Rochdale Road,    Bacup,    Lancs.    OL13 9NR
Telephone:         (Box Office)         01706 874080
e-mail:contact@bacuproyalcourttheatre.co.uk

Originally the Royal Court was an iron foundry but was bought in 1892 by Mr John Walters to be opened in the following year as a new Variety Theatre. In the new century it became a picture palace and further developed into a bingo hall before returning to it's roots as The Empire Theatre.

At it's Centenary in 1992 a grand concert was held featuring TV stars and celebrities.

In this new millennium, the Empire changed it's name back to the Royal Court. It is a theatre owned and run solely by Bacup Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society on a charitable basis. As with all theatres the up-keep is enormous and...

"Quite simply without the Bacup Amateurs the theatre wouldn't be here today" Roy Hudd 1993

"When tuppence bought a dreamworld!"

To find out about the full history of the Bacup Royal Court Theatre read the story of the Royal Court Theatre by Geoffrey Knight entitled "When Tuppence Bought A Dreamworld"

A Brief History of The Royal Court Theatre