CRITERION THEATRE 

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Piccadilly Circus
 London
SW1Y 4XA

	Refreshments Two Bars - Stalls and Dress Circle.  Ice-cream, crisps and confectionery.
	Discounts available for wheelchair users and their companions. Loop system. Staff are available to dog sit for 2 dogs per performance. Wheelchair/scooter users should inform the Box Office in advance and arrive at  the entrance in Jermyn Street. There is a slight slope with handrails on both sides to the back of the Upper Circle. 2 spaces for wheelchair users next to C20. Restricted view.  Transfer seating is available for wheelchair users and one scooter to aisle seats in Upper and Dress Circles. Each wheelchair user must bring a non-disabled companion.
	Masterparks at Whitcomb Street and Trafalgar Square. Denman Street NCP
	Piccadilly Circus
	Charing Cross
	Buses for The Criterion Theatre:  3, 6, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 22, 23, 38, 88, 94, 139, 159, 453
HISTORY	Criterion Theatre   In 1870 following the acquisition of the White Bear Inn site, and adjoining properties between Jermyn Street and Piccadilly Circus, caterers Spiers and Pond commissioned Thomas Verity to design a new development consisting of a large restaurant, dining rooms, ballroom, and galleried concert hall. Having commenced building work it was decided to alter the proposed concert hall, (though retaining the composers names which still line the tiled staircases to this day), to a theatre which opened in 1874. In the 1970's the whole of the Criterion Theatre site was proposed for redevelopment, which caused huge protest as people feared the theatre would be lost forever. Subsequently,   the theatre closed from 1989, until reopening in October 1992. Having undergone major refurbishment both back, and front of house, The Criterion Theatre retains an almost perfectly preserved Victorian auditorium, with all of its intimacy and atmosphere.

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