Dates: 1939 – present
Seating capacity: 2813 (1401 stalls, 758 balcony, 654 circle)
Official website: http://www.wintergardensblackpool.co.uk/venue/opera-house/
Part of the Winter Gardens complex
Stage Dimensions:
110 feet wide with a proscenium opening of 45 feet;
60 feet from the curtain to the back wall
Fly tower height: 70 feet, taking up to 90 backcloths and pieces of scenery, 50 of them on counter-weighted gearing (1939 specification).
1971 The Stage Guide – ‘The stage has two large lifts in it’. Stage traps and revolves to be confirmed.
Dressing Rooms that could accommodate 250 people.
Raked Stage – 1 in 36.
Lighting Controls:
- 1938: Grand Master (90 ways) still in use in 1971.
- 1970s: MMS (240 channels)
Wurlitzer Organ
The Theatres Trust
Blackpool Opera House on the Theatres Trust Database
