Gateshead, High Street, Alexandra Music Hall

HER Number:
7872

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, High Street, Alexandra Music Hall

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Music Speech and Dance Venue

Site Type: Specific:
Music Hall

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This was the first music hall in Gateshead, opened 14 November 1870, on the corner of Oakwellchare and High Street. The acts on the first bill included a female impersonator and clog dancers. The theatre closed the following year after an "unseemly performance". The building was later used by the Salvation Army and the Baptists.

Easting:
254

Northing:
636

Grid Reference:
NZ254636

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
I.C. Carlton, 1974, A Short History of Gateshead, p 68