Panto Time at the Grand Opera House

Panto Time at the Grand Opera House

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Location

Belfast, Grand Opera House

Year

1964

Date

Production 17/12/1964

Length

04min 42sec

Audio

sound

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

Rehearsals are on for the pantomime at the Grand Opera House. This year it’s Cinderella and the main actors introduce themselves. Adrienne McGuill is playing DandiniThe producer was Stanley Page who talks to Jimmy Greene about the panto. 

Notes

The curtain rose on the first performance at the Grand Opera House on 23 December 1895, heralding the achievements of architect Frank Matcham and proprietor Joseph F. Warden. The end of the war brought touring opportunities to Belfast once again, and audiences were treated to leading opera and ballet performances, plus popular acts including George Formby and Laurel & Hardy. In 1963, an unknown Italian singer named Luciano Pavarotti made his UK debut on the stage of the Grand Opera House in the role of Lieutenant Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly. With demolition imminent, the Ulster Architectural Society launched a campaign to save the building and in 1974, the Grand Opera House became the first listed building in Northern Ireland. After restoration, it re-opened as a theate in 1980.

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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