Burnley Empire Theatre | Burnley Empire Trust

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Nov 21, 20231 min

A View from The Archive

Our archive is filled will postcards, photos, handwritten logs and books. The following pages have been taken from the book Memories of...

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Nov 20, 20231 min

We're on it!

We've been busy as usual getting on with exciting progress at the Burnley Empire. Recent work includes new survey work and an extra...

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Aug 23, 20231 min

Fruity Baroque patterns....

'The fruity Baroque patterns give way to a stricter Neoclassicism at the later Golders Green and Redditch theatres and in his cinemas of...

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Aug 21, 20231 min

Patience and Impatience

‘You've got to have the patience because it's going to take a long time, but you've got to have the impatience so that you keep on it in...

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Aug 20, 20231 min

REINVIGORATE

By RESTORING and REVIVING the Burnley Empire we will reinvigorate the high street, the town centre and attract more people to the town as...

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Aug 19, 20231 min

Who would you like to see at the Burnley Empire?

This image was taken from the Burnley Empire Trust archive and features Music Hall star, Little Tich who performed in Burnley and at the...

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Aug 18, 20231 min

REVIVE

Burnley has a glorious entertainment history, rich with famous names who have visited and performed in the town from across the globe. We...

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Aug 17, 20231 min

RESTORE

There was once around 20 Edwardian Music Halls and theatres in Lancashire but only one remains today, it's the Burnley Empire and the...

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Sep 8, 20211 min

'When Burnley was Britain's theatre capital'

WAR ARCHIVE/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO A makeshift dressing room for touring Old Vic actors 'London has always been the undisputed heart of...

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