Playhouse [Edinburgh]
type: Item
description: Theatre building in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
description: theater in Edinburgh @nl
alternative label: Playhouse
EUTA building identifier: 5770
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: United Kingdom
City: Edinburgh
opening date: 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata source: Q5338244
GPS: Point(-3.1848 55.9568)
Capacity: 3059
Address: 18-22 Greenside Place, Edinburgh, Lothian, EH1 3AA, Scotland
Web: edinburgh-playhouse
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 136037
architect: John Fairweather
Theatres Trust Database ID: 2305
Wikidata instance: Q41253
Wikidata instance: Q8719053
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q184463
Carthalia ID: 5283
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1929 by John Fairweather. Opened 12 Aug 1929 as a cinema. Closed 1973. Later re-opened as a live theatre, mostly used for major musical productions. Operated by the Ambassador Theatre Group. 3059 seats.