Festival Theatre, Paignton

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The theatre building in 2007, after its conversion to a cinema

The Festival Theatre was a theatre in Paignton, Devon, England.

Opened in 1967, the Festival Theatre was a seafront theatre located on the Paignton Esplanade, capable of staging large summer shows. It was in direct competition with the Princess and Pavilion theatres in Torquay.

The theatre closed at the end of 1998, and the building re-opened in October 1999 as a multiscreen cinema, known as the Apollo. Since the closure of the Festival Theatre, the Palace Theatre in Palace Avenue, a smaller venue, has taken over as the main theatre in Paignton.

Summer shows staged[]

• 1971 Leslie Crowther, Basil Brush, Larry Grayson, John Hanson ^[1]
• 1974 Black and White Minstrels with
• 1975 Ronnie Corbett, Kenneth Mckellar, Keith Harris^[2]
• 1976 Black and White Minstrels with Roy Hudd
• 1977 Tommy Steele, Cool Breeze, Lennie Bennett^[3]
• 1978 Freddie Starr, Roy Walker, Lynn Paul, Paul Ridgeway, Pamela Davis Dancers
• 1980 Tom O'Connor
• 1981 Freddie Starr
• 1981 Dana; the show transferred from Babbacombe Theatre
• 1982 Danny La Rue
• 1988
• 1989 Les Dawson
• 1997 Bradley Walsh

References[]

External links[]

• "Archive of show listings at the Festival Theatre". UK Theatre Web. Retrieved 5 April 2012.

Coordinates: 50°26′07″N 3°33′35″W / 50.43528°N 3.55972°W / 50.43528; -3.55972