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The Palais Nottingham
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As Oceana
Pryzm Nottingham
Interactive map of The Palais Nottingham
Former namesPalais de Danse, Ritzy, The Palais, Oceana, Pryzm
LocationNottingham, England
Coordinates 52°57′20″N1°08′40″W / 52.9556°N 1.14431°W / 52.9556; -1.14431
Owner DHP Family
Type Nightclub
Construction
Opened22 April 1925 (1925-04-22)
Renovated2005
Website
www.thepalais.co.uk

The Palais is a nightclub and event space located on Upper Parliament Street in Nottingham, England.

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History

The site became vacant when Nottingham Prison was demolished. The building was constructed by the Midland Palais de Danse Company and opened as a dance hall and billiard saloon under the name Palais de Danse. The architects were Alfred John Thraves and Henry Hardwick Dawson [1] and the contractors were W. and J. Simons. The building featured a globe and frieze of dancers over the entrance. It opened to invited guests on 22 April 1925 and to the general public 2 days later. [2]

It changed its name to Ritzy, then became simply The Palais, then was Oceana [3] and then Pryzm, owned by Rekom UK until Summer 2024.

It was refurbished in 2005 by Bignell Shacklady Ewing.

In April 1971 the Palais was the site of Nottingham’s own version of the 1970 Miss World beauty pageant protest by Women’s Liberation Activists. Two members of the newly formed Nottingham Women’s Liberation Group (Barbara Yates and Vreneli Schmid, both Nottingham Art College students) entered the local beauty pageant and when they took to the stage, Barbara ripped off an overskirt revealing a banner and then raced down the ballroom with Vreneli shouting “Women’s liberation!”. Other members of the Group dropped leaflets from the balcony or demonstrated outside the Palais. An account of the experience, written by Barbara Yates, was published in Women Now: Journal of the Nottingham Women’s Liberation Group [4] . According to a newspaper article on the incident published in the Nottingham Post, Palais manager Mr Thompson later said that he would be running a competition for men too and had contacted a former Mr Universe to be on the panel [5] .  

In 2019, four people were stabbed after a fight that started outside the nightclub. [6] An 18-year-old man was arrested and found guilty of wounding with intent. [7] [8]

The Palais

DHP Family purchased the venue in the summer of 2024, changing its name back to The Palais once more, promising a "diverse array of events" when it re-opens in September. [9]

References

  1. ↑ Harwood, Elain (1979). Pevsner Architectural Guides. Nottingham. Yale University Press. p. 146. ISBN   0140710027.
  2. ↑ "The Palais de Danse" . Nottingham Journal. England. 24 April 1925. Retrieved 3 March 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ Whitfield, David (10 June 2017). "These are the Nottingham nightclubs you went to in the 80s and 90s". Nottingham Post. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  4. ↑ University of Nottingham, Manuscripts and Special Collections, Feminist Publications Collection, Periodicals HQ1600.NOT WOW, Vol. 1 No. 1, 1971, Pp. 9-10: https://nusearch.nottingham.ac.uk/permalink/44NOTTS_UNUK/11megrm/alma9922722169205561
  5. ↑ Nottingham Post, April 1971
  6. ↑ "Pryzm Nottingham fight: Four stabbed and six arrested". BBC News. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Pryzm stabbings: Man charged over Nottingham club fight". BBC News. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Nottingham man found guilty of wounding outside Pryzm nightclub". BBC News. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "Nottingham: Landmark dancing venue to reopen under new owners". BBC News. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
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