Welcome to the website of the
Britannia Panopticon
the world's oldest surviving
Music Hall!
Opening Hours
We are open for free general viewing Tuesday-Saturday noon - 5pm. Please note that we do not at this time have disabled access.
We have an exhibition of ephemera, a merchandise stall with postcards, greetings cards, bags, mugs, tee-shirts etc and of course our friendly staff will be available to regail with tales and the history of the worlds oldest surviving music hall.
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The Panopticon Comedy Club
October 19th, November 9th
Doors open 7.30pm
Show starts 8pm
18+ only
Tickets here
Join us for an evening of Glasgow's finest comedians at the venue where Stan Laurel made his stage debut. Laugh til the tears run down your legs!
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Ghost Stories From Around the World
October 20th
7pm
£7
SOLD OUT
Tickets here
A selection of ghost stories from around the world performed on the stage of the most haunted music hall in Scotland.
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Halloween Witch Market
October 27th
Doors open at noon
Free entry
Get ready for a Magical afternoon at the Britannia Panopticon! Let's celebrate Halloween at Glasgow's new WITCH MARKET and make a toast for the Harvest by drinking our Witchy Themed cocktails at the bar!
Spooky wares such as candles, incenses, crystals, ritual baths, books, mystery boxes, curiosities, herbs, magical oils, and much, much more.
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Our Pride in Our Prejudice of Zombies
October 27th
7.30pm
Tickets here
18+ Only
Round up your companions, pull up the horse and cart and step back in time to the 1800s. A time of foxtrots, waltzing, tea at noon, petticoats and zombies. Zombies?
That’s correct folks, this is not your average ball. There will be dancing, there will be entertainment but there will also be looming peril from the presence of the living dead.
Scare Scotland’s Halloween ball returns for 2018 with a Jane Austen twist. Prizes for best dressed, endless entertainment and dancing galore.
– stop press – MURDER AT BRITANNIA PANOPTICON!
Magician, Walford Bodie, murdered- stop – recently returned from China with the powerful, mystical statue of the three wise monkeys - stop -Detectives needed to solve the mystery before the murderer returns to unleash the power of the statue - stop - or mankind will never; see, hear or speak no evil - stop - or anything else ever again.
Find the clues, solve the puzzles, unravel the mystery and win the prize. Can you solve the mystery before the time runs out?
Includes illusions created by The Art of Illusion.
Suitable for groups of between five and thirty people. You will have one hour to solve the mystery. Licensed bar is available.
Suitable for all ages. Bookings after 9pm for over 18’s only
Additional dates and times are available on request.
for more information check our mystery room page : Mystery Room
Help Britannia Panopticon get heating!
We are running a GoFundMe campaign to raise money so we can install a three-phase electricity supply which will allow us to get heating!
Please give whatever you can and share this campaign with your friends!
A dedicated team of volunteers have worked in conjunction with the archiving department of Glasgow University to digitise the scrapbooks of one of the great showmen of Glasgow's history and former owner of the Britannia Panopticon Music Hall, A. E. Pickard.
These scrapbooks are now available online for the whole world to view. So go on a take a look into the mind of one of the great characters of Music Hall history, and learn a little bit more about our beloved Britannia Panopticon at the same time.
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Don't forget, "Glasgow's Lost Theatre - the Story of the Britannia Music Hall" written by Judith Bowers with Foreword by Michael Grade and published by Birlinn is for sale now for £12.99 from Amazon, Waterstone's, our shop at 49 High Street.
Contact Us
For bookings and information please contact:
Judith Bowers
Britannia Panopticon Music Hall
1st Floor
117 Trongate
Glasgow
G1 5HD
Tel: 0141 553 0840
E-mail: info@britanniapanopticon.org
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