Apollo Theater
| Apollo Theater | |
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| Address: | Apollo Theater, Shaftesbury Avenue, London |
| City: | London |
| Coordinates: | 51 ° 30 ′ 41 ″ N , 0 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ W |
| Architecture and history | |
| Opened: | February 1901 |
| Spectator: | 775 seats |
| Named after: | Apollo |
The Apollo Theater in London opened in February 1901 near Piccadilly Circus in the West End theater district in the City of Westminster . It offers space for 775 spectators on four levels. Well-known actors like Peter O'Toole and Vanessa Redgrave have performed here. The theater is listed as a Grade II building .
Building history
The building was constructed by the architect Lewin Sharp for the first owner, Henry Lowenfeld.
Accident in December 2013
On December 19, 2013, during a performance of the play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Simon Stephens based on the novel by Mark Haddon , part of a stucco ceiling collapsed and injured around 80 people 7 difficult.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Images of England: Entry Apollo Theater ( Memento of the original from October 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 20, 2013
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de: "It's lucky that there were no dead" , December 20, 2013
Web links
Commons : Apollo Theater - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
