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Souvenir opening night programme for the New Empress in Brighton Terrace, Brixton. The Empress theatre first opened in 1898 when Brixton was establishing itself as a commercial centre, with large shops, a public library and two theatres. It was rebuilt in this Art Deco style as the New Empress at a cost of £150,000. Designed by Andrew Mather, it opened in October 1931, being used for variety, musical and other plays, revues and 'even talkies'. Later it was converted to use as a Bingo Hall, but was demolished in the late 1990s and replaced by a block of flats, despite a campaign to save it.

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Collection:
Image type:	Print
Artist:
Ref:	11190
Identifier:	LBL/DAS/RL/1/2/4/103
Date:	1931