Funny Girls

5 Dickson Road,
Blackpool, FY1 2AX

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Rick2468
Rick2468 on May 6, 2005 at 8:31 am

The former Odeon in Blackpool is in fantastic shape. An excellent achievement by all involved!
It has been brought back to life and is in an exceptional order. The space has been shaped into an extremely good, useable area, which compliments all elements of the buildings superb architecture and creates a multi functional area whilst retaining its grandeur scale and form.

Rick Jones

rachelwoodforde
rachelwoodforde on January 23, 2004 at 5:48 am

Excuse me, but Blackpool already has an opera house in the Grand Theatre, supplied by the incomparable Frank Matcham, lovingly cared for and much used, for all sorts of theatre including the few opera companies who can afford to travel. There is also the Opera House, part of the Winter Garden complex, a vaste barn of a place, rebuilt after a fire in 1938/9 and still seating about 2000. This is the home of the large comercial shows that can only break even with that high number of ticket sales. Please leave the Odeon in the caring hands of the club: the only reason I didn’t go in with my husband and another married couple was that we simply weren’t dressed smartly enough !

PAULB
PAULB on January 23, 2004 at 5:12 am

kill MICHAEL. now.

cinemabuff
cinemabuff on October 10, 2003 at 6:53 am

THE FORMER ODEON IS NOW A NIGHT CLUB FOR GAY PEOPLE. IT HAS BEEN ALTERED INTERNALLY,BUT ONLY ON A SMALL SCALE AND THE EXTERIOR REMAINS MUCH AS IT WAS BUILT IN THE 1930/S. IT WAS SAD TO SEE THIS FINE ODEON FALL TO THE MIGHT OF THE MODERN MULTIPLEX.

ColinStewart
ColinStewart on January 8, 2003 at 2:47 pm

I was one of the lucky ones who enjoyed Titanic sat up in the circle of Odeon Blackpool. I made the journey from Lancaster on two nights, both of which the circle was full to capacity. An unforgettable experience. I was heart broken when the cinema closed and since have been nowhere near the modern featureless multiplex. The trouble with this country (and Odeon) is most of us have no value for our heritage.

The good news is that some of the art-deco has been partially saved, as the theatre has now opened as funny girls night club. Reports seemingly are that it is one of the best cinema restorations to date. The nightclub is in the stalls with the main bar below the stage. The bad news is that the circle maybe turned into an additional club. If this happens the view of the vast main auditorium and fantastic large art-deco light fittings will be lost. The stalls area has been converted back to one large area with screens 2 and 3 removed.

Due to the nature of this night club I have not, as yet, ventured in to survey the damage. In my opinion it’s a waste to see the largest Odeon in the UK wasted on a night club. However, at least the building has been saved!