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	Gaiety Theatre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Gaiety Theatre is a drama theatre on South King Street in Dublin, Ireland, near Grafton Street and St.
		The Gaiety was extended by renowned theatre architect Frank Matcham in 1883, and, despite several improvements to public spaces and stage changes, it retains its Victorian charm and remains Dublin's longest-established, continuously producing theatre.
		Recent and renowned performers and playwrights associated with the theatre (Maureen Potter, John B Keane, Anna Manahan and Niall Toibin) have been celebrated with hand-prints cast in bronze and set in the pavement beneath the theatre canopy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gaiety_Theatre (211 words)

	Gaiety Theatre
		July 22, 1950: London's Gaiety Theatre, the birthplace of musical comedy in Britain and the centre of the capital's gayest entertainment for three generations, is to be pulled down.
		The Olympic Theatre in Wych Street and the Opera Comique in the Strand were closed in 1899, the Globe Theatre in Newcastle Street shut its doors in 1902.
		Over at the Gaiety Theatre the scenery door was blown in by the explosion and there was nearly a panic among the audience and the chorus girls.
	www.arthurlloyd.co.uk /Gaiety.htm (3689 words)

	The Gaiety Theatre - Ayr (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		And, while Ayr Gaiety has not played every star who has ever been, there have been sufficient of their number striding across its stage to rate this Gaiety as one of the most significant theatres in the British Isles and for its story to represent the history of popular theatre in 20th.
		The last Gaiety Theatre on the British mainland, it is part of the heritage of Britain and one of Scotland's treasures.
		For nearly half of its lifetime, from 1925 until 1973, Ayr Gaiety was controlled by the Popplewell family, and during this time because of the quality of its shows, particularly those produced in-house, it won a reputation by far outstripping its size, being regarded as a small Number One theatre.
	www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk /gaietytheatre/history.htm (725 words)

	The Gaiety Theatre Dublin Ireland
		The Gaiety Theatre in its current form was built in 1899 and opened in 1900.
		The Gaiety is famed for Variety and indeed for a time during its purely commercial life played little else for the simple reason that during the period in question no other form of live stage entertainment had a prospect of breaking even financially.
		The theatre is currently a thriving centre for the performing arts and hosts all sorts of events both professional and amateur.
	www.dublinevents.com /dublin-theatres/gaiety-theatre.php (228 words)

	Theatre Dublin \| Footprint Guides
		The city’s theatres are flourishing, from the traditional Abbey Theatre to the innovative Project Arts Centre, where art, dance, theatre and video meet.
		One of the most famous theatres in the world was rebuilt in the 1960s in a brutalist style that will tremendously disappoint theatrical pilgrims drawn here by tales of the Abbey’s stirring role in the city’s history.
		Opened as a theatre in 1902 by the poet WB Yeats and his friend Lady Gregory, the Abbey staged cutting-edge drama that outraged public opinion by depicting Irish life in all its diversity.
	www.footprintguides.com /Dublin/Theatre-Arts-and-Entertainment.php (440 words)

	Gaiety Theatre Conference Web Page
		The Gaiety situated in the heart of Douglas, capital of the Isle of Man, has been home to the Islands premier drama and entertainment's for the last one hundred years and is one of the very few late Victorian theatres to have survived intact.
		The theatre is very much a live performing space welcoming in all spectrums of entertainment's to match the tastes of the Islands eager theatre going public.
		The Gaiety Theatre celebrated its centenary in July 2000 with a performance of “The Telephone Girl”, which was the opening production on 16th July 1900.
	www.visitisleofman.com /conferences/Venues/gaiety_theatre.xml (207 words)

	Gaiety Theatre - dublin - theatre in dublin
		Gaiety Theatre - dublin - theatre in dublin
		The Gaiety Theatre is one of Dublin's most respected and loved theatres, immersed in history and drama.
		The Gaiety Theatre are offering an indepth tour which will explain over 135 years of Gaiety history to visitors.
	www.dublinks.com /index.cfm/loc/1/pt/0/spid/6196F693-4727-4158-82701C7F49106FD0.htm (224 words)

	The Gaiety Theatre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The entrance to the Gaiety Theatre was through the snack bar and up the stairs.
		There was however a fire exit at the front of the stage (at ground level) which the disabled and elderly could use to gain easy access to the theatre.
		The photo was taken from the balcony of a chalet in row M Red Camp.
	www.lightstraw.co.uk /butlins/gaiety1.html (306 words)

	Walk Historic Akaroa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It was at this stage that the hall became known as the Gaiety Theatre.
		In 2000 a new group, the Gaiety Trust (comprised of Dale Thomas, Fiona Farrell and Syndi Muir) was formed with the intention of renovating the theatre and making it well used again.
		Then in 2004 the Gaiety Trust revamped the Supper room with french doors opening onto decking in the open space between the Gaiety Theatre and Coronation Library, adding an outdoor performance area to the venue.
	www.historicakaroa.co.nz /buildingdetail.asp?s=true&bid=109 (1262 words)

	Boston.com / Business / Protest spurs city to order Gaiety Theatre work halted
		Boston's Inspectional Services Department yesterday ordered a construction crew to stop work at the defunct Gaiety Theatre after preservationists claimed the developer was using an asbestos-removal permit as a backdoor ploy to tear down the theater and make way for a apartment tower near Chinatown.
		At the Gaiety building, workers have removed windows and material from the roof, exposing the interior to the elements, said Shirley Kressel, a neighborhood activist who has joined several city councilors in a lawsuit that aims to stop Kensington.
		Earlier, the Boston Landmarks Commission declined to grant landmark status to the Gaiety, which was built in 1908 and, according to Kensington, hasn't been used as a theater in nearly 20 years.
	www.boston.com /business/articles/2004/09/02/protest_spurs_city_to_order_gaiety_theatre_work_halted (555 words)

	Isle of Man Guide - DOUGLAS, Gaiety Theatre
		The Gaiety Theatre was originally a large Pavilion opened in 1893, but shortly after opening it was closed and architect Frank Matcham was commissioned to redesign the building.
		In 1900 it was reopened as a grand Opera House and Theatre and for the next 14 years it experienced great success.
		Throughout the 1950's the Theatre was used as a Cinema and by 1968 plans were on the table for its demolition.
	www.iomguide.com /gaietytheatre.php (866 words)

	Ayrshire & Arran Convention Bureau - The Gaiety Theatre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Gaiety Theatre’s auditorium can offer facilities for up to 550 delegates on three levels in one of Scotland’s most attractive theatre settings.
		The Gaiety Theatre’s small studio space is an ideal space to accommodate up to 32 delegates in a number of formats.
		The Gaiety Theatre is ideally placed and equipped to cater for conferences, seminars, meetings and training sessions both large and small.
	www.aacb.co.uk /venues/venue.aspx?id=1026 (141 words)

	Victorian London - Entertainment and Recreation - Theatre and Shows - Theatres - Gaiety Theatre
		This large, elegant, and central Theatre, has been erected on part of the Strand, part of Exeter Street, part of Catherine Street, and part of Wellington Street, and the site of the Strand Musick Hall - a building that has been entirely pulled down for the lobbies of the new house.
		The same gentleman has also painted the act drop, which, unlike that at most Theatres, is intended not as a scene or a picture, but as a part of the decoration of the Theatre.
		The design is extremely chaste and elegant; and the small vignette in the centre, representing a villa on one of the Italian lakes, is broadly, and at the same time delicately painted.
	www.victorianlondon.org /entertainment/gaietytheatre.htm (1385 words)

	Gaiety School of Acting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Gaiety School of Acting was founded in 1986 by internationally-renowned Theatre Director Joe Dowling in response to the lack of full time actor training in Ireland at the time.
		The policy of the Gaiety School of Acting is to train actors for the theatre, film and television industries.
		Actor and director Joe Dowling is a former Artistic Director of the Abbey Theatre, Managing Director of the Gaiety Theatre and founder of the Gaiety School of Acting.
	www.gaietyschool.com /04/about.htm (719 words)

	National Portrait Gallery \| What's on? \| Gaiety Girls \| Exhibition
		At the Gaiety Theatre she was the worldly-wise actress in Mother Of Pearl (1933).
		Gaby Deslys first appeared at the Gaiety Theatre in 1906, as 'The Charm of Paris' in The New Aladdin, performing the 'Ju-Jitsu waltz', but the dance that made her famous on both sides of the Atlantic was 'The Gaby Glide'.
		Gabrielle Ray appeared at the Gaiety Theatre in the cast of The Orchid, on the inaugural night of the new theatre in 1903.
	www.npg.org.uk /live/gaietyexh.asp (1796 words)

	Dublin Theatres - Dublin Hotels Network
		The Gaiety Theatre: Located just off Grafton St, the Gaiety is one of Dublin's most famous theatres.
		The Peacock Theatre: The Peacock is housed in a studio space within the Abbey.
		The Olympia Theatre: One of Dublin's most famous venues, the Olympia is as versed at hosting rock concerts as it is to hosting dramatic works of the finest quality.
	www.dublin-hotels.net /dublin-theatres.htm (513 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - SOCIETY
		Though the task of renovating the Gaiety Theatre was daunting, the finished product speaks volumes about the minute detail and painstaking work that went into the project.
		The Gaiety project fell into Anita’s lap when the responsibility of it’s renovation was handed over to her husband, Pankaj Bhatia, by virtue of his being the secretary of the Army-led ADC (Amateur Dramatic Club).
		The Gaiety Theatre project may not have brought any lucre to Anita, but the prestige of being associated with it certainly opened the floodgates for her.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2001/20010711/main8.htm (929 words)

	The Gaiety Theatre - Ayr (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Gaiety Theatre is very well supported by The Friends of the Gaiety Theatre and new members are always welcome.
		The Gaiety theatre is situated in the Centre of Ayr.
		The Gaiety Theatre is situated close to both Ayr’s main bus and train station.
	www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk /gaietytheatre/faqs.htm (397 words)

	Gaiety Theatre
		After twelve years of marked success, the most distinguished theatre architect of the day, Frank Matcham, was brought in to create the commodious parterre and dress-circle bars in the extension to the west of the auditorium, which he then redecorated.
		It was during the Eamonn Andrews era that the Gaiety’s audience swelled on one famous night to 400 million this was for the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest – the first to be held in Ireland, and RTE’s earliest colour transmission of an indoor event, the Gaiety’s pretty interior receiving much praise around the world.
		The Gaiety Theatre’s present owners, Denis and Caroline Desmond, and its Executive Director, John Costigan, have instituted an extensive conservation and restoration programme, with assistance from the National Millennium Committee amounting to £500,000.
	www.gaietytheatre.net /history (890 words)

	Gaiety Theatre, Kirkgate, Leith
		In October 1886 the United Presbyterian Church in the Kirkgate moved to new premises and the old church building was bought by a Mr Edward Edgar who ran it as a music hall.
		The theatre was reconstructed and opened as the New Gaiety on 30th October 1899.
		Please note that there was also a Gaiety Theatre in Chambers Street.
	www.arthurlloyd.co.uk /Edinburgh/Gaiety2.htm (147 words)

	ArchBOSTON.com :: View topic - Kensington Place / Gaiety Theatre
		The Kensington project is controversial because it involves demolishing the Gaiety Theatre on Washington Street.
		The Friends of the Gaiety claim that Midtown Cultural District zoning prohibits demolition of an old theatre, and/or requires the developer to replace the theatre with a new one.
		What was scheduled as a routine hearing last Tuesday before the Zoning Board of Appeal on the determination of the Gaiety Theatre?s status, turned into a heated confrontation between the ZBA and proponents to save the theater from demolition, including four city councilors.
	www.archboston.com /Forum/viewtopic.php?t=60 (1846 words)

	MITIE Group
		MITIE was chosen to play an integral part in the restoration of Dublin’s oldest surviving commercial theatre, the grade I listed Gaiety Theatre affectionately known as Dublin’s ‘Grand old Lady’.
		MITIE Property Services was brought in to restore the Gaiety Theatre’s paintwork to its former Victorian splendour.
		To ensure that a most suitable mix of traditionally accurate shades was in keeping with the theatre’s original look, MITIE undertook in-depth research into the Gaiety Theatre’s history.
	www.mitie.co.uk /sectors/sector7_casestudy.jsp?page_id=541 (317 words)

	BURLESQUE - LoveToKnow Article on BURLESQUE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In the later,9th century the name burlesque was given to a form of musical dramatic composition in which the true element of burlesque found little or no place.
		These musical burlesques, with which the Gaiety theatre, London.
		The Gaiety type of burlesque has since given place to the musical comedy, and its only survival is to be found in the modern pantomime.
	www.12.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BU/BURLESQUE.htm (331 words)

	derspatchel: gaiety
		And she was a Burlesque/Vaudeville theatre first and foremost, with a grand legacy just blocks nearby: the first Vaudeville theatre in America, the Vaudeville Saloon, had opened in 1840 at the corner of Washington and Boylston Streets, where the China Trade Center is today.
		For the next few minutes the sound was not that of desperation or pain but instead of beauty, a beautiful solo of rising and falling notes and burbles and a rich tone that echoed off the now non-existent vaulted ceiling.
		The Friends of the Gaiety website is indespensable; I used a bit of their PDF reports in the research as well as for the photos.
	derspatchel.livejournal.com /236622.html (1243 words)

	Gaiety Theatre Then and Now
		Above - The original Gaiety Theatre was demolished in 1903 and here the foundations are being laid in 1901, only a few tens of yards from the original theatre, for the building of the New Gaiety Theatre which would open in 1903 - 'Black and White Budget' September 28th 1901
		Above - The Illustrated London News in 1957 reports on the building soon to replace the 2nd Gaiety Theatre which closed in 1939 and was demolished in 1957.
		Photo M.L. You may notice that some of the Plane Trees planted when the new Aldwych road scheme and Gaiety Theatre were constructed in 1903 are still there in 2005, over a hundred years later.
	www.arthurlloyd.co.uk /Strandmusikhall/StrandB.htm (253 words)

	Gaiety Theatre
		PLAY Late Night Club @ The Gaiety Theatre is also one of the latest serving bars in Dublin, and a firm favourite with late night revellers.
		PLAY @ The Gaiety seems to have been in existence since almost before the Vikings arrived and yet it is still hugely popular.
		The Gaiety Theatre gives the clubs a real theatrical feel, particularly the way we light the auditorium and bars, which give a real mood to the place.
	www.gaietytheatre.net /news/art_1.php (523 words)

	Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Opinion / Letters / Defending the history of the Gaiety
		WHILE I AM in complete agreement with the premise of Joshua Glenn's opinion piece on the destruction of the Gaiety Theatre ("Theatre of ill repute," Ideas, Jan. 16), as that Puritanism morphed into philistinism, I must defend the besieged Gaiety from an undeserved slander.
		The Gaiety began its life as a playhouse presenting clean burlesque (which would encompass Gilbert and Sullivan) and vaudeville.
		Any ill repute attached to the Gaiety is the consequence of a determined disinformation campaign.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2005/01/22/defending_the_history_of_the_gaiety?mode=PF (295 words)

	Gertie Millar (1879-1952) - Actors from the Golden Age of the Theatre
		In 1901, George Edwardes (the famous theatre manager and originator of the British musical comedy, who, the previous year, had lost his star, Marie Tempest, after a disagreement over a costume) recruited Gertie Millar to be the leading lady in his productions at the Gaiety Theatre.
		The Girls of Gottenberg, again with Monkton's music (and one of the lyrics by P G Wodehouse) opened at the Gaiety Theatre on May 15, 1907 and ran till March 28, 1908.
		In 1918, she made her final appearance at the Alhambra Theatre in Bradford, the city where she had been born.
	www.collectorspost.com /Millar.htm (823 words)

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