Venue Cymru
| Venue Cymru | |
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Conference centre as shown from centre of promenade
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| Address | The Promenade Llandudno, Conwy, Wales LL30 1BB |
| Coordinates | 53°19′19″N 3°49′03″W / 53.322°N 3.8174°WCoordinates: 53°19′19″N 3°49′03″W / 53.322°N 3.8174°W |
| Owner | Conwy County Borough Council |
| Opened | 1982 |
| Renovated | 1994, 2005 |
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Construction cost
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£10.7 million (2005 redevelopment) |
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Former names
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Aberconwy Centre (1982-94) North Wales Theatre and Conference Centre (1994-2007) |
| Banquet/ballroom | 250 (Orme Suite) 800 (Venue Cymru Hall) |
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Theatre seating
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1,450 (Venue Cymru Theatre Auditorium) 2,500 (Venue Cymru Arena) |
| Enclosed space | |
| • Exhibit hall floor | 7,000 m2 (75,000 sq ft) |
| Website | |
| venuecymru |
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Venue Cymru is a theatre, conference centre and arena in Llandudno, Conwy county borough, North Wales. Formerly known as the Aberconwy Centre and the North Wales Theatre and Conference Centre, is now a large arts, conference and events venue. Venue Cymru has a theatre, conference centre, and arena.
The site lies at the edge of Ty'n-y-ffrith, the 'house in the sheep pasture'.
The first theatre at the site was the Victoria Palace, which opened in July 1894. It was intended to be a temporary building, and it was designed as a 1,150-seat concert hall for Jules Rivière (then aged 75) and his 42-musician orchestra. Rivière had previously performed at the Pier Pavilion before he fell out with the Llandudno Pier Company. Victoria Palace attracted eminent visiting soloists including Sir Charles and Lady Hallé who in 1894 gave a piano and violin recital with Rivière's orchestra.
The Victoria Palace was the first part of a project that would have later seen the construction of a pier.
The theatre was later renamed to Rivière's Concert Hall.
In 1900 it was renamed to the Llandudno Opera House. It hosted the Carl Rosa Opera Company.
It was renamed to the Hippodrome, and was used as a roller-skating rink, a dance hall and for summer shows.
The theatre was purchased by Will Catlin on 3 June 1916. It was renamed as the Arcadia. The theatre had 1,147 seats, and was one of six theatres in Llandudno to last for many years. It was the home of Catlin's Peirrots and Catlin's Showtime. Ken Dodd was a regular performer.
The Arcadia provided 1,147 seats in the auditorium and was the last of Llandudno’s many theatres and cinemas to offer traditional seaside entertainments. It was the home of Will Catlin's Pierrots, which eventually became presented as "Catlin's Follies with an all star cast". Catlin's Follies survived the sudden death in 1953 (aged 82) of Will Catlin. The shows continued until 1968, when Llandudno Urban Council purchased the theatre. The Arcadia continued as a summer theatre under local authority ownership until 1993.
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