Take a look at Sheffield’s lost Empire Theatre – where a circus tiger once got loose
Here is one of Sheffield’s lost places of entertainment - the Empire Theatre on Charles Street in the city centre.
By Julia Armstrong
Published 17th Mar 2021, 16:45 BST
The grand theatre opened in 1895 and it hosted a lot of music hall shows. One amazing fact – a circus appeared there in the 1930s and one of the tigers got loose and badly mauled a man cleaning its cage. There were chaotic scenes but finally it was recaptured three hours later – and the show went on. The building was demolished in 1960.
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5. Final days
The theatre in 1959 (ref no w02721) Photo: Picture Sheffield
Anna Pavlova (1881-1931) of the Imperial Russian Ballet, famous for her creation of the role of The Dying Swan, became the first ballerina to tour around the world. She appeared at the Empire in 1912 (ref no P00186) Photo: Picture Sheffield