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Town Hall
About
The Victoria Theatre, at 9 Empress Place, Singapore, was originally built as the Town Hall. Construction took place between 1855 and 1862. After the Victoria Memorial Hall was built on an adjacent site, the Town Hall was remodelled as a theatre and opened on 11 February 1909 with a production of The Pirates of Penzance, the British operetta by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. In addition to public performances, the Victoria Theatre has been used for political meetings. Further renovations were undertaken between 1952 and 1958 to provide sound-proofing and air conditioning. The Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall were further renovated between 2010 and 2014.
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Associated Performance(s)
| Performance Name | Performer | Production | Festival |
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| “Piano Recital by Renee Florigny, Victoria Memorial Hall, June 26, 1935” |
Renee Florigny (Person)
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| Martha Graham and her Dance Company – 1955 – Singapore |
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| Dame Sybil Thorndyke and Sir Lewis Casson – 1955 – Singapore |
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Media
Sources
Bonny Tan. (2016). Victoria Theatre. Singapore Infopedia. National Library Board, Singapore. https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/article-detail?cmsuuid=8472b2d8-5549-4858-912b-f6150b4bcae6
‘Victoria Theatre and Victoria Concert Hall’, Roots, https://www.roots.gov.sg/places/places-landing/Places/national-monuments/victoria-theatre-and-concert-hall
Contributor
2024. “Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall“. In Performing Archipelagos, edited by Kyueun Kim, Alvin Eng Hui Lim and Hedren Wai Yuan Sum. Singapore: National University of Singapore.
