Regent Theatre

madorganplayer on February 4, 2012 at 9:07 am

The Regent WurliTzer was a style 165 X (2 manual six sets of pipes)which was quite rare.It means that its pipework was divided into two chambers one above the other on the right hand sidewall.It was removed in the early sixties or even 1959 and the chambers were used for air conditioning.This was broken up for parts although the little French console was paired up with a similar organ at from the Gaumont Exeter.This organ lost its console during the war.It now resides-ipswich console and Exeter pipework at the Burtey Fen collection in Pinchbeck,Lincolnshire.

lostmemory on April 4, 2009 at 12:44 pm

This is a photo of the Regent.

lostmemory on March 25, 2006 at 12:59 pm

Some additional info on this theater:

“The Regent Theater Ipswich was opened in 1929 and is still East Anglia’s largest theatre. The opening ceremony was conducted by the Mayor of Ipswich, Dr Hossack. The opening night saw the Regent open it’s doors to 2,000 Ipswich people.

The resident Wurlitzer organ kept all entertained and the first film shown was a ‘talking film’, The last of Mrs Cheyney – Starring Norma Shearer and Basil Rathbone.

Since then the Ipswich regent has become synonymous with hit west end shows, the best in comedy as well as international rock and pop stars including; The Beatles, Buddy Holly and the Crickets, Tina Turner and Elton John to name a few".

Address: 3 St Helens Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 1HE
Telephone: 01473 433100

KenRoe on September 11, 2005 at 5:23 am

An exterior photograph (early 1970’s?) of the Gaumont/Regent, Ipswich here:
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