Futurist Theatre -Scarborough, Oct 15.

[Jamie_P]

History;​

The Futurist was the 12th largest capacity theatre in the country being able to seat 2,155 people. It is a theatre and a cinema based in Scarborough, on the sea front of South Bay. Futurist closed in 2014 on the 6th of January due to the operator's lease expiring.  The theatre was built in 1921 and remained the same until 1958 when the theatre was extended to allow live performers at the location. In the 1980's Scarborough Council took over the theatre and handed the lease to Apollo Leisure who then ran the theatre till 2002! 
In December 2002 the operator of the nearby cinema, Hollywood Plaza took over the theatre and refurbished it, installing new projectors and sounds systems. 
Until 2014 when it closed.

Explore;​

Explored with @SpiderMonkey and @AndyK!. Whilst visiting for a weekend, we decided to go for an explore up North, which turned into 3. However, our first stop was Scarborough, early wake up call and a few hours trip we were there. After many look arounds for an easy access and trying to avoid the people in the flats next door and the homeless man sleeping just outside the main entrance we found access and we were in. 
This was a great explore, and even better when we found out the lights still worked after switching all the switches we could find.
Unfortunatley I don't have many photo's due to my tripod being useless at the time.​

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Stage.

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Seating Booth.

Stand.

B.

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Projector.

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Projectors.

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From the Top.​

E,D,C.

One of those Generic " I'm a photographer" shots modelled by SpiderMonkey.

Ad Board.

Stage.

Thanks for looking, !
JP.​

 

[AndyK!]

Nice report there Jamie, good shots and well covered  Was a fun day, that.

 

[Urbexbandoned]

Lovely looking place with so much to offer. You done the place justice, came away with a great set of snaps.  

 

 

[Perjury Saint]

Damn your eyes!! Massive want this is... ☺

 

[Indecisive M]

Such a lovely place and what a damn shame it's now shut. Nice report, Jamie.

 

[hamtagger]

It's a great looking place this and nicely shot Jamie, thanks for posting

 

[Jamie_P]

It's a great looking place this and nicely shot Jamie, thanks for posting

Cheers HT!

 

[Jamie_P]

Such a lovely place and what a damn shame it's now shut. Nice report, Jamie.

Cheer's mate!

 

[The_Raw]

Gutted this is shut again now although I'd be surprised if it doesn't have it's day again. Lovely images Jamie