Festival Theatre
Opened in 1892 as the Empire Theatre, a variety, musical and opera house, and taken into the Festival in 1947 for ballet before the 1994 remodelling turned it into the staged-opera house. It seats 1,915, the biggest lyric stage the Festival uses, and carries the large-scale theatre as well. Box office hours run Monday to Saturday, 11am to 3pm, or until curtain up on performance days.
- Venue Type
- Theatre
- Address
- 13 / 29 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9FT
- Phone
- +44 131 529 6000
- Website
- www.capitaltheatres.com/
- Wheelchair Accessible
- Yes
Category: Events
Tags: theatre, opera, ballet, 1892
Coordinates: 55.9465677, -3.1864782
Part of The venues of the Edinburgh International Festival
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