Glasgow memories: When the Five Past Eight was the hottest show in town
FROM the moment it first burst on to the stage in Glasgow, the Five Past Eight Show was something special. Sixty-six years ago this week, a handful of stars lit up the Alhambra Theatre in what was to become a city institution. The Evening Times review was suitably glowing the next day, on May 27, 1955. Queues for the Five Past Eight Show “Having seen most of the brightest and best shows at the Alhambra since it first opened its doors I never have left the theatre more satisfied than last night, when Five Past Eight had a sky’s-the-limit first performance,” enthused the revie...
Source: glasgowtimes.co.uk