In this section you will find a selection of information, photographs and memories of Hartlepool’s cinemas, theatres and Dance Halls. We would like to add to this section: if you have any relevant material that you would be willing to share, please get in touch with us at infodesk@hartlepool.gov.uk
Originally the Picture House, then renamed The Gaumont, later Stranton Bingo and then Fairworld Bingo.
Former West Hartlepool theatre which closed in 1937. It had been the Alhambra and opened as The Hippodrome in late January 1926.
A theatre which opened in 1869 Mainsforth Terrace and later became The Gaiety. There was originally a Theatre Royal in Whitby Street.
The Odeon Cinema opened as The Majestic in July 1936 and in 1945 was renamed The Odeon. It closed in 1981.