UK – London – Apollo Victoria

  • Art Deco design, ‘Super-Cinema’, The New Victoria opened in 1930 with the film Old English
  • Unusual design accommodated two major roads running either side of the venue by having two frontages.
  • The loading doors for the venue are around 6 feet in the air in the stage right wing
  • The first theatre in the West End to use a ‘Galaxy‘ lighting control desk, for The Sound of Music (1981)



Official website

http://www.atgtickets.com/venues/apollo-victoria-theatre/

Past Productions

  • Wicked (September 27 2006 – March 2020 // paused due to Coronavirus pandemic // resumed 15 September 2021)
  • Movin’ Out (March 28 2006 – May 22 2006) featuring the music of Billy Joel
  • Saturday Night Fever (July 2 2004 – February 18 2006)
  • Bombay Dreams (June 19 2002 – June 13 2004)
  • Auditorium refurbishment to uncover original architectural features and to install LED house lighting scheme. Removed seats were also reinstated. 
  • Starlight Express (March 27 1984 – January 12, 2002)
  • Long period of modification of the auditorium to accommodate the race tracks at circle and stalls level, as well as the automated bridge for Starlight Express. Over 1200 seats were removed to accommodate the track, and much of the auditorium was painted black. 
  • Cliff Richard in concert (3 November 1983 – 10 December 1983)
  • Fiddler on the Roof starring Topol (June 28 1983 – October 29, 1983)
  • Dash starring Wayne Sleep (April 1983?)
  • Camelot featuring Richard Harris (November 23 1982 – February 5 1983)
  • The Sound of Music featuring Petula Clark (August 17 1981 – September 18 1982)
  • Shirley Bassey Concert (September 1980)
  • Future secured as a live music venue in September 1980, bought by Apollo Leisure and renamed The Apollo Victoria.
  • Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee (May 1 1977)
  • Peter Gabriel (April 30 1977)
  • Lou Reed (April 26-28 1977)
  • ELO ‘Fusion’ concert recorded for video release 20 June 1976 (Wikipedia page)
  • Joan Armatrading (12-13 December 1976)
  • Diana Ross (18-20 March 1976, 18-20 April 1976)
  • Daryl Hall & John Oates (3 October 1975)
  • The Kinks (14 June 1975)
  • Kilburn and the High Roads (4 May 1975)
  • Slade (April 24-26 1975)
  • Barclay James Harvest (February 9 1975)
  • Some music listings from Setlist.fm
  • Cinema closed in 1975
  • Hoop-La (15 October 1930 – ?) a live theatre show, along with the film Old English as ‘The New Victoria’, a Super Cinema. 

External links

Theatres Trust page on the Apollo Victoria

Equipment

From British Theatre Directory 1987
Switchboard: Rank Strand Galaxy 240 channels

The Theatres Trust

Apollo Victoria, London on the Theatres Trust Database

Links to information about equipment at Apollo Victoria, London over the years

  • Galaxy (Strand)
  • Documents


    Apollo Victoria - Arthur Lloyd 
    [External Website]
    From Arthur Lloyd website
    Galaxy at the Apollo Victoria Theatre, for The Sound of Music
    Galaxy at the Apollo Victoria Theatre, for The Sound of Music (1981)
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    From Alan Luxford Collection
    Cadac console at Starlight Express
    Cadac console at Starlight Express (1984)
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    From Lighting & Sound International

    LSI: Bombay Dreams (August 2002)
    [1.99Mb PDF]
    From Lighting & Sound International

    LSI: Wicked (December 2006)
    [14.65Mb PDF]
    From Lighting & Sound International

    Mentions of Apollo Victoria, London in indexed journals

     

     

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