Theatre Royal, Lincoln

About

The New Theatre Royal Lincoln is a theatre in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. The present theatre, initially called the New Theatre Royal, was built in 1893 to the designs of Bertie Crewe and W. G.

R. Sprague. After an explosion and fire in 1892 had destroyed the previous Theatre Royal on the site, built in 1806.

The 1806 theatre was, in turn, a rebuild of an earlier theatre of 1764 on Butchery Street, now called Clasketgate. The structure of the building remained the same until 1907, when the present frontage, foyer, and lounge were added, spinning the orientation of the entrance to face Clasketgate. A 2010 refurbishment of public non-auditorium space restructured and modernised the foyer and bar areas.

The building is Grade II listed. The New Theatre Royal Lincoln was renamed to the Theatre Royal Lincoln and then later changed back the New Theatre Royal Lincoln in 2016 when the theatre was taken over and refurbished after the previous management folded. From 1893 to 1954 the theatre was run by a succession of leaseholders and managers presenting popular plays, musicals, music hall stars and film.

In 1954 it became a weekly repertory theatre under the Lincoln Theatre Association until...