Theatre Royal, Glasgow

Theatre Royal
Royal Colosseum Theatre and Opera House
Map
Address282 Hope Street
Glasgow
Scotland
OwnerJames Baylis (1867-1870)
Baylis Trust (1870-1877)
Margaret Anderson family (1877-1888)
James Howard and Fred Wyndham (1888-1895)
Howard & Wyndham Ltd (1895-1957)
Scottish Television (1957-1974)
Scottish Opera (1974 – present)
TypeProscenium
Capacity1,541
Construction
Opened1867
Renovated2014
Rebuilt1879
1895
ArchitectWilliam Clarke and George Bell
Charles J. Phipps
Website
Official Box Office

The Theatre Royal is the oldest theatre in Glasgow and the longest running in Scotland. Located at 282 Hope Street, its front door was originally round the corner in Cowcaddens Street. It currently accommodates 1,541 people and is owned by Scottish Opera. The theatre opened in 1867, adopting the name Theatre Royal two years later. It is also the birthplace of Howard & Wyndham Ltd, owners and managers of theatres in Scotland and England until the 1970s, created by its chairman Baillie Michael Simons in 1895. It was Simons who as a cultural entrepreneur of his day also promoted the building of Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum and Glasgow's International Exhibitions of 1888 (the International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry) and 1901.