Empire Palace Theatre

E1040806

former name of Festival Theatre Edinburgh theatre building

Empire Palace Theatre was the original name of Edinburgh’s historic Festival Theatre, a major venue for theatre, opera, and live performance in Scotland.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Empire Theatre	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former name of Festival Theatre Edinburgh ⓘ theatre building ⓘ
address	Nicolson Street, Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Edinburgh Empire Palace Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ The Empire, Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ
architect	Frank Matcham NERFINISHED ⓘ
audienceType	public ⓘ
category	West End-style theatre outside London ⓘ
city	Edinburgh ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
demolishedPartly	1990s redevelopment for Festival Theatre ⓘ
eventDate	1904 Houdini performance ⓘ 1911 fire ⓘ
feature	ornate auditorium ⓘ proscenium arch stage ⓘ
function	venue for dance ⓘ venue for live music ⓘ venue for opera ⓘ venue for theatre ⓘ
heritage	forms historic core of present Festival Theatre ⓘ
historicCounty	Midlothian NERFINISHED ⓘ
integratedInto	modern Festival Theatre complex ⓘ
laterName	Festival Theatre Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ
legacy	remembered as predecessor of Festival Theatre Edinburgh ⓘ
locatedIn	Edinburgh ⓘ Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
notableEvent	Harry Houdini performance and accident in 1904 ⓘ major stage fire in 1911 ⓘ
opened	1892 ⓘ
operator	Moss Empires NERFINISHED ⓘ
owner	Moss Empires NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Edinburgh’s main theatre circuit ⓘ
primaryUse	live performance venue ⓘ music hall ⓘ variety theatre ⓘ
reconstructedAfter	1911 fire ⓘ
region	Lothian NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance	major venue in Edinburgh’s entertainment history ⓘ
status	no longer exists as a separate theatre name ⓘ
style	Victorian theatre architecture ⓘ
successor	Festival Theatre Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Festival Theatre → formerName → Empire Palace Theatre ⓘ

this entity surface form: Empire Theatre