musical.today Bradford, United Kingdom
Alhambra Theatre
1,456 seats
Named after the palace in Granada and built for £20,000 by the pantomime impresario Francis Laidler, who wanted Bradford to have a house as good as anything in Leeds. The domed turret with its paired Corinthian columns is still one of the two landmarks on the city's skyline.
The building
Bradford Council bought the theatre in 1964 for £78,900 and rebuilt it between 1984 and 1986. The white faience front, made by Gibbs and Canning of Tamworth, was painted white and grey during that work.
Inside, two tiers of moulded plasterwork curve round to boxes set in round-arched openings between giant fluted columns. The main house seats 1,456 and takes large-scale tours of every kind.
Opening dates, capacities and architects on this page come from the theatre's own history pages and from Wikipedia.