Dominion Theatre

The first production at the Dominion was the Broadway musical Follow Through, which closed after 148 performances. During the Second World War, the building was damaged in the Blitz; it reopened in 1941, but the organ was not restored until October 1945, when Jackie Brown became resident organist. John Logie Baird made the first demonstration of his system for transmitting live television to cinemas over a landline at the Dominion in 1937, and in December that year began regular large-screen colour transmissions that formed part of the Dominion's variety shows. After the war, the carpenter's shop, the upper floors of dressing rooms and the café were converted to office space. and The Judy…

Construction of the Dominion Theatre began in March 1928 with a design by W and TR Milburn and a budget of £460,000. The site was the location of the 1911 Court Cinema and the 1746 Horse Shoe Brewery, established in 1746. The Horse Street Brewery was the site of the 1814 London Beer Flood. The first performance was on 3 October 1929. The theatre is Renaissance revival in style; the Tottenham Court Road façade features a ground level entry sheltered by a broad marquee with the second through fourth levels framed by large pilasters. The central portion is concave and faced with Portland stone. A three-bay bow window extends the height of the second and third storeys and is surmounted by a…