The Apollo Theatre in London is a Grade II Listed west end theare situated on Shaftesbury Avenue in the City Of Westminster. The Apollo was designed by Lewin Sharp for owner Henry Lowenfield, and was the fourth legitimate theatre to be constructed on the street. The Apollo first opened its doors to the public on 21st February 1901 with the Americanmusical comedy The Belle Of Bohemia.
The production was followed bya season fron John Martin-Harvey, which included A Ciggerette Makers Romance and The Only Way which ws an adaptation of A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.
The Apollo was the first London theatre built in the Edwardian Period and was renovated by Schaufelberg in 1932, and a private foyer and anteroom was installed to the Royal Box. The sculpted work on the stone fascia is by T. Simpson, the building is of plain brick to the neighbouring streets and has a first floor central loggia. Inside there is a three galleried auditorium with some elaborate plasterwork. The theatre seats 796 people and the balcony on the 3rd tier is considered to be the steepest in London theatre.
The Stoll Moss Group purchased the Apollo Theatre in 1975 and sold it to Andrew Lloyd-Webber's Really Useful Group and Bridgepoint Capital in 2000. Nica Burns and Max Weitzenhoffer purchased the theatre along with several others in 2005, creating Nimax Theatres who currently still own the theatre. Theatre tickets to productions at the Apollo Theatre can be purchased securely online through this website.
