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The Dominion was designed by the architect Thomas Bowhill Gibson, who also designed the George Cinema, Portobello. [2] [3] The Dominion is noted as a fine example of Art Deco Streamline Moderne style. The exterior is dominated by a tall off-centre tower with a clock and sign board, and the entrance is embellished with glass panels featuring sun ...
Statue of Freddie Mercury on the theatre façade during the 12-year run of We Will Rock You. In the 1970s, the Dominion returned to hosting concerts; [8] since 8 November 1981 it has been primarily used for live performances. [4] [5] It was where Tangerine Dream recorded the album Logos in 1982, which contains a tribute tune called "Dominion".
The cinema building was designed by Thomas Bowhill Gibson, [5] who is also responsible for the Dominion Cinema in Morningside, Edinburgh. [6] The promoters were Messrs Scott Paulo & Company. The cost of the cinema was £20,000 and upon opening it seated 1600 people.
The present theatre's location is Edinburgh's longest continuous theatre site, for there has been a theatre in that location since 1830. From being Dunedin Hall, the Royal Amphitheatre, Alhambra Music Hall, the Queen's Theatre, Pablo Fanque's Amphitheatre, and Newsome's Circus, the site became the Empire Palace Theatre, the first of the famous Moss Empires’ chain, opening on 7 November 1892.
Edinburgh Playhouse 14 December 2010 – 9 January 2011 New Wimbledon Theatre, London 15 March – 26 March 2011 ... Dominion Theatre, London 26 September 1993
The Glasshouse Hotel is part of the Omni Centre complex, and opened in June 2003 [10] It is located on Greenside Place, next to the Playhouse Theatre, on the edge of Edinburgh's New Town. It was built on the site of Lady Glenorchy's Free Church incorporating the façade of the church as its frontage. The hotel has 77 bedrooms (of which 20 are ...
Edinburgh Playhouse stage and right hand box in 2023. In recent years, The Playhouse has played host to a wide variety of artists and shows. It also caters to the youth of the surrounding area who are involved in stage experience projects and youth musicals projects in which children as young as 10, and young adults as old as 21, can take part in shows on the stage.
The Scottish Storytelling Centre, the world's first purpose-built modern centre for live storytelling, is located on the High Street in Edinburgh's Royal Mile, Scotland, United Kingdom. It was formally opened on 1 June 2006 by Patricia Ferguson MSP, Minister for Culture in the Scottish Executive . [ 1 ]