Apollo Theatre

The Apollo Theatre is a Grade II listed West End theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue in the , in central . Designed by the architect Lewin Sharp for owner Henry Lowenfeld, it became the fourth legitimate theatre to be constructed on the street when it opened its doors on 21 February 1901, with the American musical comedy The Belle of Bohemia.
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  • Type: Theater building
  • Description: theater on Shaftesbury Avenue in London, England, UK
  • Also known as: “The Apollo Theatre”
  • Address: 31 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 7ES
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leicester Square and Sondheim Theatre.

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The area around , often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of . The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.

Theater building
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The is a West End theatre located in Shaftesbury Avenue on the corner of Wardour Street in the , London. It opened as the Queen's Theatre on 8 October 1907, as a twin to the neighbouring Hicks Theatre which had opened ten months earlier.

Theater building
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The is a West End theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue in the . It was built for the producer Henry Leslie, who financed it from the profits of the light opera hit, Dorothy, which he transferred from its original venue to open the new theatre on 17 December 1888.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chinatown and Soho.

Suburb
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is an ethnic enclave in the , London, bordering to its north and west and Theatreland to the south and east. The enclave currently occupies the area in and around Gerrard Street.

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is a district of central , part of the West End, famous for jazz, its gay village, sex shops and alternative lifestyles.

Neighborhood
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St James's is a district of , and a central district in the , London, forming part of the . The area was once part of the northwestern gardens and parks of St.

Apollo Theatre

Latitude
51.51157° or 51° 30′ 42″ north
Longitude
-0.13344° or 0° 8′ 0″ west
Open location code
9C3XGV68+JJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 149173453
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Wiki­data ID
Q4780361
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Apollo Theatre” goes by many names.
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  • Arabic: “مسرح أبولو”
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  • Chinese: “阿波罗剧院”
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  • Egyptian Arabic: “مسرح أبولو”
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  • Hebrew: “תיאטרון אפולו”
  • Hungarian: “Apollo Theatre”
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  • Japanese: “アポロ・シアター”
  • Kabyle: “Apollo Theatre”
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  • Korean: “아폴로 극장”
  • Latvian: “Apollo Theatre”
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  • Occitan (post 1500): “Apollo Theatre”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਪੋਲੋ ਥੀਏਟਰ”
  • Papiamento: “Apollo Theatre”
  • Persian: “تئاتر آپولو لندن”
  • Picard: “Apollo Theatre”
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  • Slovak: “Apollo Theatre”
  • Spanish: “Teatro Apollo”
  • Swahili: “Apollo Theatre”
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  • Wolof: “Apollo Theatre”
  • Zulu: “Apollo Theatre”

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