Editing Fulham (section)

===Entertainment===
The historic entertainment destinations in Fulham, have included [[Earls Court Exhibition Centre|Earl's Court Pleasure Gardens]], the brain-child of [[John Robinson Whitley]], straddling the border with Kensington since 1879, then the 1894 [[Great Wheel]] and the 6,000-seater Empress Hall,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/EmpressHall.htm|title=Empress Theatre / Empress Hall, Lillie Road, Earls Court, London|website=Arthurlloyd.co.uk|access-date=29 July 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730025633/http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/EmpressHall.htm|archive-date=30 July 2017}}</ref> built in 1894 at the instigation of international impresario, [[Imre Kiralfy]] — the scene of his spectacular shows and later sporting events and famous ice shows — and latterly, Earl's Court II, part of the [[Earl's Court Exhibition Centre]] in the neighbouring, [[Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw055910|title=Britain From Above|website=Britainfromabove.org.uk|access-date=29 July 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730023027/http://britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw055910|archive-date=30 July 2017}}</ref> The first closed in 1959, replaced by an office block, the [[Empress State Building]]. The second, opened by [[Diana, Princess of Wales|Princess Diana]], lasted just over 20 years until 2014. Along with the architecturally pleasing Mid-Victorian Empress Place, formerly access to the exhibition centre, it is destined for high rise re-development, but with usage as yet to be confirmed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lbhf.gov.uk/planning/planning-applications/major-planning-applications/earls-court-planning-application|title=Earls Court planning application|date=16 December 2015|website=Lbhf.gov.uk|access-date=29 July 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730013255/https://www.lbhf.gov.uk/planning/planning-applications/major-planning-applications/earls-court-planning-application|archive-date=30 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saveearlscourt.com|title=Save Earl's Court! – Home|publisher=Saveearlscourt.com|access-date=15 January 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116090110/http://www.saveearlscourt.com/|archive-date=16 January 2014}}</ref>

No trace is left today of either of Fulham's two theatres, both opened in 1897. The 'Grand Theatre' was on the approach to [[Putney Bridge]] and was designed by the prolific [[WGR Sprague]], author of venues such as [[Wyndham's Theatre]] and the [[Aldwych Theatre]] in London's [[West End of London|West End]]. It gave way to office blocks in the late 1950s. The 'Granville Theatre', founded by [[Dan Leno]], to the design of [[Frank Matcham]], once graced a triangle of land at [[Walham Green]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/FulhamTheatres.htm|title=Theatres and Halls in Fulham, London|website=Arthurlloyd.co.uk|access-date=29 July 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731194137/http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/FulhamTheatres.htm|archive-date=31 July 2017}}</ref> After the [[Music hall]] era had passed, It served as a film and television studio, but was finally demolished in 1971. It too has been replaced by an office block in Fulham Broadway.<ref>{{cite book|author=Denny, Barbara|date=1997|title=Fulham Past|location=London, UK|publisher=Historical Publications|page=117|isbn=0-948667-43-5}}</ref>

The performing arts continue in Fulham, like the notable [[Fulham Symphony Orchestra]] and the successful Fulham Opera.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fulhamopera.co.uk|title=Fulham Opera – Fulham Opera's Site|website=Fulhamopera.co.uk|access-date=29 July 2017}}</ref> St John's Parish Church, at the top of [[North End Road]], stages choral and instrumental concerts as do other churches in the area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stjohnsfulham.org/index.php/music|title=MUSIC|website=Stjohnsfulham.org|access-date=29 July 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730020355/http://www.stjohnsfulham.org/index.php/music|archive-date=30 July 2017}}</ref>

There is a cinema complex as part of the Fulham Broadway Centre. [[Fulham Town Hall]], built in 1888 in the ''classical renaissance'', was used as a popular venue for concerts and dances, especially its Grand Hall. Behind Fulham Broadway, the heart of the original village of [[Walham Green]] has undergone pedestrianisation, including the spot once occupied by the village green and its pond next to St. John's Parish Church and bordered by a number of cafés, bars, and a dance studio in the old Fulham Public Baths. The largest extant supermarket in Fulham, is located on the site of a cinema later converted to the iconic "Dicky Dirts" jean store with its sloping shop-floor, at the top of [[North End Road]]'s [[Street market]]. It started a new trend in how retail was done.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.advertisingarchives.co.uk/detail/6540/1/Magazine-Advert/Dickie-Dirts|title=The Advertising Archives - Magazine Advert - Dickie Dirts - 1980s|publisher=Advertising Archives|access-date=29 July 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095425/http://www.advertisingarchives.co.uk/detail/6540/1/Magazine-Advert/Dickie-Dirts|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>

The debut albums by 1970s new wave bands [[The Stranglers]] ([[Rattus Norvegicus (album)|''Rattus Norvegicus'']]) and [[Generation X]] ([[Generation X (album)|''Generation X'']]) were recorded at TW Studios, 211 Fulham Palace Road. The Greyhound music venue at 176 Fulham Palace Road hosted up and coming punk, post-punk and indie bands in the late 1970s and the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/5539021113 | title=London Lost Music Venues: Rock Music 12 - the Greyhound | date=8 January 2011 }}</ref> Film music creator, [[Hans Zimmer]] double [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] winner, launched his career in a studio behind the Lillie Langtry public house in [[Lillie Road]] in the 1970s.<ref name = "EC"/>