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These are the best new London theatre shows to book for in 20. The theatre has special seating which are immersive and is loved especially for music concerts and is an experience in itself as you breathe in the history of the city while seeing its modern. The Bijou Theatre (3.3 mi) Showcase Cinemas Bridgeport (5.1 mi) Fairfield.
Primary objectives for the project include: Renovate the second balcony in the auditorium. The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra is all set to grace the stage at the iconic Bijou Theatre on Sun, Sep 17 from 5pm to. Presently, the Bijou functions as a performing arts center with seating for 750, with the Lamar House Hotel providing support space for theater operations. There’s no guarantee of approval or timetable for it to be restored, but Aspect’s application argues that restoring the theatre to its original purpose is a responsible use for the space. Lamar House Hotel / Bijou Theatre was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. It dabbled with being a cinema and hosting amateur productions, before ignominiously switching to being an antiques warehouse in the ’60s.īut now music and arts charity the Aspect Foundation is looking to restore it as a 175-seat concert hall, aimed at small-scale chamber music performances and educational work – the idea is it would serve as a performance venue in the evening and rehearsal space during the day. However, members clubs weren’t bound by same rules, and hence the Bijou played host to two members-only performances of ‘Salome’ in 1905 – the only British performances it would have until 1931, when the censor finally allowed it.Īfter that it was renamed the Century Theatre, then the 20th Century Theatre. By all accounts it was pretty popular, although the most historically significant production to be staged there wasn’t actually a smash per se, but rather an Oscar Wilde premiere that ran for two performances only.įollowing his disgrace and imprisonment in 1895, Wilde’s plays were seriously fallen out of favour in Britain, and his late work ‘Salome’ couldn’t get past the censor. Three years later the theatre got its own name: the Bijou Theatre. The 20th Century Theatre was actually built in the nineteenth century: when it opened in 1863 it was simply the unnamed theatre component of a small arts complex called the Victoria Hall. Planning permission has been submitted to restore a historically significant but long-dormant Grade II-listed theatre in Notting Hill.
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