Glasgow 850 Theatre & Entertainment Tour

Enjoy an edifying, amusing and sensational walking tour of the entertainment and theatre history of Glasgow over the last 850 years!

About Glasgow 850 Theatre & Entertainment Tour

	16th August 2025 21st August 2025 22nd August 2025 plus 4 more date(s), see below for more info
	10.30am - 12.30pm
	Glasgow City Centre
	£12
	Event organiser/part of The Britannia Panopticon Music Hall
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Listed Under Tour Events / Family and Kids Events / Glasgow 850 Events / History Events / Theatre Events

Judith Bowers - founder of The Spirit of Glasgow Tour Company, (Glasgow’s first walking tour company), founder and director of the Britannia Panopticon Music Hall campaign and author of Glasgow’s Lost Theatre - will lead you on an edifying, amusing and sensational tour of the entertainment and theatre history of Glasgow.

Starting outside the front of the St Enoch Subway building in St Enoch Square, you will discover tales of ghostly pipers, dancing bears, flea circuses, executions (once the only permitted entertainment in the city), Penny Geggies, the first theatres of Glasgow and some of the celebrities who have visited the city throughout its 850-year history.

The walk ends with a tour around The Britannia Panopticon, the oldest surviving original music hall where Stan Laurel made his stage debut. Please note this tour may contain some adult content and very bad jokes.

All proceeds from this tour go to The Friends of The Britannia Panopticon Music Hall Trust to assist in continuing the campaign and keeping the music hall open.

Price includes admission to the music hall and £1 off hot and cold drinks at the bar. Please note that this is a WALKING TOUR AND NOT A SHOW.

Start point: St Enoch Subway Station, St Enoch Square
End point: Britannia Panopticon Music Hall

Additional Dates: 21 August 2025, 22 August 2025, 23 August 2025, 28 August 2025, 29 August 2025, 30 August 2025

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Other Events at Various Venues or The Britannia Panopticon Music Hall

Film

Orochi - Silent Movies With Live Music

3rd September 2025

The Britannia Panopticon Music Hall, Glasgow City Centre

Gladstone's Bag presents the 1925 Japanese silent classic Orochi complete with live music featuring traditional Japanese instruments at the Britannia Panopticon on Wednesday 3rd September!

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Ghost Stories

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For one night only, don't miss a spooktacular evening of ghostly tales, haunting melodies and otherworldly encounters at the world's oldest and most haunted music hall, the Britannia Panopticon!

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