Festival Theatre [Edinburgh]
type: Item
label: Edinburgh Festival Theatre @nl
label: Teatro Festival de Edimburgo @es
label: Festival Theatre
description: Theatre building in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, opened in 1892
description: theater in Schotland, Verenigd Koninkrijk @nl
alternative label: Empire theatre
alternative label: Empire palace of varieties
EUTA building identifier: 831
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: United Kingdom
City: Edinburgh
GPS: Point(-3.1861 55.9467)
Wikidata source: Q3047596
Building date: 1892-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 137188
opening date: 1892-01-01T00:00:00Z
Capacity: 1915
Address: 13 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9FT, Scotland
Web: festival
architect: Frank Matcham
Postal Code: EH8 9FT
Theatres Trust Database ID: 2236
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Burnt down date: 1911-05-09T00:00:00Z
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q184460
Carthalia ID: 8158
Modern Opera Houses index: III. pp. 34, 62.
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1892 by Frank Matcham. Opened 7 Nov 1892 as Empire Palace Theatre. Severely damaged by a fire on 9 May 1911. Subsequently rebuilt. 1928 major rebuilding by W. & T. R. Milburn. 1970 renamed Empire Theatre. 1994 major renovation, re-opened as Festival Theatre. From 1947 until 1963 and again since 1994 one of the main venues of the Edinburgh International Festival. Originally 3000 seats, now 1915 seats.