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Regent Theatre, Ipswich

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the theatre was used to stage concerts and civic events, as well as ballet and opera. During the 1950s and 1960s it hosted many top acts, including
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took the theatre on following controversy over its future, reopening it as Regent Theatre on 21 September 1991. It was given a
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organ and organist and an 18-piece orchestra. Unusually, a manager's cottage was incorporated into the theatre design.
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in 2000. In 2009, the Regent Theatre celebrated its 80th birthday with a gala concert featuring
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In the 1970s and 1980s – when it was known as the Gaumont Theatre – it hosted many
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hall' and was among the first UK theatres to play films with sound. Designed by
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Ipswich
Theatre
Capacity
www.ipswichtheatres.co.uk
Ipswich, Suffolk
East Anglia
listed building
cine-variety
William Edward Trent
Wurlitzer
World War II
Buddy Holly and the Crickets
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
Ike & Tina Turner
The Yardbirds
Gene Pitney
The Hollies
The Small Faces
Roy Orbison
The Walker Brothers
Jimi Hendrix
punk
new wave
Ian Dury and The Blockheads
Elvis Costello
The Stranglers
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Gary Numan

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