Opera house

Buxton Opera House

United Kingdom High Peak Grade II* listed building

About

Buxton Opera House in The Square, Buxton, Derbyshire, England, is a 902-seat opera house. It hosts the annual Buxton Festival and the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival, among others, as well as pantomime at Christmas, musicals and other entertainments year-round. Hosting live performances until 1927, the theatre then was used mostly as a cinema until 1976. In 1979, it was refurbished and reopened as a venue for live performance.

Details

Type: Opera house
Country: United Kingdom
Located in: High Peak
Heritage: Grade II* listed building
HE listing: 1257789
Coordinates: 53.25860, -1.91570
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