The Criterion Theatre is a theatre situated on Piccadilly Circus in the West End of London. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1400x1108, 585 KB) The Criterion Theatre in Piccadilly. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1400x1108, 585 KB) The Criterion Theatre in Piccadilly. ... Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ... Piccadilly Circus, daytime in 2003. ... West End is the name of some places in the world, including: The West End of London, England West End Theatre, is where many of Londons major theatres are located and premier cinema screenings take place. ... The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ...
Situated entirely underground, the theatre was designed by Thomas Verity. It opened in 1874 and is a Grade II* listed building. It was closed for refurbishement between 1989 and 1992. Its capacity is 594. 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ...
From 1996 to 2005 it was home to productions of the Reduced Shakespeare Company, The Complete Works of Shakespeare, The Complete History of America, and The Bible, The Complete Word of God. 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The Reduced Shakespeare Company is a company of actors that performs unsubtle, fast-paced, seemingly highly-improvisational comedies presenting ludicrously condensed versions of huge topics. ...
Principal Productions
Run For Your Wife (December 12, 1983 - March 4, 1989)
The Criterion Restaurant was opened to the public on 17th November 1873 and the CriterionTheatre on 21st March 1874 under the management of Henry J. Byron and EP Hingston.
Parts of the upper floors of this block were added to the Criterion Restaurant, the whole of which was now to be reached by way of a new entrance and staircase in Regent Street.
Eventually the theatre's future was secured, but it had to close temporarily from April 1989 to October 1992.
The theatre was originally intended as a concert hall, but it was decided to change it to a theatre during the reconstruction.
Like other theatres from the same time, columns are used to support both the Dress Circle and Upper Circle, which means that many of the seats have a "restricted view".
The theatre closed in 1989 during the reconstruction of Piccadilly Circus and was extensively refurbished, reopening in October 1992.
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