Britannia Music Hall, Glasgow Panopticon, Historic Building Photos, Argyle Street Location
Panopticon : Britannia Music Hall Glasgow
The Britannia, Trongate, Strathclyde, west of Scotland
22 July 2019
Glasgow Panopticon – Britannia Music Hall
19 Sep 2013
Britannia Panopticon Glasgow
Scottish Theatre Buildings
19th September 2013 – Three Scottish theatres at risk of closure, demolition or redevelopment have been saved, report BBC Scotland today. The advisory body, the Theatres Trust, said the Britannia Panopticon in Glasgow, Edinburgh’s New Victoria/Odeon and the Leith Theatre now have a secure future.
Address: The Britannia Panopticon Music Hall, 115 Trongate, Glasgow
Contact: 0141 553 0840
Location: Argyle Street, south side of Merchant City
Address: 113-117 Trongate, Glasgow, G1 5HD
The Britannia Music Hall photo from 16 Apr 2011
photograph © Adrian Welch
Historic Music Hall Glasgow
Architects: Thomas Gildard & H.M.McFarlane
Status: Grade A-listed
Photo from 10 Feb 2011
photograph © Adrian Welch
Oct 2008
The Britannia Music Hall in Glasgow
Panopticon News
Glasgow’s first cabaret festival to raise cash for Britannia Music Hall restoration. The week-long festival next July will include a mix of theatre, cabaret and burlesque. Organised by Glasgow theatre group Rhymes with Purple.
Panopticon image © Adrian Welch
Panopticon History
The Britannia Music Hall opened in 1857 and is Britain’s oldest music hall. It was formerly called Campbell’s Music Saloon. In 1903 the Music Hall closed, reopening in 1906 as the Panopticon or Britannia Theatre of Varieties and Panopticon. It became the Tron Cinema after 1922 but in 1927 was again titled Panopticon.
The Britannia closed in 1938 but the exterior – and much of the interior – of the former Music Hall remains. A campaign runs to restore this historic Glasgow building and it featured in 2003 on the BBC Restoration programme.
Panopticon photo © Adrian Welch
Famous performers at this Trongate music venue include comedian Stan Laurel and American actor Cary Grant.
Architecture in Strathclyde
Buildings/Areas adjacent to the Panoptican Music Hall, on the south east side of the city centre:-
Trongate, Glasgow
Merchant City, East End
Glasgow Cross, Alba Town
News Excerpts from 2003 re the Panopticon:
Panopticon Theatre Building Opens
The Panopticon Theatre Glasgow’s Trongate is one of 60 city buildings opening up for free during Glasgow’s 13th Doors Open Day
Historic Trongate Building Renovation
The Glasgow Building Preservation Trust (GBPT)is carrying out renovation on this famous Glaswegian Music Hall property.
Prospect Debate – Panopticon, Glasgow: 21 April 2003
Prospect Debate on Iconic Buildings
Speakers incl Charles Jencks
Venue: Britannia Panopticon Music Hall
Glasgow Building Designs
Contemporary Glasgow Property Designs – recent architectural selection below:
Buchanan Wharf Glasgow Office Development
photo courtesy of Drum Property Group
Buchanan Wharf Glasgow Office Development
New Allander Leisure Centre
Design: Holmes Miller
image courtesy of architects practice
Allander Leisure Centre Building in Bearsden
Riverside Museum, north side of the River Clyde, southwest of the city centre
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects
Riverside Museum Glasgow
Burrell Collection, Pollok, southwest of the city centre
Burrell Museum
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