{"id":55882,"date":"2024-02-22T14:56:26","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T14:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=55882"},"modified":"2024-02-22T14:56:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T14:56:27","slug":"reported-closure-of-beloved-sheffield-picture-house-with-immediate-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/02\/22\/reported-closure-of-beloved-sheffield-picture-house-with-immediate-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"Reported closure of beloved Sheffield Picture House with immediate effect"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Abbeydale Picture House, a popular live performance and events venue in Sheffield, has reportedly announced its immediate closure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has operated as a live performance venue, hosting music, comedy, film, and theatre for the last seven years, despite the owners having a 25 year lease on the building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Josh Greaves, a local resident said: \u201cI\u2019m personally very disappointed, it\u2019s been around since I was a very young child, and I have a lot of fond memories of the place.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the last few years, the building fabric has deteriorated greatly, with missing roof tiles and broken flashings causing damage to the historic plasterwork of the barrel vault ceiling within the auditorium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has resulted in the building being unsafe for use for the last two years and it was added to the Theatres at Risk Register earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite numerous efforts to restore the Grade II listed building, the operation of the venue has become unviable due to numerous setbacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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