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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 20/06/2026 18:27:00

The Albany Theatre is a community arts venue on Albany Road in Coventry, housed in a building with an Art Deco interior that began life as part of Coventry Technical College. Opened in 1935 as the college's grand lecture theatre, nicknamed the Great Hall, it was inaugurated by the then Duke of York, the future King George VI. Built to train the apprentices needed for the city's booming motor and machine-tool industries, the hall doubled as a performance space from early on. During the Second Wo...