<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Website </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> theapollovictoria.com (Official website) </Td> </Tr> <P> 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 for twelve years as of 2018 . </P> <P> The theatre was built by architect Lewis and William Edward Trent in 1929 for Provincial Cinematograph Theatres, a part of the Gaumont British chain . The theatre was built with two identical façades on Wilton and Vauxhall Bridge Roads . Construction is principal of concrete, with strong horizontal banding along the exterior sides of the auditorium . By contrast, the entrances feature a cantilevered canopy and are framed by vertical channelling, with two black marble columns rising to the roof line . The entrance is simple, making use of chrome trimmings, this leads to a nautical themed interior in the original Art Deco style that makes extensive use of concealed lighting, decorated with scallop shells and columns that burst into sculptured fountains at the ceiling . </P>

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