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- 12:52, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Snape Maltings [Snape] (Q17960) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:52, 11 September 2025 diff hist +688 Snape Maltings [Snape] (Q17960) Created claim: Note (P44): Built in the 19th century by Newson Garrett as a malthouse. 1967 converted into a concert hall by Arup Associates, as a permanent home to Aldeburgh Festival (founded in 1948 by Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears and Eric Crozier). 1969 damaged by fire, subsequently rebuilt and reopened in 1970. 832 seats., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:52, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Salisbury Playhouse [Salisbury] (Q17957) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:52, 11 September 2025 diff hist +509 Salisbury Playhouse [Salisbury] (Q17957) Created claim: Note (P44): Built by Norman Downie Associates (using nearly the same design as for the 1972 Mercury Theatre in Colchester). 517 seats., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:52, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Royal Victoria Pavilion [Ramsgate] (Q9875) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:52, 11 September 2025 diff hist +833 Royal Victoria Pavilion [Ramsgate] (Q9875) Created claim: Note (P44): Built by Stanley Davenport Adshead. Opened 29 June 1904 as Pavilion, a seaside pavilion used as an assembly hall and concert hall. 1929 converted into a cinema, reopened 9 Sep 1929 as Pavilion Cinema. Closed as a cinema on 16 June 1951. Subsequently again used for live performances. 1976 converted into a casino. Closed 2008-2013. Reopened in 2013 after refurbishment. 2016-2017 major refurbishment, converted into a pub by the Wetherspoon chain.,... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:52, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Empire Theatre (Q34510) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:52, 11 September 2025 diff hist +508 Empire Theatre (Q34510) Created claim: Note (P44): Built by C. J. Phipps. Opened 1891. Also known as Empire Palace Theatre. 1913 and 1944 refurbishment. Demolished in 1958., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:52, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Theatre Royal [Plymouth] (Q17925) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:52, 11 September 2025 diff hist +544 Theatre Royal [Plymouth] (Q17925) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1979-1982 by Peter Moro Partnership. Opened 5 May 1982. The complex contains the main theatre (1296 seats) and the studio theatre The Drum (192 seats)., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:52, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Nottingham Royal Concert Hall [Nottingham] (Q18287) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:52, 11 September 2025 diff hist +882 Nottingham Royal Concert Hall [Nottingham] (Q18287) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1980-1982 by Renton Howard Wood Levin Partnership (RHWL) at the site of the former Empire Theatre of Varieties (built 1898 on the site of former dressing rooms of Theatre Royal, closed 1958, demolished 1969), to the rear of Theatre Royal. Opened 27 November 1982 with a gala concert starring pop singer Elton John. Used for symphonic and popular concerts, conferences, lectures and other events. Up to 2499 seats. Operated as part of Royal Cen... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:52, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Royal Theatre [Northampton, UK] (Q8199) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:52, 11 September 2025 diff hist +511 Royal Theatre [Northampton, UK] (Q8199) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1884 by C. J. Phipps. Operated as part of the Royal & Derngate arts centre. Originally 1700 seats, currently 583 seats., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:52, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 New Theatre [Northampton] (Q9871) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:52, 11 September 2025 diff hist +507 New Theatre [Northampton] (Q9871) Created claim: Note (P44): Built by W. G. R. Sprague. Opened 9 Dec 1912. Used as a variety theatre and as a cinema. Closed 1958. Demolished in 1960., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:52, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Tyne Theatre & Opera House [Newcastle upon Tyme] (Q8653) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:52, 11 September 2025 diff hist +630 Tyne Theatre & Opera House [Newcastle upon Tyme] (Q8653) Created claim: Note (P44): Built by William Parnell. Opened 23 Sep 1867 as Tyne Theatre and Opera House. 1100 seats. 1919 converted into a cinema, reopened as Stoll Picture House. Closed 1974. Reopened as a theatre in July 1977. 2012-2014 renamed Mill Volvo Tyne Theatre., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:52, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Winter Garden Theatre [Morecambe] (Q8245) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:52, 11 September 2025 diff hist +640 Winter Garden Theatre [Morecambe] (Q8245) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1897 as Victoria Pavilion Theatre by Mangnall and Littlewood, with Frank Matcham as a consulting architect, as an addition to the existing Winter Gardens complex (now demolished). Closed 1977. Ballroom demolished in 1982. Theatre unused since 1977., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:52, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Theatre Royal [Manchester] (Q8132) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:52, 11 September 2025 diff hist +637 Theatre Royal [Manchester] (Q8132) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1845 by John Gould Irwin & Francis Chester. Opened as Theatre Royal. 1871 alterations by Edward Salomon. Converted into a cinema in 1921, renamed Royal Cinema. Closed 1972. Later used as a a cinema, bingo hall and nightclub. Not used since 2009., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:52, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 St. James's Hall (Q34457) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:52, 11 September 2025 diff hist +654 St. James's Hall (Q34457) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1881 by W. H. M. Ward . Opened 26 September 1881 as an assembly and concert hall (capacity: 10000 persons). In the 1880s addition of another hall (capacity: 1000 persons) and St James's Theatre. Demolished 1909 in favour of the office block St. James' Building., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:52, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Royal Exchange Theatre [Manchester] (Q7873) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:52, 11 September 2025 diff hist +795 Royal Exchange Theatre [Manchester] (Q7873) Created claim: Note (P44): Royal Exchange built 1874 by Mills & Murgatroyd as Cotton Exchange, extended in 1922. 1976 installation of a 740-seat theatre module within the exchange hall by Levitt Bernstein Associates (with Richard Negri). 1996 structural damages of the exchange building (not the theatre module) by a terrorist bomb attack. Subsequently renovations and rebuildings (with installation of a studio theatre with 120 seats)., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_175... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:52, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Contact Theatre [Manchester] (Q17948) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:52, 11 September 2025 diff hist +566 Contact Theatre [Manchester] (Q17948) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1965 as University Theatre. 1972 renamed Contact Theatre. 1999 rebuilding by Short & Associates. The building includes a theatre (320 seats) and a studio theatre (80 seats)., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:52, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Playhouse [Liverpool] (Q8159) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:52, 11 September 2025 diff hist +659 Playhouse [Liverpool] (Q8159) Created claim: Note (P44): Built by Edward Davies, replacing an earlier theatre (Star Concert Hall). Opened 1866 as Star Music Hall. 1911 rebuildings by Stanley Adshead, reopened as Liverpool Repertory Theatre. 1916 renamed Liverpool Playhouse. 1968 extension by a modern foyer and workshop building., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:52, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Haymarket Theatre [Leicester] (Q8435) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:52, 11 September 2025 diff hist +569 Haymarket Theatre [Leicester] (Q8435) Created claim: Note (P44): Built by the City of Leicester Architect's Department. Opened 1973. 752 seats. Closed 2007. Reopened 2017 by the Haymarket Consortium as as a performance, training and e-sports venue., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:52, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Leatherhead theatre [Leatherhead (Surrey)] (Q8187) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:52, 11 September 2025 diff hist +703 Leatherhead theatre [Leatherhead (Surrey)] (Q8187) Created claim: Note (P44): Built in the 1939 by A. E. Richardson, C. Lovatt Gill and Arthur Percival Starky as Crescent Cinema. 1282 seats. Closed ca. 1967. 1969 rebuilding by Roderick Ham. Re-opened 17 Sep 1969 as Thorndike Theatre. Closed 1997. Later used as a cinema and by religious groups. Re-opened 2001 as Leatherhead Theatre. 512 seats., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Grand Theatre [Lancaster] (Q8103) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +808 Grand Theatre [Lancaster] (Q8103) Created claim: Note (P44): Opened June 1782 as The Theatre. 1849 alterations, reopened as a music hall and museum. Closed 1882. 1884 reopened as Athenaeum Theatre. 1897 alterations by Frank Matcham. Interior destroyed by a fire in 1908. Rebuilt by Albert Winstanley within the existing walls and reopened as Grand Theatre. From 1936, used as a cinema. 1951 bought by the Lancaster Footlights Club. Since then, again used for live theatre. 457 seats., #quickstatements; #tempor... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Hippodrome Theatre [Ipswich] (Q9361) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +677 Hippodrome Theatre [Ipswich] (Q9361) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1905 by Frank Matacham. Opened 25 Oct 1905 as a variety theatre. 1850 seats. 1929 converted into a cinema, with occasional live performances. 1958 rebuildings. 1959 reopened as Savoy Ballroom. Later used as a bingo hall until the 1980s. Demolished in 1985 in favour of an office block., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Tivoli [Hull] (Q11830) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +576 Tivoli [Hull] (Q11830) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1871 by G. A. Middlemiss. Opened 27 Nov 1871 as Theatre Royal. 1200 seats. 1888 rebuildings. Closed 1902. Rebuilt and reopened 1912 as Tivoli Theatre. Closed in 1954. Demolished 1959., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Hull New Theatre [Hull] (Q9527) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +438 Hull New Theatre [Hull] (Q9527) Created claim: Note (P44): Opened 1939. 1159 seats. 2016-2017 major renovations., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Grand Opera House [Harrogate] (Q9866) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +575 Grand Opera House [Harrogate] (Q9866) Created claim: Note (P44): Opened 11 Jan 1900 as Grand Opera House and Theatre. 1958 renamed Harrogate Theatre. 1972 rebuilding and major renovation. 2007-2009 renovations. Originally 1300 seats, currently 476 seats., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Britannia Pier Theatre [Great Yarmouth] (Q9253) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +488 Britannia Pier Theatre [Great Yarmouth] (Q9253) Created claim: Note (P44): Pier pavilion opened 1901, replaced 1902 (fire: 1909), 1910 (fire: 1914), 1914 (fire: 1954), and 1958., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Britannia Music Hall (Q34380) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +943 Britannia Music Hall (Q34380) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1857 by Gildard & Macfarlane as a warehouse. 1860 opened as Campbell's Music Salon, later in 1860 renamed Britannia Hall. 1869 renamed Britannia Music Hall. 1899 rebuilding, renamed Panopticon. From 1922 exclusively used as a cinema, first as Tron Cinema, from 1927 as Panopticon Pictures. Closed 1938. Ground floor pub converted into an amusement arcade, upper floor theatre closed, converted into a workshop, with the auditorium hidden behin... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Theatre Royal [ii, Exeter, UK] (Q26442) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +628 Theatre Royal [ii, Exeter, UK] (Q26442) Created claim: Note (P44): Third Theatre Royal on the site, built by Alfred Darbyshire. Opened 7 Oct 1889 with Gilbert & Sullivan's opera The Yeomen of the Guard. Converted into a cinema in the 1950s. Closed 1962, subsequently demolished in favour of an office block (Portland House)., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]