Patti Pavilion
{{Infobox building
| name = Patti Pavilion
| image = Patti Pavilion, Victoria Park, St. Helen's, Swansea, 2009.jpg
| location = Victoria Park
| location_town = Swansea
| location_country = Wales
| coordinates = {{coord|51.612493|-3.963658|display=inline,title}}
| renovation_date = 2009
| ren_cost = £3m
| namesake = Adelina Patti
| relocated_date = 1918
}}
The Patti Pavilion is a venue for the performing arts in Swansea, Wales, located at Victoria Park to the south west of Swansea City Centre.{{cite web|url=https://database.theatrestrust.org.uk/resources/theatres/show/408-patti-pavilion|title=Patti Pavilion|publisher=TheatresTrust|accessdate=21 February 2019}}{{cite book|author1=Catherine Le Nevez|author2=Paul Whitfield|title=The Rough Guide to Wales|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781405389815|url-access=registration|date=16 August 2012|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-4093-5905-0|pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781405389815/page/179 179]–}} The theatre stages plays, pantomimes, musical shows and fairs.{{cite book|author=Maxwell Fraser|title=Wales|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W1sKAQAAMAAJ|year=1952|publisher=Hale}}{{cite book|author1=Scott Graham|author2=Steven Hoggett|title=The Frantic Assembly Book of Devising Theatre|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-xsWBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA80|date=25 July 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-66727-8|pages=80–}}
History
The venue is named after Adelina Patti, the great 19th-century opera soprano.{{cite book|author1=John Frederick Cone|author2=William R. Moran|title=Adelina Patti: queen of hearts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=klEIAQAAMAAJ|date=November 1993|publisher=Amadeus Press|isbn=978-0-931340-60-4}} The building was originally used as a winter garden at Patti's Craig-y-Nos estate. In its original function and design the pavilion had a glass roof.{{cite web |title=Castle History - The Conservatory and Winter Garden |url=https://www.mosthauntedcastle.com/haunted-house-conservatory-winter-gardens.html |website=www.mosthauntedcastle.com |publisher=Craig y Nos Castle |access-date=25 March 2025}} Patti donated the building to the city (then town) of Swansea in 1918 and it was relocated to Victoria Park.{{cite book|author=Yvonne Rogers|title=Adelina: A biography of opera star Adelina Patti|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ojguDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT177|date=28 July 2017|publisher=Book Guild Publishing|isbn=978-1-912362-09-7|pages=177–}}{{cite book|author=James A. Davies|title=Dylan Thomas’s Swansea, Gower and Laugharne|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MWmuBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT66|date=15 February 2014|publisher=University of Wales Press|isbn=978-1-78316-133-1|pages=66–}} It is a Grade II listed building.{{Cite web |url=https://www.swansea.gov.uk/media/2544/LB219.../LB219_-_Patti_Pavilion.pdf |title=CITY AND COUNTY OF SWANSEA }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.pattipavilion.co.uk/about-the-patti.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215042326/http://www.pattipavilion.co.uk/about-the-patti.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 15, 2012 |title=About the Patti Pavillion |last=Administrator |website=www.pattipavilion.co.uk |language=en-gb |access-date=2018-08-23}}
In 1994, it was given a superficial makeover by the BBC's Challenge Anneka. Already falling into disrepair, the building was further damaged by a suspected arson attack in 2006{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_west/8691658.stm |title=Pavilion investors tikka chance |date=2010-05-19 |access-date=2018-08-22 |language=en-GB}} The pavilion underwent a major £3m overhaul in 2009 after it became clear that it was not being utilised to its full potential. The project was funded by the City & County of Swansea.{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/5029020.stm |title=Pavilion set for £3m overhaul |date=2006-05-30 |access-date=2018-08-22 |language=en-GB}} Work began in late 2007 to extend the Patti Pavilion with a new glass covered wing housing an Indian restaurant; Patti Raj, which has subsequently been rebranded as Adelinas Bar and Indian Kitchen.[http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=12715 Plans to redevelop Patti Pavilion] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222195710/http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=12715 |date=2010-12-22 }}, May 2006[http://www.pattipavilion.co.uk/raj_home.html Patti Raj Indian Restaurant Website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.pattipavilion.co.uk/raj_home.html |date=2012-02-10 }}, March 2012
Rock bands that have played at the Patti Pavilion include Jefferson Starship, Man, Spider, Mountain (with Leslie West and Corky Laing), and Hayseed Dixie.
Other bands that have played the venue include:
Phil Campbell and the Bastard sons, Quireboys, Discharge, Big Country, Massive Wagons, Fozzy, Goldie Looking chain, FM and Reef
References
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External links
- [http://www.pattipavilion.co.uk Patti Pavilion Website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120406083224/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southwest/sites/swansea/pages/patti.shtml BBC South West] An extract from Richard Porch's book Swansea: History You Can See, about the Patti Pavilion
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20101222193841/http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=18330 Children's attraction set for Patti Pavilion], August 2007
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080723231629/http://www.ents24.com/web/venue/5038/Swansea/Patti_Pavilion.html Patti Pavilion in Swansea] address and street map
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Category:Mass media and culture in Swansea
Category:Grade II listed buildings in Swansea