Theatre (19th Century)
Site Name Aberdeen, 34 - 48 Guild Street, Tivoli Theatre
Classification Theatre (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 1 Trinity Street; Her Majesty's Opera House; Her Majesty's Theatre
Canmore ID 146357
Site Number NJ90NW 401
NGR NJ 94189 06033
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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Interior. general view of auditorium from south
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View from S
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General view from WNW
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View from NNW
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View from N
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Detail of mass concrete chimney stack, SW corner.
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nterior. View of box office and corridor.
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Interior. View of vestibule and staircase leading up to front gallery from SW.
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Interior. View of staircase leading up to front gallery from WNW.
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Interior. General view of auditorium from N.
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Interior. General view of auditorium from NW.
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Interior. Detail of plasterwork and painted decorative panel in ceiling.
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Interior. Detail of plasterwork and painted decorative panels on proscenium arch.
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Interior. Detail of sign in auditorium.
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Interior. Detail of painted ionic capital in auditorium.
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Interior. Detail of shuttered bar door on second floor.
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Interior. View of shuttered bar on second floor.
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Interior. Detail of thermal window in S access corridor.
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Interior. View of dressing room.
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Interior. Detail of pulley wheel in fly-tower.
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Interior. Detail of pulley wheel in fly-tower.
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General view from SW
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View from SW
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General view from WNW
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Interior. View of vestibule from W.
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Interior. View of cafeteria in basement from WNW.
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Interior. View of auditorium from WNW.
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Interior. View of auditorium and galleries from NE.
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Interior. Detail of lighting equipment in projection booth.
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Interior. Detail of decorative plasterwork above W boxes in auditorium.
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Interior. Detail of plasterwork and painted decorative panel in ceiling.
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Interior. Detail of plasterwork and painted decorative panels on proscenium arch.
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Interior. Detail of sign in auditorium.
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Interior. Detail of ionic capital in auditorium.
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Interior. Detail of exhibition panel to rear of auditorium.
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Interior. View of S access corridor on second floor from W.
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Interior. View of Manager's office from NE.
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Interior. View of dressing room.
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Interior. Detail of fire door runners in gantry.
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Interior. Detail of scenery mechanism.
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IDetail of ceiling, plasterwork and painted decorative panel. Tivoli Theatre, Aberdeen.
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Interior. Basement, switchgear room, detail of Hewitic mercury arc rectifiers.
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General view from SW.
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Interior. Detail of painted and plasterwork decorative corner panels on ceiling.
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Interior. Detail of ceiling fitment in auditorium.
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Interior. Detail of ionic capital in auditorium.
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Interior. Detail of capital in auditorium.
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Interior. Detail of console bracket on proscenium arch.
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Interior. View of Manager's office from NE.
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Interior. Detail of strand stage lighting board.
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Interior. View of stage door office from E.
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Interior. Detail of scenery mechanism.
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Interior. View of fly-tower and safety curtain from NE.
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Interior. View of fly-tower from E.
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Interior. View of switchgear room in basement from N.
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Interior. View of switchgear room in basement from SW.
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General view from NW
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View from NNW
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View from N
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Interior. General view of auditorium from N.
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Interior. View of auditorium from E.
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Interior. View of archway to auditorium from W.
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Interior. Detail of plasterwork and painted decorative panel in ceiling.
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Interior, Detail of painted and plasterwork decorative corner panels on ceiling.
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Interior. Detail of painted corbel in auditorium.
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Interior. View of S access corridor on second floor from E.
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Interior. Detail of interconnecting hatch/viewing window in manager's office.
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Interior. Detail of safety curtain and lighting panel.
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Interior. View of switchgear room in basement from N.
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Interior. View of rectifier starting procedure panel.
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Interior. Fly tower, safety curtain, view from north east
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Interior. View of stage area and proscenium arch from SSW.
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Interior. Detail of column head in auditorium.
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Interior. View of backstage staircase.
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Interior. View of fan housing in attic space.
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Detail of mass concrete chimney stack, SW corner.
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Interior. Detail of light fitting in vestibule.
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Interior. View of auditorium and galleries from NE.
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Interior. View of rear of dress circle from W.
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Interior. Detail of plasterwork and painted decorative panel in ceiling.
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Interior. Detail of plasterwork and painted decorative panels on proscenium arch.
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Interior. Detail of painted ionic capital in auditorium.
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Interior. Detail of capital in auditorium.
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Interior. Detail of painted corbel in auditorium.
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Interior. View of Manager's office from NE.
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Interior. Detail of safety curtain and lighting panel.
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Interior. View of stage door office from E.
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Interior. View of switchgear room in basement from SW.
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View from S
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General view from NW
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Interior. View of auditorium from WNW.
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Interior. Detail of plasterwork and painted decorative panels on proscenium arch.
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Interior. Detail of plasterwork and painted decorative panels on proscenium arch.
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Interior. Detail of fire-hose in auditorium.
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Interior. Detail of painted corbel in auditorium.
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Interior. View of S access corridor on second floor from E.
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Interior. Detail of interconnecting hatch/viewing window in manager's office.
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Interior. View of first floor level bar.
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Interior. Detail of safety curtain and lighting panel.
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Interior. View of fly-tower from SW.
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NJ90NW 401 94189 06033
Tivoli Theatre [NAT]
OS 1:1250 map, 1973.
(Location cited as NJ 941 059). Tivoli. Opened as 'Her Majesty's Opera House' in 1872 and reopened in 1910 (after a closure of 3 1/2 years) as the Tivoli Theatre. It became a bingo hall in 1966, and remains complete.
Style, Italian renaissance. Front: Peterhead granite with bands of red and white Turriff freestone; six pillars of polished red granite at the base, with the pediments of the Gothic windows inlaid with ornamental firebricks. Side- and back-walls are of concrete; the building being of considerable interest in this respect.
(Newspaper and periodical references cited).
NMRS, MS/712/83.
Her Majesty's Theatre was built to the designs of C J Phipps and James Matthews, the existing frontage is still the Matthew's original to Her Majesty's. In 1910, after his success in the building of His Majesty's Theatre (Rosemount Viaduct, Aberdeen), Frank Matcham was employed to refit the interior.
Information from RCAHMS
(CAJS) 2000