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Shaftesbury Avenue in 2016 with West End theatres pictured along the right side of the road Shaftesbury Avenue from Piccadilly Circus in 1949 The Forbidden Planet comic store on the road Odeon Cinema at 135 Shaftesbury Avenue. Shaftesbury Avenue is a major road in the West End of London, named after The 7th Earl of Shaftesbury.
The Apollo Theatre is a Grade II listed West End theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster, in central London. [2] Designed by the architect Lewin Sharp for owner Henry Lowenfeld, [3] [4] it became the fourth legitimate theatre to be constructed on the street when it opened its doors on 21 February 1901, [4] with the American musical comedy The Belle of Bohemia.
The Shaftesbury Theatre is a West End theatre, located in Shaftesbury Avenue, in the London Borough of Camden. It opened in 1911 as the New Prince's Theatre, with a capacity of 2,500. The current capacity is 1,416. The title "Shaftesbury Theatre" belonged to another theatre lower down the avenue between 1888 and 1941.
The Sondheim Theatre (formerly the Queen's Theatre) is a West End theatre located in Shaftesbury Avenue on the corner of Wardour Street in the City of Westminster, London. It opened as the Queen's Theatre on 8 October 1907, as a twin to the neighbouring Hicks Theatre (now the Gielgud Theatre) which had opened ten months earlier.
Aidan Chapman, 25, was seriously injured in the horror incident in Shaftesbury Avenue and died on New Year’s Eve. In a tribute, his parents have described him as a “loving, kind, funny soul ...
One victim remains in critical condition in hospital following the incident at 12.45am on Wednesday in Shaftesbury Avenue, Covent Garden, the heart of the capital’s theatre district.
The Lyric Theatre is a West End theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster.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.
The Saville Theatre building is a former West End theatre and cinema at 135 Shaftesbury Avenue in the London Borough of Camden. The theatre opened in 1931, and became a music venue during the 1960s. In 1970, it became a cinema, most recently as the Odeon Covent Garden.