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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 19/06/2026 21:20:00

Completed only weeks after the death of Queen Victoria, the Apollo Theatre opened on 21 February 1901 as the first London playhouse of the Edwardian era. It was the fourth theatre to rise along Shaftesbury Avenue, the great thoroughfare of the West End, and remains the only fully realised theatre design by its architect, Lewin Sharp, who built it for the owner Henry Lowenfeld. Named after the Greek god associated with music and poetry, the Apollo was conceived specifically for musical entertain...