Frank Matcham’s Masterpieces on Film

o mark the first European Historic TTheatres Day the Frank Matcham Society is joining forces with the Victoria and Albert Museum’s Theatre and Performance Collections to host an illustrated talk by Richard Norman. rank Matcham designed many theatres, F some of which have been used in feature films as location sets. Modern films show them in all of their glory, sometimes their originality is rediscovered in old films giving us an opportunity to appreciate what they were like in action, especially if they no longer exist. Venues like the , Finsbury Park Empire, New Cross Empire, Metropolitan Edgware Road, , Theatre Royal and Kings , and of course the have provided film-goers with some interesting examples. selection of these films will be reviewed Aand discussed in an illustrated talk on the subject especially created to highlight Frank Matcham’s work as ‘theatre architect extraordinaire’.

Wednesday 25th October 2017 2.30pm (2 hr duration) Victoria & Albert Museum South Kensington Booking Details ou do not need to be a member of the Y Frank Matcham Society to attend. o book tickets please send a cheque for the full Tcost at £10 per ticket (including interval refreshments), made payable to ‘The Frank Matcham Society’ with SAE to Rachel Woodforde, 69a Mill Street, Kidlington, Oxon OX5 2EE. f you would prefer to transfer payment I direct to the society bank account please do so using the details below and identifying the payment as FMS Visit V&A but then e-mail [email protected] with FMS Visit V&A as the subject line to confirm attendee details. Please also provide a full postal address in the e-mail so that we may send out tickets. Account name: The Frank Matcham Society Sort Code 40-45-11 Account number 81551604 Booking Deadline is Friday 13 October 2017. Tickets will not be available on the door. www.frankmatchamsociety.org.uk o make it a full day you may wish to explore Tthe world-renowned free Theatre and Performance Galleries or the Museum’s major Autumn exhibition Opera: Passion, Power and Politics presented by the V&A and the Royal Opera House. Told through the lens of seven opera premieres in seven European cities, this immersive exhibition takes you on a journey through nearly 400 years, culminating in the international explosion of opera in the 20th and 21st centuries. For further information and to book tickets visit: www.vam.ac.uk he V&A Theatre and Performance collections T at Blythe House are home to Frank Matcham’s drawings and plans for over 80 theatres. For further information visit: https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb71-thm/2