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34-539: Pavilion Theatre or Pavilion Theater may refer to: United Kingdom [ edit ] Pavilion Theatre (Glasgow) , Scotland Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth , part of the Bournemouth International Centre complex, England Pavilion Theatre, Brighton, former name of Studio Theatre (Brighton) Pavilion Theatre, Cromer Pier , a seaside theatre on Norfolk, England Pavilion Theatre (Rhyl) ,

68-509: A receiving house for plays and alternative comedians . The Pavilion Theatre is now the only privately run theatre in Scotland and one of a few unsubsidised independent theatres left in Britain outside London. The theatre mainly runs populist productions and pantomimes, as well as comedians and touring bands on the 'nostalgia' circuit. In 2004 Janette Krankie was seriously injured during

102-608: A cinema more well known as the Rex Theatre in Adelaide, Australia Pavilion Theatre (Dún Laoghaire) , a theatre in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland See also [ edit ] London Pavilion , a music hall until 1923 Pavilion (disambiguation) Weymouth Pavilion , a theatre at Weymouth, Southern England Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

136-501: A fine piece of architecture; but what kind of fountain has only two faucets where the water porters will come to fill their buckets? This isn't the way fountains are built in Rome to beautify the city. We need to lift ourselves out of taste that is gross and shabby. Fountains should be built in public places, and viewed from all the gates. There isn't a single public place in the vast faubourg Saint-Germain ; that makes my blood boil. Paris

170-468: A five night stint in 2000, as well as their 2006 stage show . An episode of their radio series was also recorded at the venue. The act performed at the Pavilion once again on 13 and 14 September 2008 with Boosh Live . These dates set a record for the fastest selling act ever at the Pavilion, with tickets selling out in 3 hours for both nights. The theatre located in the north of Glasgow city centre, at

204-575: A larger popular audience during this period, thanks to reproductions made from terra cotta and unglazed porcelain. In the later years of his reign, Louis constructed a major new square in the center of the city, Place Louis XV (now the Place de la Concorde ), with a harmonious row of new buildings, designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel . He built other monumental squares in the centers of Rennes and Bordeaux . He also constructed one monumental fountain in Paris,

238-748: A performance of Jack and the Beanstalk at the theatre, but made a full recovery. In 2007, the Pavilion Theatre reinvented itself as the Scottish National Theatre of Variety , with a launch including numerous stars of the stage and the announcement was made by Iain Gordon the General Manager. The Mighty Boosh have performed several times at the venue, including with early shows Arctic Boosh and Autoboosh in

272-836: A theatre in Rhyl , Wales Pavilion Theatre, Torquay (1912–1976), an historic theatre in Torquay, Devon Pavilion Theatre, Whitby , a theatre in North Yorkshire Pavilion Theatre, Whitechapel , an historic theatre Other countries [ edit ] Chatham Garden Theatre or Pavilion Theatre, a playhouse in the Chatham Gardens of New York City Pavilion Theater, a former movie theater in New York City now run as one of two Nitehawk Cinemas Pavilion Theatre, Adelaide , former name of

306-536: Is a theatre in Glasgow located on Renfield Street. One of Glasgow's oldest theatres, the Pavilion Theatre of Varieties opened on 29 February 1904 as a Music hall . The building has remained relatively unchanged in layout, although the sound and lighting systems have been updated over the years. It is now protected as a category A listed building . The theatre was designed by Bertie Crewe as one of

340-578: Is a style of architecture and decorative arts which appeared during the reign of Louis XV . From 1710 until about 1730, a period known as the Régence , it was largely an extension of the Louis XIV style of his great-grandfather and predecessor, Louis XIV . From about 1730 until about 1750, it became more original, decorative and exuberant, in what was known as the Rocaille style, under the influence of

374-642: The Ecole Militaire , the ensemble of buildings overlooking the Place Louis XV (now Place de la Concorde ; 1761–1770), and the Petit Trianon at Versailles (1764). Over the course of the reign of Louis XV, while interiors were lavishly decorated, the façades gradually became simpler, less ornamented and more classical. The façades designed by Gabriel were carefully rhymed and balanced by rows of windows and columns, and, on large buildings like

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408-483: The Fontaine des Quatre-Saisons , with statuary by Edmé Bouchardon ; but it was poorly sited on a narrow street, and while it had an abundance of sculpture, because of the antiquated water supply of Paris, it produced very little water. The fountain was criticized by Voltaire in a letter to Anne Claude de Caylus in 1739, while it was still under construction: I have no doubt that Bouchardon will make of this fountain

442-570: The Petit Trianon , and it was the predecessor of the Louis XVI style . The chairs of the Louis XV style, compared with those of Louis XIV, were characterized by lightness, comfort and harmony of lines. The traverse support of the legs disappeared, and the chairs were designed so one could sit back comfortably. The legs had a curving 'S shape. The carved decor featured sculpted fleurettes, palmettes, seashells, and foliage. The dossier , or back of

476-412: The Place de la Concorde , often featured grand arcades on the street level, and classical pediments or balustrades on the roofline. Ornamental features sometimes included curving wrought-iron balconies with undulating rocaille designs, similar to the rocaille decoration of the interiors. The religious architecture of the period was also sober and monumental, and it tended, at the end of the reign, toward

510-451: The chiffonier , a cabinet with five drawers, and the table de toilette , a kind of desk-table with three shutters, the central one having a mirror. Later in the reign of Louis XV, between 1755 and 1760, tastes in furniture began to change. The rocaille designs became more discreet and restrained, and the influence of antiquity and neo-classicism began to appear in new designs of furniture. The Commodes became to have more geometric forms;

544-693: The King art of every description; religious paintings, genre scenes, landscapes, pastorals, and exotic scenes, frequently featuring gatherings of cheerful and seductive nudes. As the king's other great passion was hunting, he painted Leopard hunt (1765) and Crocodile hunt (1767) for the King's new apartments at Versailles. In 1767, near the end of the career, he was named First Painter of the King . Other notable painters included Jean Baptiste Oudry , whose hunting scenes decorated royal apartments in Versailles, and were made into tapestries and popular engravings;

578-480: The King's mistress, Madame de Pompadour . It marked the beginning of the European Rococo movement. From 1750 until the King's death in 1774, it became more sober, ordered, and began to show the influences of Neoclassicism . The chief architect of the King was Jacques Gabriel from 1734 until 1742, and then his more famous son, Ange-Jacques Gabriel , until the end of the reign. His major works included

612-689: The Orchestra of Scottish Opera have assisted the restoration and remastering of these. The Fred Collins Variety Agency was next door to the theatre in Renfield Street. During World War II Horace Collins was appointed ENSA director for Scotland. The Collins family leased and owned other theatres including Aberdeen`s Tivoli Theatre , Dundee`s Palace Theatre and Edinburgh`s Theatre Royal , and Liverpool`s Shakespeare Theatre . The last two being leased from Howard & Wyndham Ltd . The theatre continues to produce pantomime and also functions as

646-524: The artists of the period, including Jean Bérain the Younger , Watteau and Jean Audran . After 1750, in reaction to the excesses of the earlier style, the designs and moldings on the interior walls were white or pale colored, more geometric, decorated with sculpted garlands, roses, and crowns, and ornamented with designs inspired by ancient Greece and Rome. This style was found in the Salon de Compagnie at

680-461: The chair, was violones , slightly curved like a violin. Several new variants of chairs appeared including the bergere , with stuffed upholstered arms, A confessional , with upholstered and padded arms; the Marquise , a bergere seating two persons, with a low back, and short arms. The console table was a table designed to be placed against a wall, usually used for displaying art objects; it

714-508: The decoration turned from rocaille to geometric forms, garlands of oak leaves, flowers and classical motifs. A new type of tall cabinet, the Cartonnier , made its appearance between 1760 and 1765. It took its inspiration from Greek mythology and architecture, with friezes, vaulting, sculpted trophies, bronze lion heads, and other classic, elements. The dominant subjects of painting in the early reign of Louis XV were mythology and history,

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748-600: The early period were the Guillaume Coustou the Younger and his brother, Guillaume Coustou the Elder , Robert Le Lorrain , and Edmé Bouchardon . Bouchardon created the equestrian statue of Louis XV for the center of the new Place Louis XV (now Place de la Concorde ) which was modeled after that of Louis XIV in the Place Louis le Grand (now Place Vendôme ) by François Girardon . After the death of Bouchardon,

782-570: The leading music hall artistes of the early 20th century appeared at the Pavilion, including Marie Lloyd , Little Tich , Harry Lauder , Sarah Bernhardt and a then unknown Charlie Chaplin . In 1920 the Pavilion started producing pantomimes . From 1919 to 1957 the theatre and its productions and management were led by Fred Collins and his son Horace Collins and family. Star performers included Dave Willis, Jack Anthony and GH Elliot. Of their many shows, revues and pantomimes some pantomimes have been recorded on film for posterity. Glasgow University and

816-667: The neoclassical. Major examples include the Church of Saint-Genevieve (now the Panthéon ), built from 1758 to 1790 to a design by Jacques-Germain Soufflot , and the Église Saint-Philippe-du-Roule (1765–1777) by Jean Chalgrin , which featured an enormous barrel-vaulted nave. Interior decoration during the reign of Louis XV fell into two periods; the first especially featured rocaille ornament, sculpted sinuous curves and counter-curves, often in floral and vegetative patterns, applied to

850-447: The panels of the walls, often with medallions in the center. The panels large mirrors were framed in often framed with sculpted palm leaves or other floral decoration. Unlike the rococo style, the ornament was usually restrained, symmetrical and balanced. In the early period of the style, the designs were often inspired by French versions of Chinese art, animals, especially monkeys ( Singerie ) and arabesques, or themes taken from works of

884-543: The portrait artists Maurice Quentin de la Tour and Jean-Marc Nattier , who made portraits for the royal family and aristocracy; and the genre painter Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin . The sculptural styles of the Grand Siécle of Louis XIV continued to dominate during most of the reign of Louis XV. Madame de Pompadour was a particularly enthusiastic patroness of sculpture, and many busts and statues were made of her or commissioned by her. The most prominent sculptors of

918-403: The same as those of Louis XIV. Later in the reign, when Louis began to construct new apartments within the palaces of Versailles and Fontainebleau , his tastes turned more to pastoral scenes and genre painting. Madame de Pompadour , the king's mistress, was also one of the major patrons of the artists of the period. The most favored artist of the King was François Boucher , He produced for

952-529: The statue was finished by another major monumentalist of the period, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle . In the later part of the reign of Louis XV, sculptors began to give greater attention to the faces; the leaders of this new style were Jean-Antoine Houdon noted for his busts of celebrated authors and statesmen, and Augustin Pajou , who made notable portrait busts of the natural scientist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon and Madame du Barry . Sculpture began to reach

986-659: The three Glasgow venues operating as part of Thomas Barrasford 's growing chain of British Music Halls, and was regarded as luxurious for its time. (The other two were Glasgow Hippodrome in New City Road and the Palace in Main Street, Gorbals.) The owners, Glasgow Pavilion Ltd, described its decor as "pure Louis XV ", featuring Rococo plasterwork across the proscenium arch and boxes, terrazzo flooring, leadlight glazing and rich mahogany wood finishing. Ventilation

1020-499: The title Pavilion Theatre . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pavilion_Theatre&oldid=1255050905 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Pavilion Theatre (Glasgow) The Pavilion Theatre

1054-826: The top of Renfield Street at the corner of Renfrew Street (opposite the Cineworld Glasgow and a block away from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland ). It is a short walk from Cowcaddens and Buchanan Street Subway stations, and Buchanan bus station . The Pavilion has been the home of Glasgow Pantomimes for years. The most notable of recent performers include The Krankies , Jim Davidson , Michelle McManus and Natalie J Robb 55°51′54″N 4°15′21″W  /  55.8651°N 4.2557°W  / 55.8651; -4.2557 Louis Quinze The Louis XV style or Louis Quinze ( / ˌ l uː i ˈ k æ̃ z / , French: [lwi kɛ̃z] )

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1088-408: Was almost always in the rocaille style, with undulating curves, modeled after seashells and foliage. very sinuous, twisting rocaille modeled after seashells and foliage. The commode was a new type of furniture which had first appeared late in the reign of Louis XIV. It was a chest drawers resting on four S-shaped legs. It usually featured gilded bronze ornament, but during the reign of Louis XV, it

1122-627: Was also covered with plaques of exotic woods of different colors in geometric patterns or floral shapes. A particular variation, called the façon de Chine or "Chinese fashion" emerged, which contrasted the gilded bronze against black lacquered wood. A large number of skilled ébénistes from around Europe were employed to fine wood Commodes and other furniture for the King. They included Jean-François Oeben , Roger Vandercruse Lacroix , Gilles Joubert , Antoine Gaudreau , and Martin Carlin . A variety of other new types of furniture appeared, including

1156-477: Was ensured by an electrically operated sliding roof panel above the auditorium. The facade was designed in the French Renaissance style and finished using glazed buff coloured terracotta . The auditorium's capacity of 1449 is made up of 677 stalls, 341 circle, 413 balcony and 18 box seats. A founding director, and soon managing director was Rich Waldon of the city`s Royal Princess`s Theatre. Many of

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