The Tivoli Theatre is one of Aberdeen’s most important and historic landmarks. Standing opposite the railway and bus stations it is one of the first buildings that visitors to the city encounter.

 

Since the closure of the building as a Bingo Hall in 1998, the building has fallen into disrepair.

 

The Tivoli Theatre is listed in the “Buildings at Risk Register for Scotland”. The Register is “maintained by the Scottish Civic Trust on behalf of Historic Scotland, and provides information on properties of architectural or historic merit throughout the country that are considered to be at risk”.

 

 

An external investigation reported in the Register in 2000, indicated that “the building is starting to show signs of decay, with broken windows and vegetation growth in the guttering”.

 

The building has continued to deteriorate. Paint is flaking off the entrance doors and many broken windows have been roughly boarded up.

 

The basement and electrical intake rooms are flooded with no operational pumps.

 

Internally, the roof is leaking in numerous places with ceiling collapses in several of the dressing rooms.

 

The auditorium and front of house areas remain undamaged at this moment in time.

 

The Tivoli Theatre Trust have been in protracted discussions with the owner of the building in order to purchase the theatre with the intention of restoring and reopening this historic building as Aberdeen’s mid-scale theatre venue.

 

 

Update: 16th May 2006

Since these photographs were taken, the owner has repaired and re-painted the entrance doors to the Tivoli.