Skip to content
The Great Britain Guide

Theatres · Central Scotland

Barrfields Pavilion

Barrfields Pavilion in Scotland Central, United Kingdom.

Viking longboat in front of the Vikingar^ centre - geograph.org.uk - 1291518

Elliott Simpson — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

Plan your visit

Typical visit
2 h–3 h

About

Barrfields Pavilion is a cinema or movie theatre in Scotland Central, United Kingdom. Britain's listed cinemas span Edwardian picture palaces, Art Deco super-cinemas of the 1930s, and the surviving independent neighbourhood houses.

Photo gallery

From the Wikipedia article

The Barrfields Pavilion Theatre (Barrfields Theatre, Barrfields Pavilion Theatre) is a 500-seat theatre at Barrfields, Largs, North Ayrshire.

Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.

Background

History

Barrfields Pavilion, as it was originally known, was officially opened on 11 April 1930, as a popular variety theatre to cater for the thousands of summer tourists who visited the town of Largs, North Ayrshire. Originally seating 1003, it was home to the lavish Barrfields Summer Season Revues. Many international Scottish entertainers and actors have played the theatre over the years including Rikki Fulton, Jack Milroy, Jimmy Logan, Stanley Baxter, The Krankies, Ronnie Corbett, Johnny Beattie, Billy Connolly and from south of the border, Frankie Vaughan and Pat Kirkwood. Over the past 80 years, it has also been home to local companies who present pantomimimes, musicals, operettas, variety…

Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Coordinates
55.8007, -4.8684

Sources

Other places nearby

Loading nearby places…

Nearby

More theatres in this region

Frequently asked questions

Where is Barrfields Pavilion?
Barrfields Pavilion is in Central Scotland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.8007°, -4.8684°.