Floral Pavilion

Love the renovation work from recent years. Beautiful place.

The Floral Pavilion is pretty impressive. It’s been refurbished so it might look really new but it actually dates back to 1913. It has a great feel to it and good for seeing large scale musicals given its size (800 seater). The Panoramic Lounge is an open airy space with awesome views of the Mersey estuary, perfect to relax with refreshments from the Floral café. The Floral has a good range of events on including pantomines, live music, classical music and much more. They have quite a few local companies which I really like but also more well know individuals. If you like to go to the theatre a lot then it might be worthwhile joining as a member and getting 15% discounts plus other benefits.

The Floral Pavilion Theatre and Conference Centre is situated right on the front in New Brighton, which create great views of the Wirral and Liverpool waterfront, and views across the Mersey. The New Brighton promenade is a tourist hotspot, decorated with arcades, fish and chip shops and souvenir shops — so it was a nice change for the front to see a £12 million redevelopment of a rundown theatre.
It’s the biggest venue on the Wirral, and boasts a 800 plus seat theatre, bar and lounge and conference centre. The space can be used for anything from small meetings to huge exhibitions. There’s a little café that you can drop into even if you’re not planning on attending an event. It’s a great place to go and see a show, and take a walk along the beach afterwards.

The new Floral Pavilion Theatre and Conference Centre opened its doors in 2008 as Wirral’s premier entertainment venue.
The brand new plush theatre has an artistic programme designed to welcome a new audience by stimulating imaginations and developing opportunities.
Shows include challenging drama, live music (from bands to well known solo artists), children’s entertainment and even large scale musicals.
The Floral Pavilion’s Panoramic Lounge is an open airy space with breathtaking views of the Mersey estuary and beyond. It is ideal for relaxing on a comfortable sofa to enjoy tea, coffee or light refreshments from the Floral Café, surrounded by the backdrop of a seaside heaven. There are also free music events, held at lunch time throughout the year.
The Floral Pavilion is ideally situated for visitors from any area of Wirral and beyond with convenient rail, road and bus connections. Wherever you are from or whichever side of the Mersey you live, the Floral Pavilion makes an excellent venue for arts and entertainment.

The New Brighton Floral Pavilion hosts all kinds of fun and interesting events throughout the year.
My husband and I attended a performance of My Fair Lady here a few months back, and it was very enjoyable, if a bit more amateur than I expected. Some of the actors/​singers were extremely good, but there were a few that, to put it kindly, could have benefited from a few more rehearsals. Still, it was a fun evening.
In the spring I also held a stall at a craft fair in the pavilion, and it was an enjoyable and profitable day for me. There are always a wide variety of vendors at these craft fairs (I’ve visited twice when not holding a stall as well), so it’s well worth popping in if you are down on the promenade when there’s a fair going on, or even if you come to New Brighton specifically for the fair.
There is a bar upstairs in the pavilion that is open during such performances, but you can’t take your drinks inside the theatre. There is also a café downstairs.

The floral pavilion… the name makes it sound like it should belong to a village cricket club in hertfordshire. Names can be deceiving however and this is an iconic addition to the wirral. It is Wirral’s largest and most flexible venues and can hold a brad range of cultural and business events.
I visited the café not long ago and it really is the central perk of the region and an ideal hang out place for friends. The venue holds everything from weddings, musicals, awards dinners, product launches, family fun days to business conferences, offering something for everyone. The panoramic lounge is a fantastic, and as you walk past it you’d be hard pressed not to investigate and pop in.
Grab a leaflet with listings and get yourself an excuse to check out the 800plus seat theatre, because you won’t be disappointed!