Before the Olympia: Dan Lowrey's Palace of Varieties

Three Castles Burning by Donal Fallon

Sep 24, 202630:52Society & Culture

In the Victorian age, the entertainer Dan Lowrey created a truly special theatre, music hall and Palace of Varieties in the laneway of Crampton Court. Today, it has grown into the Olympia Theatre. The story of this theat...

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