The Apollo Victoria Theatre is a West End theatre on Wilton Road near Victoria station in London. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 400 × 600 pixels Full resolution (2304 × 3456 pixel, file size: 3. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 400 × 600 pixels Full resolution (2304 × 3456 pixel, file size: 3. ... // West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre in London, or sometimes more specifically for shows staged in the large theatres of Londons Theatreland . Along with New Yorks Broadway Theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of theatre in the... Victoria station in London is a London Underground and National Rail station in the City of Westminster. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

The building was designed as the New Victoria "super-cinema" by E. Warmsley Lewis and W E Trent in 1929 in striking art deco style. The building is constructed in austere concrete, relieved by vertical fluting to the front, and horizontal fluting to the long side elevation. This austerity is relieved by polished marble, granite, and chrome detailing. Internally the theatre is elaborately decorated with pilasters spreading to fountains at the ceiling and concealed lighting^[1]. The cinema closed in 1975, reopening six years later as the New Victoria Theatre, with a concert by Shirley Bassey providing the opening night^[2]. Asheville City Hall. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey, DBE (born January 8, 1937), is a Welsh singer, perhaps best-known for performing the theme songs to the James Bond films Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and Moonraker (1979). ...

For eighteen years, the theatre was home to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical, Starlight Express, for which the theatre was extensively redesigned to accommodate a multi-tier roller skating arena. On 12 January 2002, shortly before the show's 18th birthday, Lloyd Webber made the decision to stop the show, in order to open his new production of A. H. Rahman's Bombay Dreams, which received its world premiere on 19 June 2002. The original production, which starred Raza Jaffrey, ran for two years before closing on 13 June 2004 after over 1,500 successful performances^[2]. Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is a highly successful English composer of musical theatre, the elder brother of Julian Lloyd Webber. ... Broadway Logo, 1987 Starlight Express is a contemporary rock musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and by Richard Stilgoe (lyrics), with later revisions by Don Black (lyrics) and David Yazbek (music and lyrics). ... Roller Skater redirects here. ... January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Bombay Dreams on Broadway, New York City Bombay Dreams is a Bollywood-themed musical. ... June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Raza Jaffrey is an actor, most notable for playing the character of Zafar Younis in the television spy drama Spooks. ... June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

As a "short" filler production, the Bee Gees musical Saturday Night Fever was brought back to the West End following a 14-month UK tour and a previous world premiere at the London Palladium in 1998. The show, booking to December of that year, was extended and was booking through to 29 April 2006. However, it left the theatre on 18 February 2006 to make way for the European premiere of Broadway's Movin' Out, the Billy Joel musical in March 2006. The show, which starred Britain's James Fox (who also played the 'Pianoman' role on Broadway and on US Tour) was due to run until 17 July 2006, however it closed after only 8 weeks in London citing poor audience figures. The Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers — Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb — that became one of the most successful musical acts of all time. ... Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 movie starring John Travolta as Tony Manero, a troubled Brooklyn youth whose weekend activities are dominated by visits to a Brooklyn discotheque. ... The London Palladium in 2004 The London Palladium is one of the most famous of Londons West End theatres. ... April 29 is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ... For the Joanne song, see Pack Your Bags. ... William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949, in Bronx, New York, USA) an American singer, pianist, and songwriter . ... July 17 is the 198th day of the year (199th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

Broadway's Wicked received its European premiere at the venue on 27 September 2006 with an all-star cast including Idina Menzel recreating her original Broadway role as Elphaba, Australia's Helen Dallimore as Glinda, Adam Garcia, Miriam Margolyes, Nigel Planer, Katie Rowley-Jones, James Gillian, and Martin Ball. The show took a record-breaking £761,000 during its first eight performances. Wicked is an American musical produced by Universal Pictures with music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, and book by Winnie Holzman. ... September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Idina Menzel (born Idina Kim Mentzel on May 30, 1971 in New York City) is an American actress, singer and songwriter who is best known for her Tony Award-winning performance in Wicked and her Tony-nominated performance in Rent. ... Helen Dallimore made her West End debut as Glinda in Wicked on the 27th September 2006 starring along side Idina Menzel (To be replaced by Kerry Ellis in January) and Adam Garcia. ... Adam Gabriel Garcia (born June 1, 1973 in Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia), is a movie actor. ... Margolyes as Professor Sprout in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Miriam Margolyes OBE (born May 18, 1941) is a British character actress. ... Nigel George Planer (born February 22, 1953 in London) is an English actor, novelist and playwright. ... Martin Ball is an experienced theatre and television actor currently starring as Doctor Dillamond in Wicked (musical) at the Apollo Victoria Theatre London. ...

The largest West-End Theatre, its capacity is 2,305 including standing spaces.

Recent & Present Productions

• The Sound of Music (August 17, 1981 – September 18, 1982)
• Camelot (November 23, 1982 – February 5, 1983)
• Fiddler on the Roof (June 28, 1983 – October 29, 1983)
• Starlight Express (March 27, 1984 – January 12, 2002) by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe
• Bombay Dreams (June 19, 2002 – June 13, 2004) by AR Rahman and Meera Syal
• Saturday Night Fever (July 2, 2004 – February 18, 2006) by The Bee Gees and Nan Knighton
• Movin' Out (March 28, 2006 – May 22, 2006) by Twyla Tharp and Billy Joel
• Wicked (September 27, 2006 - ) by Stephen Schwartz

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References

External links

• Apollo Victoria Theatre website
• Venue and ticket Information from thisistheatre.com

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