You will see The Grand Tableau at The Veterans Matinee in 1911, the Kings Theatre programme for the first ever performance in 1907 and the original Aurora statue above the entrance in 1975 amongst other interesting images.

9. Kings Theatre Southsea memories
A packed Kings Theatre full of Crimean War and Mutiny veterans to celebrate the occasion. Picture: Robert James collection Photo: The News archive

10. Kings Theatre Southsea memories
Taken in 1963. The Kings theatre has now been built on the junction with Exmouth Road and the day of the cycle seems well to the fore with so many parked against the kerb.A police constable is walking towards the photographer perhaps to the police station located just behind the photographer.Further up the road can be seen the Essoldo cinema. Photo: The News archive

11. Kings Theatre Southsea memories
The recently-discovered programme for the fund-raising special matinee at the Kings theatre, Southsea, in aid of relatives of the men who died in the submarine C11. Photo: The News archive

12. Kings Theatre Southsea memories
South Downe Musical Society presented their operetta Gipsy Baron at the Kings Theatre, Southsea. Photo: The News archive

