 Several large music halls were built in the East End . These included the London Music Hall , otherwise known as The Shoreditch Empire , 95 – 99 Shoreditch High Street , ( 1856 – 1935 ) . This theatre was rebuilt during 1894 by Frank Matcham , the architect of the Hackney Empire . Another in this area was the Royal Cambridge Music Hall , 136 Commercial Street ( 1864 – 1936 ) . Designed by William Finch Hill ( the designer of the Britannia theatre in nearby Hoxton ) , it was rebuilt after a fire in 1898 . 
