Copyright © 1976-2018 BuroHappold Engineering. All Rights Reserved CLIEN T Delfont Mackintosh Theatres ARCHI T EC T Aedas SERVICES PROVIDED BY BURO HAPPO LD Building services engineering (MEP), asset consultancy, sustainability consultancy, IT and security consultancy In 1910, Alfred Butt - theatre owner, manager, and impresario - bought and demolished the Royal Standard Music Hall to build Victoria Palace Theatre on the site. Designed by renowned theatre architect, Frank Matcham, Victoria Palace cost £12,000 to build. The best-known variety stars of the day including Harry Lauder, Little Tich, and Vesta Tilley, performed there in the early years. And among the theatre’s century-long list of successful productions, Elton John and Lee Hall’s ‘Billy Elliot’ opened in March

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