ELECTRIC PALACE
Updated 30 days ago
Private Limited Company
- Active - 09308469 (CH)
- Age: 9 years
- ID: 27497170/113
35 SOUTH STREET BRIDPORT DORSET DT6 3NY
• 90040 - Operation of arts facilities
The Electric Palace has been operating almost continuously since 1926. It has recently undergone extensive renovation retaining and enhancing the original features. The structural integrity of the building has been improved and the cinema technology, stage equipment and other facilities have been brought into the 21st century. It is still owned by a local family, and the building continues to provide first-class film and live entertainment for the people of Bridport, West Dorset and beyond... In 1926 a local brewing family, J C & R H Palmer, took the courageous and enterprising step to build an opera house in Bridport. A new venture in every way, but particularly because it was powered by electricity, a rare commodity for many at the time. Generating its own power in the engine room at the rear of the building, it enabled the people of Bridport to experience the wonder and glamour of the new age of cinema, as well as opera and other stage shows. It opened on June 14th 1926 to a packed..
Also known as: Bridport Electric Palace, BRIDPORT ELECTRIC PALACE COMPANY LIMITED
Registration numbers: 09308469 (CH), 9308469 (W)
VAT numbers: 204 273 052