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film projector was installed in the theatre in 1901. The audience was allowed to smoke in the auditorium and, as the projector was unprotected and used to project highly flammable film, there was an inevitable fire risk. Middlesex County Council ordered some work to be done to prevent fire and as a
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Most of the audience were seated in the raked floor area but there were also 2 balconies, neither of which reached the proscenium arch of the stage as was the case in many other London theatres of the time. It was reported that the stage could be seen from all seats. According to reports at the time
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was appointed general manager of the Palace. He decided to use most of the war reparation money to refurbish the theatre. The upper balcony was removed, a new staircase added to the remaining balcony, new moldings added to the ceiling to reduce echo, and a new foyer created. The work was completed
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was performed and broadcast from the theatre in September 2018 and the theatre was officially reopened to the public in December 2018, with three days of performances involving 16 schools and a range of charities and organizations. Since then the theatre has hosted many performances of pantomime,
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for the East Wing Restoration Project, including the theatre, which was the biggest investment in the palace for a generation. Additional funds came from charitable trusts, businesses and individual donations. Construction in the theatre began in 2016 and included replacing the raked floor with a
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result, the theatre was closed from 1907-1908. One of these precautions was to build a box around the projector, which can still be seen in the theatre today. Another was to fit a 40 foot long large iron girder weighing 6 tons above the proscenium arch of the stage to be used with a fire-proof
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more versatile flat floor followed by reinstallation of the original floorboards, stabilising and sealing the plasterwork, strengthening and realigning the balcony, and installing new stairs, all while retaining the original decor as much as possible in the conservation style of
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listed building. The new theatre included a 22 foot cellar below the stage which housed complex machinery for use in scene changes and movement of actors. The theatre fell into disrepair for many years but was reopened in 2018 after refurbishment in the style of
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television shows. There were plans to develop the theatre as a third television studio, but after the Second World War these plans were abandoned. The theatre was instead used as a storage and rehearsal space by the BBC. After BBC productions moved to
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suspended from the ceiling but also had natural light from glazed roofing and six large sash windows, which were blocked with dark screens during performances. The theatre was one of the first to install
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From 1875 to 1900 Alexandra Palace was privately owned, but In 1900 the palace and park became owned by the Alexandra Park Trust under the Alexandra Park and Palace Act (Public Purposes) Act.
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The Friends of Alexandra Palace Theatre was set up in 2002 by several local supporters of the theatre, including local actors, to support the restoration of the theatre.
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After the reopening, the performances in the theatre included drama, opera musical theatre, and variety. The Alexandra Palace Operatic and Dramatic Society, set up by
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Audiences declined during this period and the last public performance in the theatre, before it reopened in 2018, was a concert by a Royal Artillery band in 1934.
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journals, the theatre could hold around 3,000 people and the stage could hold hundreds. It had a floor area which was about the same as that of the London
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was originally built in 1873 for the performance of opera and ballet, but within a few weeks was burnt to the ground with the rest of the
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the acoustics were good from every seat but others reported that the actors had to 'throw' their voices to be heard well by everyone.
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In 1935 the east section of Alexandra Palace, including the theatre, was leased by the BBC to produce and broadcast the first public
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that produced the effects necessary in Victorian melodrama was no longer used, but most is still preserved beneath the stage.
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camp. The theatre was used as a dormitory, chapel, cinema and a space in which internees performed concerts.
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opera, concerts, stand-up comedy and drama, including community performances. It also hosted the inaugural
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During WW1, the entire Palace was requisitioned as a transit camp for Belgian refugees and then as an
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At the beginning of the 20th century cinema was becoming the most popular type of entertainment, so a
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used to control the brightness of the lights can still be seen backstage at the theatre.
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Sunday service in the theatre during WW1, painted by George Kenner, an internee,
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Early performances at the theatre included the operetta Breaking the Spell by
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Drama at the Palace: Victorian Heyday: The Alexandra Palace Theatre 1873-1901
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Drama at the Palace 2 Lost and Found:The Alexandra Place Theatre 1901-2019
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View of the stage from the theatre balcony after the 1922 refurbishment
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in 2021 and is frequently used for television and film recording.
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Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Haringey
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in 1923 and the theatre reopened with a performance of the
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Palace on the Hill. A history of Alexandra Palace and Park
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production team took over the lease, moving out in 1981.
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Theatre used by BBC as a prop store between 1935 and 1981
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The Palace was handed back to the trustees in 1922 and
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Salt water dimmers backstage at Alexandra Palace Theatre
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is one of the few surviving examples in the country.
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Alexandra Palace
Grade II
arrested decay
stage machinery
John Johnson
Alfred Meeson
stage machinery
Thomas Grieve
Drury Lane Theatre
gaslight
gaseliers
electric lighting
saltwater dimmers
Offenbach
The Yellow Dwarf
Cinematograph
safety curtain
internment
W. J. MacQueen-Pope
pantomime
Cinderella
stage machinery

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