 In Northern Ireland , the Grand Opera House , Belfast , Frank Matcham 1895 , was preserved and restored in the 1980s . The Gaiety Theatre , Isle of Man is another Matcham design from 1900 that remains in use after an extensive restoration programme in the 1970s . In Glasgow , the Britannia Music Hall ( 1857 ) , by architects Thomas Gildard and H.M. McFarlane remains standing , with much of the theatre intact but in a poor state having closed in 1938 . There is a preservation trust attempting to rescue the theatre . 
