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The Apollo Victoria Theatre is a West End theatre on Wilton Road in the Westminster district of London, across from London Victoria Station. (The theatre also has an entrance on Vauxhall Bridge Road.) Opened in 1930 as a cinema and variety theatre, the Apollo Victoria became a venue for musical theatre, beginning with The Sound of Music in 1981 ...
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Apollo Victoria Theatre, (formerly the New Victoria Theatre, and before that the New Victoria Cinema), also located in the City of Westminster, England; New Victoria Theatre, located in Woking, England; Royal Victoria Theatre, Adelaide, South Australia, historical name for Queen's Theatre, Adelaide
The Apollo Theatre is a Grade II listed West End theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster, in central London. [2] Designed by the architect Lewin Sharp for owner Henry Lowenfeld, [3] [4] it became the fourth legitimate theatre to be constructed on the street when it opened its doors on 21 February 1901, [4] with the American musical comedy The Belle of Bohemia.
In July 2005, Weitzenhoffer and Burns announced they were forming Nimax to buy four of London’s playhouses from Andrew Lloyd Webber, namely the Apollo Theatre, Garrick Theatre, Duchess Theatre and Lyric Theatre, taking control the following October. [2]
The Times commented, "A perfect view of the stage can be had from every seat in the house." [9] Exits on all four sides of the theatre were provided, and fireproof materials were used to ensure maximum safety. [9] There were three tiers with four levels: stalls and pit, balcony, circle, and amphitheatre and gallery at the top.
"Auditorium…, Apollo Theatre, West 42nd Street, New York City" Architecture and Building Vol. 52 No. 12 (December 1920) Plate 146 top. Online at Google Books. Online at Google Books. Author
The West End production opened on April 10, 2006, at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre where, despite receiving mostly solid reviews, it ran for less than two months, closing on May 2, 2006. James Fox and Darren Reeves were the leads.