Apollo Victoria Theatre

The Apollo Victoria Theatre is a West End theatre on Wilton Road in the Westminster district of London, across from London Victoria Station. (The theatre also has an entrance on Vauxhall Bridge Road.) Opened in 1930 as a cinema and variety theatre, the Apollo Victoria became a venue for musical theatre, beginning with The Sound of Music in 1981, and including the long-running Starlight Express, from 1984 to 2002. The theatre is currently the home of the musical Wicked, which has played at the venue since 27 September 2006.

This article is about the theatre across from London Victoria station in the Westminster district of London. For the theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue in the West End of London, see Apollo Theatre. For the music hall in New York City, see Apollo Theater. For other uses, see Apollo Theatre (disambiguation) and Victoria Theatre (disambiguation).

Apollo Victoria Theatre
New Victoria Cinema
New Victoria Theatre
Apollo Victoria Theatre in 2006
AddressWilton Road
London, SW1
United Kingdom
Coordinates51.4956°N 0.1427°W / 51.4956; -0.1427
Public transit Victoria
DesignationGrade II*
TypeWest End theatre
Capacity2,328 (seated)
ProductionWicked
Construction
Opened1930 (as cinema)
Years active1981–present
ArchitectE. Wamsley Lewis
Website
theapollovictoria.com (Official website)
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