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The Playhouse is a Wetherspoon's pub in Colchester, Essex, the building of which was previously The Playhouse Theatre. Originally opened in 1929, the theatre became the A.B.C. in the 1960s, and it was reveloped into a pub in 1994.

History

The Playhouse Theatre was built in 1929 by John Fairweather; and the first production in 1929 was the Winter Garden Theatre's So This Is Love.^[1] In 1930, The Playhouse became a cinema, the interior was redesigned in 1931, and in 1932, the cinema was taken over by Associated British Cinemas.^[1]^[2] The building was redeveloped in 1962, and renamed the A.B.C. In 1981, the building was taken over by EMI, who used it as a bingo hall.^[2] After renovation, the building reopened as a Wetherspoon's pub in 1994.^[3]^[4]

References

1. ^¹{{cite web|title=Playhouse (Colchester)|url=http://www.theatrestrust.org.uk/resources/theatres/show/96-playhouse-colchester|website=The Theatres Trust|accessdate=14 December 2015}}
2. ^¹{{cite web|url= http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol9/pp298-303| title= A History of the County of Essex: Volume 9, the Borough of Colchester| last=Cooper| first=Janet| last2=Elrington| first2= CR| publisher=Victoria County History| date=1994| pages=298-303| access-date=30 May 2016| via=British History Online}}
3. ^{{cite book| url= https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=KGKIAwAAQBAJ&dq=the+playhouse+colchester&source=gbs_navlinks_s| title= Colchester 24| last=Phillips| first=Andrew| publisher=Amberley Publishing| date=November 2013|access-date=1 June 2016}}
4. ^{{cite news|url= http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/4213765.Eighty_years_on__Playhouse_pub_remembers_its_theatrical_roots/|title=Eighty years on, Playhouse pub remembers its theatrical roots|work=Essex County Standard| last=Parkes| first=Tom | date=19 March 2009| access-date=1 June 2016}}