My late Mam and Dad recalled seeing Larry Grayson there, in the 1950s I think; in those days he was called Billy Breen but they said the act was exactly the same, only his name had changed. Twenty years later he became a huge national star with it.
Apparently the Shut That Door thing came about when someone left a door open near the stage when he was performing and a howling wind blew through.
When in Redcar he had witnessed the Lifeboat launching and when he died in January 1995 he left a gift to Redcar RNLI which, appropriately enough, was used to buy a new set of main front doors for the boathouse.
Mike Neville also appeared at what was then the New Pavilion in rep in the 1950s, he used to tell about the dressing rooms flooding in a high spring tide and how he once found a fish in there.
I don’t suppose they will be able to but it would be great if they allowed escorted tours before it is demolished.
I hope the Kirkleatham Hall Museum gets a few fittings out of it as well, particularly the stage door that Grayson used to complain about.