Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
This collection consists mainly of programmes, some presscuttings and leaflets.
The present theatre's location on Nicholson Street is Edinburgh's longest continuous theatre site, having been there since 1830. Over the years it has been variously named the Dunedin Hall, the Royal Amphitheatre, Alhambra Music Hall, the Queen's Theatre and Newsome's Circus. In 1892 the site became the Empire Palace Theatre, the first of the famous Moss Empires' chain, opening on the 7 November.
After its third major re-modelling, the Empire Palace Theatre re-opened in June 1994 with a glass-fronted structure for the new entrance as the now renamed Edinburgh Festival Theatre.
How to find material relating to the Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
- Browse through a list of documents or events associated with the Festival Theatre Edinburgh or use the Name Search option on the Scottish Theatre Archive Search
See also
- Festival Theatre, Edinburgh: details of latest and future productions, plus latest news, information and photographs outlining the history of the theatre
- National Library of Scotland: Scottish Theatre Programmes database: collection of programmes, playbills and posters. These items from theatres and other venues date from the 19th century onwards
