Capacity 1,100 Phone +44 191 243 1171 | Opened 1867 Architect William B. Parnell | |
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Owner Tyne Theatre and Opera House Address 117 Westgate Rd, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4AG, UK Similar Theatre Royal - Newcastle, Northern Stage - Newcastl, Newcastle City Hall, Sunderland Empire Theatre, Live Theatre Company Profiles | ||
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The Tyne Theatre and Opera House is a theatre in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is a Grade I listed building.
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It opened in 1867 as the Tyne Theatre and Opera House, designed by the Newcastle upon Tyne architecture practice of William Parnell.
In 1919 it became a cinema, the Stoll Picture House, the name which can still be seen on the building front and side. The cinema closed in March 1974 and the building was closed for 3 years, reopening as a theatre in July 1977. It was seriously damaged by fire in 1985, with subsequent rebuilding restoring the Victorian stage machinery.
From 2012 to 2014 it was called the Mill Volvo Tyne Theatre, operated by SMG Europe, and sponsored by Volvo. It was sponsored by The Journal newspaper during the 2000s, until January 2012.