Butterworth Hall Timeline

Here are a few higlights and other events over the last 28 years:

• 1981 The opening concert by the Philharmonia Orchestra was conducted by Riccardo Muti
• 1982 The hall hosted the World Doubles Snooker Championships
• 1984 The Smiths played a concert on 2 Feb
• 1984 Concert to mark ten years of Warwick Arts Centre
• 1985 Those conducting in the Hall included Andre Previn and Simon Rattle
• 1986 The Butterworth Hall was officially named after the University’s first Vice Chancellor, Lord Butterworth by Sir Yehudi Menuhin
• 1990 A new Steinway D concert grand piano was bought for the Hall
• 1992 A performance of ‘The Light’ with a huge set transformed the stage into Biblical Palestine and included 300 performers
• 1992 Jo Brand proved so popular she returned within one month of her original performance and sold out again
• 1994 The hall’s sound system was improved
• 1998 Simon Rattle gave his last concert as Music Director of the CBSO in May
• 1999 Jasper Carrott sold out five performances, while Goodness Gracious Me sold out two
• 2000 Kirsty McColl plays her penultimate concert in the Hall
• 2004 Solists appearing in this year included Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Nigel Kennedy
• 2005 The first African Soul Rebels gig features Tinariwen and Daara J
• 2007 The West End production of Victoria Wood’s Acorn Antiques. Redevelopment starts
• 2008 English premiere of the National Theatre of Scotland’s international hit Black Watch
• Mar 2009 Work completed on the Hall interior and open for conferences
• Jul 2009 Two storey extension completed
• Oct 2009 Butterworth Hall open for events