# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Birth of Edwardian Cinemas (Lunchtime Talk)
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 09 Jan, 2026 at 01:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us for this short lunchtime talk that investigates the emergence of picture houses/cinemas across Britain from the early 1900s.

Were cinemas born from music halls and travelling fairs, or did they grow from changes in the existing landscape of public entertainment?

Independent cinema historian and author Dr Andrew Shail takes us on a virtual tour of archives from Malvern to Hartlepool, before arriving back in Tyne & Wear and attempting to answer the question ‘Where do cinemas come from?’

Tea/coffee included.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/newcastle-upon-tyne/the-birth-of-edwardian-cinemas-lunchtime-talk/200029368312824
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 11

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.tynetheatreandoperahouse.uk/whatson/the-birth-of-edwardian-cinemas/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=newcastle+upon+tyne-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Newcastle Upon Tyne
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Westgate Road, NE1 4AG Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- **lat**: 54.97067
- **long**: -1.62155
- **full address**: Westgate Road, NE1 4AG Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Tyne Theatre & Opera House (https://allevents.in/org/tyne-theatre-and-opera-house/24969689)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 09 Jan, 2026 at 01:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Westgate Road, NE1 4AG Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Tyne Theatre & Opera House
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about The Birth of Edwardian Cinemas (Lunchtime Talk) ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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