Chiswick Empire (1912 - 1959)
Dates
- Existence: 2 September 1912 - 29 June 1959
Biography
The Chiswick Empire was a variety and music hall theatre, which opened on 2 September 1912 by Oswald Stoll and designed by architect Frank Matcham.
As well as variety and music hall acts, the Empire presented theatre plays, pantomimes, operas and moving pictures.
In 1932 the Empire was turned into a full-time cinema for a year but did not achieve a lot of success and it was turned back into a variety theatre, with combined shows of life performance and motion pictures.
The Chiswick Empire closed on 29 June 1959 and was demolished that same year.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Chiswick Empire Programme, 26 January 1914
Three fold programme, white and blue type and illustration of the interior of the theatre and commercial advertising on the outside, inside commercial advertising and programme listing The Dennisons, Frederick Sylvester & Co., Sammy Shields, Joe Peterman, The McNaughtons, The Seven Tagged Gipsy Girls, Daisy Sloan, Fred Karno and On the Bioscope big game hunting in central Africa.