The Devonshire Park Theatre is a Victorian theatre located in the town of
Eastbourne
Eastbourne () is a town and seaside resort in East Sussex, on the south coast of England, east of Brighton and south of London. Eastbourne is immediately east of Beachy Head, the highest chalk sea cliff in Great Britain and part of the la ...
, in the coastal region of
East Sussex. The theatre was designed by
Henry Currey and was built in 1884. In 1903, it was further improved by the theatre architect
Frank Matcham
Francis Matcham (22 November 1854 – 17 May 1920)Mackintosh, Iain"Matcham, Frank" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, accessed 7 July 2019 was an English architect who specialised in the design o ...
. The building was designated as a Grade II
listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
on 3 July 1981. The theatre has a seating capacity of 936.
"Devonshire Park Theatre Seating Plan
, Devonshire Park Theatre, accessed 22 April 2017.
See also
Eastbourne Theatres
Eastbourne Theatres is a Borough Council#United Kingdom, council-owned theatre group responsible for three theatres in Eastbourne, England. The group is responsible for the Congress Theatre (Eastbourne), Congress Theatre, Devonshire Park Theatre ...
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Theatres in Eastbourne
1884 establishments in England
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