A major new exhibition celebrating a little-known chapter in the history of Tyne Theatre and Opera House is now open to the public inside the venue’s 1867 Café. “The Stoll Cinema Years” shines a light on the period between 1919 and 1974, when the theatre operated as the Stoll Picture House – one of Newcastle’s...Read More
This exhibition is on loan from the Carl Rosa Trust and can be viewed until 16th March during our cafe opening hours (10am to 3pm, on show days 10am until show end). The Carl Rosa Opera Company still holds the record as the longest-running and most successful travelling opera company in British history. The Carl Rosa...Read More
Press Release Stoll Picture Theatre – Past Lives, Present Voices Tyne Theatre & Opera House is calling on the public to help capture the rich history of the Stoll Picture Theatre by sharing personal memories and photographs from before 1974. In 1919, renowned impresario Oswald Stoll transformed the theatre into a cinema, ushering in an era...Read More
Tyne Theatre & Opera House volunteers receive Heritage Heroes Award A group of research volunteers at Grade I listed Newcastle theatre, Tyne Theatre & Opera House (TT&OH), have been nationally recognised for their service to the UK’s heritage sector. The Heritage Heroes Awards are the Heritage Alliance’s celebration of the outstanding contribution Britain’s heritage volunteers...Read More
Northern Architectural History lecture Over the last 12 months, work has started on planning a major restoration of the Tyne Theatre & Opera House. In consequence, the architectural genealogy of this Grade I listed building has been finally unravelled. Join the Northern Architectural History Society and theatre consultant, David Wilmore, to hear about the architectural...Read More
We’re proud to announce that our Performance Calendar Database is now live on on our website. The database is a catalogue of every performance during the theatre’s first incarnation under that name, from 23 September 1867 to 1 March 1919. This was the heyday of touring theatre and opera companies, many of whom made the...Read More
Is one of these people your ancestor? Help us with our heritage project! We are searching for the descendants of its Victorian stage staff as part of our National Heritage Lottery funded project. The group photo was discovered by Project Director David Wilmore in a copy of the Evening Chronicle from 1937. It shows the...Read More
Tyne Theatre & Opera House receive historic theatre machinery On Thursday 20th October, a large collection of historic theatre machinery arrived at the Tyne Theatre & Opera House Stage Door on Thornton Street. During the conversion of the Tyne Theatre & Opera House to a cinema in 1919, the theatre’s own overhead stage machinery was...Read More
As part of a new heritage project Tyne Theatre & Opera House is searching for volunteers who are interested in learning more about their historic theatre machinery. As one of the only surviving examples of Victorian wooden modular stage machinery, the Tyne Theatre’s equipment is of huge historic importance. Prior to the theatre fire of...Read More
