List of theatres in Bristol
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List of theatres in Bristol

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Name	Address	Opened	Seats	Use	Notes

1532 Performing Arts Centre	Elton Road, Clifton	2016	245	theatre, musicals, lectures	based on the campus of Bristol Grammar School

Albany Centre	Shaftesbury Avenue, Montpelier	1982	200	theatre, comedy, dance	now an artist led cooperative, used as a rehearsal space

Alhambra Theatre	1870	??	music hall	also known as the Forester's Music Hall, demolished 1900

Alma Tavern Theatre	Alma Vale Road, Clifton	1997	50	pub theatre	home to Theatre West, also visiting companies including Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

Arnolfini	Narrow Quay	1975	209	theatre, live art, dance, film	arts centre, with adjacent galley spaces and bookshop

Bedminster Hippodrome	East Street, Bedminster	1911	??	music hall, theatre	converted into a cinema in 1915

Bierkeller Theatre	All Saints Street	2012	200	theatre, comedy	receiving house, former nightclub Closed 2018.

Brewery Theatre	North Street, Bedminster	2009	90	theatre, comedy	programmed by the Tobacco Factory Theatre

Bristol Hippodrome	St Augustines Parade	1912	1,981	theatre, musicals, comedy, concerts, opera	receiving house operated by Ambassador Theatre Group

Bristol Improv Theatre	St Paul's Road, Clifton	2014	100	improv, theatre, comedy	operating out of the Polish Ex-Servicemen's Club

Broadweir Theatre/Vaudeville Theatre/Gem Electric	Broadweir	??	??	music hall	later a boxing club, damaged in the Bristol Blitz, 1941

Canterbury Music Hall	Maryport Street	1855	??	music hall	converted into dining rooms in 1863

Circus of Varieties	Park Row	c. 1890	??	music hall	later a rolling skating rink, cinema and aircraft factory, destroyed in the Bristol Blitz, 1941

Cube Microplex	Kings Square	1969	108	burlesque, performance art, film	formerly the Arts Centre, Kings Square

Empire Theatre	Old Market	1893	1,433	music hall, theatre	converted into a cinema in 1931, demolished in the 1960s

Hen and Chicken	North Street, Bedminster	1988	150	theatre, comedy	has hosted Bristol Old Vic and Show of Strength Theatre Company in the past

Hope Centre	Hope Chapel Hill, Hotwells	1980	220	theatre, dance, comedy, concerts	closed as an arts centre in 2005, but still hosting the Hotwells Pantomime

Jacobs Well Theatre	Jacobs Wells Road	1729	??	theatre	closed 1779

Kuumba	Hepburn Road, St Pauls	1980	130	theatre, comedy, concerts	Afro-Caribbean arts centre, receiving venue

L Shed	Princes Wharf	1998	600	theatre, conferences	part of the M Shed museum, has hosted Bristol Old Vic and Head, Hearts and Two Fingers productions

Little Black Box Theatre	Chandos Road, Redland	2011	40	theatre, music, film	micro theatre

Little Theatre	Colston Street	1923	300	theatre	turned into a bar for the Colston Hall in 1980; has since been re-purposed as a music venue (the Lantern) but is now closed during the redevelopment of the Colston Hall complex.

New Vic	King Street	1972	150	theatre, comedy	studio theatre of the Bristol Old Vic; closed and demolished 2016 to make way for a new foyer building

Park Street Music Hall	Park Street, Clifton	c. 1840	??	music hall	demolished ??

People's Palace/New Palace/Gaumont	Baldwin Street	1892	3,000	music hall, theatre	later a cinema (1912), nightclub since 1974

Prince's Theatre	Park Row	1867	2,154	theatre, music hall	destroyed in the Bristol Blitz, 1941

QEH Theatre	Jacobs Well Road, Clifton	1990	202	theatre, comedy, concerts	owned and operated by QEH School

Redcliffe Hall	Redcliffe Hill	c. 1610	??	theatre	mentioned in the will of Sarah Barker, 1637

Redgrave Theatre	Perceval Road, Clifton	1965	320	theatre, comedy, concerts	owned and operated by Clifton College

St Monica Home Theatre	Cote Lane, Westbury-on-Trym	1925	c. 1,000	theatre	located in a nursing home, still occasionally used for performances

Theatre Royal	King Street	1776	500	theatre, comedy, concerts, opera	main house of the Bristol Old Vic

The Thekla	The Grove	1982	150	theatre, comedy and music in the 1980s	now a nightclub

Tivoli Theatre	Broadmead	1870	300	music hall	demolished in 1952

Tobacco Factory Theatre	North Street, Bedminster	1998	240	theatre, comedy	former factory housed, hosting visiting companies with in-house productions

Tucker Street Theatre	Tucker Street	c. 1680	??	theatre	converted into a presbyterian meeting room c.1704

Wardrobe Theatre	West Street, Old Market	2015	100	pub theatre	in a space at the Old Market Assembly since 2015. Previously at the White Bear on St Michael's Hill.

Weston Studio	King Street	2018	188	theatre	new studio theatre of the Bristol Old Vic, located in barrel vaults of Coopers' Hall. Named for sponsors the Garfield Weston Foundation.

Wickham Theatre	Park Row	1964	100	theatre	home of University of Bristol Drama Department

Wine Street Playhouse	Wine Street	1604	??	theatre	built by Nicholas Woolfe, closed 1625

Winston Theatre	Queens Road, Clifton	1965	204	theatre	University of Bristol Union drama space

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Prince's Theatre opened in 1867 on Park Row.

final_sentence: Prince's Theatre opened in 1867 on Park Row.