Apollo Victoria Theatre
Address:
Apollo Victoria Theatre
17 Wilton Road
London
SW1V 1LL
Directions:
Take the Victoria, District or Circle Line to Victoria Station. Exit via Wilton Rd, the theatre is directly opposite the station.
Access:
Wheelchair access
Disabled Toilets
Air-Conditioned
Map
Train
Nearest Underground
The Apollo Victoria Theatre is adjacent to Victoria mainline and underground stations. Victoria is served by the Victoria, Circle and District lines.
Kings Cross St Pancras:
From Victoria, take Victoria line northbound. Estimated time: 15 mins.
Euston:
From Victoria, take Victoria Line northbound and change at Warren Street. Take Northern Line northbound. Estimated time: 15 mins.
Marylebone:
From Victoria, take Victoria line northbound and change at Oxford Circus. Take Bakerloo line northbound. Estimated time 15 mins.
Paddington:
From Victoria, take Victoria line northbound and change at Oxford Circus. Take Bakerloo line northbound. Estimated time 20 mins.
Waterloo:
From Victoria, take Victoria Line northbound and change at Warren Street. Take Northern Line southbound. Estimated time: 15 mins.
London Bridge:
From Victoria, take Circle or District line eastbound and change at Westminster. Take Jubilee line eastbound. Estimated time: 25 mins.
Liverpool Street:
Take Circle line eastbound. Estimated time: 25 mins.
Victoria:
Just cross Wilton Road and you’re there. You can’t miss it.
Buses : 8, 24, 26,38, 73 , 211 and 511. Check routes before you travel.
Nearest Car Park : NCP Semley Place. Street parking is very limited – we strongly advise the use of public transport.
Apollo Victoria Theatre History
The Apollo Victoria Theatre was designed as the New Victoria “super-cinema” by E. Warmsley Lewis and W E Trent in 1929 in striking art deco style. Unusually the building has two identical entrances, one on Wilton Road facing Victoria mainline station and the other on Vauxhall Bridge Road. The cinema closed in 1975, reopening six years later in 1981 as the New Victoria Theatre, with a concert by Shirley Bassey providing the opening night.
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.
Other notable productions at the Apollo Victoria have included Camelot, The Sound Of Music and Fiddler On The Roof.
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