The 1,449-capacity Renfield Street venue has survived two world wars, the pandemic, and a close-by hearth that ripped by a number of Sauchiehall Street buildings again in 2018.

A Glasgow theatre which has performed host to stars together with Harry Lauder, Charlie Chaplin and Sir Billy Connolly has been taken over by new homeowners.

London-based Trafalgar Entertainment (TE) has snapped up The Pavilion Theatre for an undisclosed sum.

The 1,449-capacity Renfield Street venue opened in 1904 and has welcomed quite a few family names through the years, together with music corridor singer Marie Lloyd, the legendary Lulu, dynamic duo The Krankies, and comedians John Bishop, Sara Pascoe and Jason Manford.

As properly as surviving two world wars and the pandemic, the beloved theatre additionally emerged from the ashes after it was broken in a serious hearth that destroyed close by Victoria’s nightclub and neighbouring buildings in Sauchiehall Street back in March 2018.

The Pavilion will grow to be a part of TE’s Trafalgar Theatres division and can sit alongside different venues throughout the agency’s portfolio together with Trafalgar Theatre in London’s West End, the Theatre Royal Sydney in Australia and 12 UK regional theatres together with Southend Cliffs Pavilion, the New Theatre, Cardiff, G Live and Wycombe Swan.

The new homeowners have pledged to take care of the Pavilion’s legacy and intend to extend the variety of reveals on supply to develop audiences that can guarantee a “successful future” for the theatre.

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Dame Rosemary Squire, joint co-founder and CEO of Trafalgar Entertainment, mentioned: “We are thrilled and delighted to have the opportunity to be the future operators of The Pavilion Theatre in Glasgow.

“Over the past five decades the current owners, the general manager Iain Gordon, and his team have done a fantastic job.

“We pay tribute to their tenacity, dedication and exhausting work – and the legacy they depart.”

Mr Gordon has labored on the theatre since 1977 and has managed the venue since 1984.

He will now retire from his position as a part of the modifications.

Mr Gordon mentioned: “The time is right – and this is the right time for me to move onto pastures new.”

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Mr Gordon thanked the “dedicated staff and professional performers” in addition to the audiences who’ve supported the theatre through the years.

He added: “I wish them all well for the future and hope the Grand Old Lady of Renfield Street continues to live on and prosper well into the future.”