the Duck and Cuddles the Monkey
*1997 - unknown
*1998 - Aladdin starring Stefan Dennis
*1999 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarves starring Anne Charleston
*2000 - Cinderella (cast not known)
*2001 - Jack and the Beanstalk starring Antonio Fargas, Paul Moriaty and Katy Reeves
*2002 - Peter Pan starring Derek Griffiths and Sonia.
*2003 - Aladdin staring Peter Amory, Bindya Solanki and John Pickard.
*2004 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarves starring Bernie Clifton, Danielle Nicholls and Kim Hartman
*2005 - Cinderella starring Jimmy Cricket as Buttons, with children's TV personalities Lucinda Rhodes-Flaherty and Jacqueline Boatswain.
*2006 - Dick Whittington starring Jez Edwards, Anna Kumble and Shaun Williamson.
*2007 - Jack and the Beanstalk starring Bruce Jones and Sue Hodge.
*2008 - Peter Pan Timmy Mallett.

References

External links

* [http://www.theplayhouse.co.uk Official Website]


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