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The Gaiety Theatre |
Kirkgate, Leith
Photo taken around the time that The Gaiety closed
©
John Darcy. Reproduced with
acknowledgement to John Darcy: March 16, 2010. Thank
you to Bob Moffat for
providing a copy of this photograph. and to John Stewart who runs
a
Leith web site that includes this photo.
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The Gaiety Theatre |
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Cinema and Theatre Brendon Thomas writes in his book 'The Last Picture Shows - Edinburgh': "By 1913, the Kirkgate theatre had been renamed the Gaiety and enlarged with a gallery, pit and circle, with a shop on either side of the entrance. Films appear to have reigned supreme for about thirty years, but on July 3rd 1944, variety returned with Will Fyffe. The last picture show is not known, but the last theatre production appears to have been 'Laugh of a Lifetime', featuring Tommy Loman, Johnny Beattie, and the Four Kordites, in 1956." |
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Kirkgate Demolished The three gates seen in this photo led to the gallery, the pit and the circle. This photo was taken at about the time that the Gaiety closed. The Gaiety, and other buildings in the Kirkgate have now been demolished. The Newkirkgate Shopping Centre, built in 1965, now stands on the site. |
