Original auditorium

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Original auditorium

Original auditorium from a slightly different angle but minus full house lighting and with the ‘fussy’ house tabs closed.

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terrywade
terrywade on June 2, 2016 at 3:25 pm

Thanks T. I wonder If the mid waterfall curtain section raised up?

terry
terry on June 3, 2016 at 1:34 pm

These and other tabs at the Essoldo were ‘travellers’. The house and screen sets were motorised but there were also manual ones used for variety shows.

When 70mm was introduced a large concave screen was installed slightly forward of the proscenium together with ‘sweep round’ draw curtains.

Upon twinning in 1971 the screen was returned to its original position and new silver tabs were lit by ‘T6’ spots from the splay walls; ABC later removed these and fitted footlit gold tabs.

Cinema and theatre curtains are now very much things of the past but,in my opinion,their absence further diminishes that all important ‘sense of occasion’………

NOODLE2
NOODLE2 on May 3, 2023 at 8:29 am

I agree Terry..the absence of curtains does diminish the occasion feel ! Kind regards Paul M

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