Queens Theatre, Glasgow

The Queens Theatre was a theatre in Glasgow, Scotland, situated in Watson Street near Glasgow Cross. It was built in 1881 to cater for working class Glaswegians. It was built by Morrison & Mason, major builders in the city up to the 1920s, including building the City Chambers in George Square. It was first operated by Arthur Lloyd and known as the Shakespeare Music Hall. It went on to have a number of names before being named the Queens Theatre in 1897. In the late 1930s and into the 1950s, the theatre staged long-running twice-nightly pantomime, with Sam Murray as the principal comedian and Doris Droy as supporting singer. The building was purchased by Glasgow Corporation ahead of possible regeneration of the area. The theatre was destroyed by fire in 1952.

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Gallowgate railway station

Gallowgate railway station was a station on the City Union Line in Glasgow, Scotland. It was situated a short distance east of Glasgow Cross at the junction of Gallowgate and East Nile Street, today Molendinar Street. The station opened on 18 December 1870, then closed and shortly reopened in 1871. It closed permanently on 1 October 1902. Workmen’s service operated until 1926 or 1934. The bridge which carried the tracks to the station remains standing, as the line is still used by empty stock passengers trains to and from Shields Depot south of the River Clyde and occasional freight trains.

Glasgow Tolbooth

The Glasgow Tolbooth was a municipal structure at Glasgow Cross, Glasgow, Scotland. The main block, which was the meeting place of the Royal Burgh of Glasgow, was demolished in 1921 leaving only the steeple standing. The steeple is a Category A listed building.

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Merchant City Festival

The Merchant City Festival is a major cultural festival taking place in Glasgow's Merchant City area. Attracting more than 55,000 people, the four-day Festival presents the cream of Scotland's theatre, music, visual arts, comedy, dance, film, fashion and food scene. The Festival presents opera singers in the courtyards and squares performing alongside cutting-edge live art, street theatre, iconoclastic comedy and music from every genre in the bars and on the street. It also has a quirky short film programme that places films in estate agents, hairdressers and tattoo parlours. Many of the events are free of charge. The Merchant City Festival has attracted an extensive range of supporters and contributors from festival directors to national organisations such as Scottish Opera, Scottish Ballet and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. A 'festival of festivals', it has worked with established festivals such as New Moves International, the Glasgow International Comedy Festival, Glasgow International Jazz Festival, Big in Falkirk and Glasgay! An international context is provided by the Directors' Choice programme that provides a remarkable range of street artists selected from festival directors throughout Europe. The 2008 Merchant City Festival was held in September. The Merchant City Festival is produced by UZ Events in partnership with Glasgow City Marketing Bureau. Celtic Music Radio broadcast live from the 2008 festival on 1530 kHz and on the internet, from an Outside Broadcast location in Merchant Square.

Glasgow Cross railway station

Glasgow Cross was a railway station in the city centre of Glasgow.