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Teatro
de
Londres,
un
antiguo
cine
del
West
End.
Está
situado
en
Tottenham
Court
Road,
cerca
de
St
Giles
circus
y
del
rascacielos
Centre
Point.
The
historic
Dominion
Theatre
sits
majestically
at
the
junction
of
Tottenham
Court
Road,
Oxford
Street
and
Charing
Cross
Road
and
first
opened
in
1929.
This
landmark
building,
which
was
granted
Grade
II
status
by
English
Heritage
in
1998,
has
recently
completed
a
stunning
£6
million
restoration.
All
areas
of
the
theatre
were
involved
in
the
renovation,
including
the
installation
of
a
new
flying
system
and
the
enlargement
of
the
orchestra
pit
to
facilitate
large
scale
productions,
and
a
full
refurbishment
of
all
five
bars
and
ninety-five
toilets
front
of
house.
Almost
1.2
acres
of
bespoke
carpets
were
laid
front
of
house
and
over
400
gallons
of
paint
used
in
the
reconditioning
of
the
gold
detailing
and
plasterwork
of
the
proscenium
arch,
auditorium
ceiling,
foyers
and
hospitality
suites.
All
of
the
theatre’s
seats
were
reupholstered
and
additional
French
polished
handrails
added
to
aid
accessibility
inside
the
auditorium.
The
electrics
and
lighting
fixtures
also
received
an
overhaul
with
the
use
of
enough
cable
to
stretch
4500
times
the
length
of
the
Eiffel
Tower.
During
its
illustrious
history,
the
venue
has
operated
successfully
as
both
a
theatre
and
cinema,
including
a
record-breaking
4
years
and
22-week
continuous
run
of
Joshua
Logan’s
film
of
Rodgers
and
Hammerstein’s South
Pacific,
starring
Mitzi
Gaynor.
Other
blockbuster
films
have
included Cleopatra,
which
starred
Elizabeth
Taylor; The
Sound
of
Music (which
ran
from
March
1965
to
June
1968);
the
Gertrude
Lawrence
bio-pic Star!, with
Julie
Andrews;
David
Lean’s Lawrence
of
Arabia and,
in
1977,
the
UK
premiere
(simultaneously
with
the
Leicester
Square
Theatre)
of
George
Lucas’ Star
Wars.
The
Dominion
Theatre
has
played
host
to
countless
legendary
stars
(including
Judy
Garland,
Shirley
MacLaine,
Maurice
Chevalier,
Sophie
Tucker,
Jeanette
Macdonald
and
David
Bowie)
and
seven
Royal
Variety
Performances.
In
1931,
Charlie
Chaplin
made
a
personal
appearance
at
the
UK
premiere
of
City
Lights
(the
classic
silent
film
he
directed,
wrote
and
starred
in).
Over
the
years,
the
theatre
has
also
welcomed
many
prestigious
companies,
lavish
stage
productions
and
long-running
shows
including:
Disney’s
Beauty
and
the
Beast;
Matthew
Bourne’s
Swan
Lake;
London
Festival
Ballet
(now
English
National
Ballet);
Welsh
National
Opera
and
the
Olivier
Awards.
Facilities
A
large
extension
to
the
rear
of
house
facilities
was
built
to
accommodate Disney’s
Beauty
and
the
Beast in
1996/7.
It’s
still
in
use
today.