London Theatre - Apollo Theatre

The one listed West End theatre the London Apollo Theatre is a Grade II, on Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster. architected by architect Lewin Sharp for owner Henry Lowenfield, and the fourth legitimate theatre to be created on the street, its doors opened on 21 February 1901 with the American musical comedy The Belle of Bohemia. The production was followed by John Martin-Harvey's season, including A Cigarette Maker's Romance and The Only Way, an adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities.

The first London theatre built in the Edwardian period, the Apollo was refurbished by Schaufelberg in 1932, and a private foyer and ante room was installed to the Royal Box. The shaped work on the stone fascia is by T. Simpson, the building is of plain brick to the neighbouring streets. The theatre has a first floor central loggia. Inside there is a three galleried auditorium with elaborate plasterwork. The theatre seats 796, and the balcony on the 3rd tier is considered the steepest in London.

The Stoll Moss Group bought the Apollo Theatre in 1975 and sold it to Andrew Lloyd-Webber's Really helpful Group and Bridgepoint Capital in 2000. Nica Burns and Max Weitzenhoffer bought the theatre and many others in 2005, creating Nimax Theatres, which still owns the theatre.