Staveley Roundhouse - Kendal (Matinee gig)
Well, you know we like an interesting venue don’t you?! Check out this one -a tiny theatre seating only 48 in Kendal, known as The Staveley Roundhouse…
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More about the Roundhouse…
There have been dramatic societies in Staveley since at least 1887, but the Players had to make do with the noisy-when-rainy corrugated roof of the Volunteers Drill Hall until the present Staveley Village Hall was built and until Edwin Brockbank (of Staveley Wood Turning Company) and his wife - both prime movers in the works of the Players - gave them use of a cottage on Main Street.
In 1957 the cottage was demolished and in memory of Alice, Edwin gave the Players the building which has now become 'The Roundhouse.'
The building was originally a gasholder owned by "Staveley near Kendal, Gas Company" started in 1862, but had held no gas since 1913. In the '50's with the demise of the gas company the gasholder was dismantled and the site was restored to its owners, the Staveley Wood Turning Company .
























