When we think of cities with a vibrant theatre scene, we often think of the likes of London's West End or New York's Broadway, however Belfast once had a vibrant array of performance spaces which could rival both.
With the dawn of cinema in the early 1900s, many of Belfast's auditoriums were converted with the installation of silver screens before eventually being demolished as more and more of us stayed at home as television sets became more readily available.
However, thanks to images captured of some of the buildings in their heyday, memories of going to some of the theatres which lined the city's streets live on.
