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London Coliseum
St. Martin's Lane
London
WC2N 4ES
tel.: 02076328300
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Times: 11 - 16 Mar 2010 Tue, Thu 7:30 PM; 23 Mar 2010 7:30 PM
Times: 15 - 24 Mar 2010 Mon, Wed 7:30 PM; 15 - 27 Mar 2010 Sat 6:30 PM
Satyagraha, Opera
Times: 06 - 13 Mar 2010 Sat 6:00 PM; 13 - 18 Mar 2010 Thu, Sat 7:00 PM; 19 - 26 Mar 2010 Thu, Fri 7:00 PM
Times: 21 Mar 2010 7:00 PM
Prices: 13.00 - 85.00 Pricing depends on seating.
London Coliseum
Coliseum Theatre (also known as the London Coliseum) is on St. Martin’s Lane, in the City of Westminster. It is one of London’s largest and best equipped theatres and opened in 1904, designed by theatrical architect Frank Matcham (designer of the London Palladium), for impresario Oswald Stoll. Their ambition was to build the largest and finest ’People’s palace of entertainment’ of its age.The theatre changed its name from the London Coliseum to the Coliseum Theatre between 1931 and 1968 when 651 performances of the musical comedy White Horse Inn started on April 8, 1931). It reverted to the original name when the Sadler’s Wells Opera Company (having moved from Sadler’s Wells Theatre) moved to the Coliseum in 1968. The Company changed its name to the English National Opera in 1974 and bought the freehold of the building for £12.8m.
It underwent extensive renovations between 2000 and 2004 and has the widest proscenium arch in London as well as being one of the earliest to have electric lighting. It was built with a revolving stage although this was rarely used. The theatre retains many of its original features and was Grade II* listed by English Heritage in September 1960.
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