00:00:00 to 00:00:55 - mute, ext images of the Empire Theatre.
00:00:56 to 00:03:20 - staff bid each other farewell and punch their time cards for the last time. Shots of the theatre being closed and secured by Manager, Frank Reynolds. Reynolds looks on as the neon sign for the 'Empire' dims.
00:03:21 to - 00:06:05 - Interview of Frank Reynolds. He recalls one particularly unhappy incident during a revue. The orchestra had just had a break and was returning to its place for the next song. One of the members stood up, collapsed and died from heart failure. Unaware of what had happened - and assuming it was part of the show - the audience howled with laughter.
00:06:06 to 00:07:13 - Interview with Bridget "Bridie" Gallagher (7 September 1924 – 9 January 2012). The singer - known affectionately as 'The Girl From Donegal' - was the last headline performer at the Empire.
00:07:14 to 00:08:19 - Reynolds is interviewed about his time as Manager of the theatre. He reminisces about guests who've come to the theatre, memorable shows - Siobhán McKenna in a performance of Playboy of The Western World, Dr. Hunter's Christmas circuses.
00:08:19 to 00:09:18 - Reynolds takes the interviewer on a tour of the premises - dressing rooms, the royal box (Douglas Fairbanks Jr. once visited).
00:09:19 to 00:10:49 - interviews with bar staff, asking them about famous visitors. Various int. shots of the bar.
00:10:50 to - 00:11:00 - shots of dancers performing on the main stage.
00:11:01 to 00:12:33 - interview snippets, then mute, ext. daytime shots of the Empire, shots of the ticket desk and staff at work. Images of the orchestra pit, bar staff.
00:12:35 to 00:14:21 - Norma Barry interview. Asked about the importance of 'the girls' in a variety theatre, supplying glamour. She formed the 'Norma Barry Young Girls', a troupe of female dancers and performers.
00:14:22 to - The widow of Gerry Morrison (Manager circa 1920 to 1945) recalls how her husband kept the Theatre open, even after the bombing (Belfast Blitz) on Easter Tuesday, 15 April 1941. He opened the theatre the following Monday, to an audience of four soldiers.