THE PHOENIX CINEMA/THEATRE - HILLSBOROUGH LOCATION Opposite Hillsborough Barracks - where Maplins now stands Photograph source: In Memory of Sheffield's Cinema's by Richard Ward INFO Opened - 25th March 1911 Closed - 10th September 1960 The cinema was named after the owners of the Cinema, and when it opened it was intended as a cinema as well as a variety theatre seating around 640 including the balcony, the stage was extended from the original 12ft to 22ft some a