Dates

• Existence: 1914 - 1955
• Usage: 1914 - 1928
• Usage: 1940 - 1955
• Usage: 1937 - 1938
• Usage: 1928 - 1937

Biography

The Tivoli Theatre was built on Tower Promenade, New Brighton by the New Brighton Tivoli Company Ltd in 1914. From its inception it had a succession of owners, including showman Pat Collins, who owned it between 1923 and 1925.

In 1928, once again under new ownership, it was renamed the Tivoli Super Cinema and run as a cinema and variety theatre.

In 1937 the theatre became known as New Tivoli, but soon after, it closed its doors and remained unoccupied until 1940. In 1940 The Tivoli Lessees Ltd reopened the theatre during the Second World War in a bold move to raise the morale of the population through entertainment, unfortunately The Tivoli was damaged by enemy action and had to close for the remainder of the war. In 1945 the Tivoli reopened its doors once again under new management and remained in operation until 1955, when the popularity of cinema and the advent of television caused the demise of British variety theatre.

In the late 1950s the Tivoli was transformed into an amusement arcade, which remained in operation until the early 1970s. In 1976 the building was demolished after a fire.

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