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The Lyceum Theatre is a 2100-seat West End theatre located in the City of Westminster on Wellington Street just off the Strand. There has been a theatre with this name in the locality since 1765. From 1794 to 1809 however the building hosted a circus produced by Philip Astley a chapel the first London exhibition of waxworks displayed by Madame Tussaud and other entertainments. From 1816 to 1830 it served as The English Opera House.

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address
Wellington Street
architect
Samuel Beazley
closing year
1951-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1995-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
current production
The Lion King (musical)
location city
London, City of Westminster
opening date
1834-07-14
opening year
1834-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
owner
Ambassador Theatre Group
rebuilding year
0084-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1882-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1904-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1951-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1996-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
seating capacity
2100
type
West End theatre
latitude
51.5116
longitude
-0.11975

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