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Hackney Empire

theatre on Mare Street in the London Borough of Hackney, London, England, UK
Organization Theatre Building Q5637363
Hackney Empire
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Facts

22 properties

Identity

Instance of
theatre building
Official website
hackneyempire.co.uk[11]

Location

Country
United Kingdom[3]
Location
Hackney Central[5]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 51.545°, -0.056°[9]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
London Borough of Hackney[2]
Street address
291 Mare Street, London, Hackney, E8 1EJ, England

Industry and activity

Has use
television studio, bingo hall (1963–1984), theatre building[6][7]

Relations

Owned by
ITV (?–1963)
More facts +13
Website
hackneyempire.co.uk
Located in
London Borough of Hackney
Architect
Frank Matcham[4]
Associated electoral district
Hackney South and Shoreditch
Coordinates
🗺️ 51.545°, -0.056°
Date of official closure
1956[15]
Date of official opening
1901[14]
Heritage designation
Grade II* listed building (1972–present)[13]
Historic county
Middlesex
Located on street
Mare Street[10]
Maximum capacity
1275.0[12]
OS grid reference
TQ3491184748[8]
Social media followers
18k (18k–18k, n=3)
🏷️ Also known as
en Hackney Empire en Hackney Empire Theatre en Hackney Empire Theatre of Varieties ja ハクニー・エンパイア ja ハックニーエンパイア zh 哈克尼帝国剧院 zh 哈克尼帝國劇院
🔖 Identifiers · 14
British Listed Buildings ID
101226960
Carthalia ID
4414
Cinema Treasures ID
21836
EUTA theatre ID
2235
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID (former scheme)
137662
Freebase ID
/m/0g5j7_
Kunstenpunt Knowledge Graph ID
Jean III. de Melun
MusicBrainz place ID
afe53d10-cecd-4187-b955-bec7d4392205
National Heritage List for England number
1226960
Playbill venue ID
hackney-empire-coms-0000034615
Setlist.fm venue ID
3bd63064
Theatres Trust Database ID
819
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Theatricalia theatre ID
1d4, 124
X (Twitter) username
HackneyEmpire

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🔗 Connections
Has use 2
theatre building, television studio
Architect 1
Frank Matcham
Associated electoral district 1
Hackney South and Shoreditch
Country 1
United Kingdom
Created notable works 1
Frank Matcham
Historic county 1
Middlesex
Instance of 1
theatre building
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
London Borough of Hackney
Location 1
Hackney Central
Owned by 1
ITV
Owns / has subsidiaries 1
ITV
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Summary

Hackney Empire is a theatre building[1].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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