Circustheater

AFAS Circustheater
Address Circusstraat 4, 2586 CW
The Hague
Netherlands
Coordinates 52°06′39″N 4°16′57″E / 52.110833°N 4.2825°E / 52.110833; 4.2825
Capacity 1852
Current use Billy Elliot
Website
www.afascircustheater.nl

The AFAS Circustheater is a Dutch theatre in Scheveningen, The Hague.

The original theatre was opened on July 16, 1904 by Circus Schumann. Designed by architect Wilhelmus Bernardus van Liefland, the building was as a proper circus in the summer seasons until the 1960s. Animals were transported here by train from Den Haag Hollands Spoor railway station. The circus has also carried the name Circus Strassburger, and after the 1960s functioned as a concert hall. Currently the theatre is property of the company Stage Entertainment, founded by Joop van den Ende, who bought the building for the symbolic amount of 1 guilder off the Municipality of The Hague on the condition that it would be converted into a functioning theatre. It is now mainly in use for big musical productions.

Name

Caused by change of ownership and sponsorship the theatre underwent multiple name changes.

Productions

Productions that have been shown for longer periods of time in the Circustheater are:

Show Premiere (in Circustheater)[1] Last show Notes
Les Miserables December 6, 1991 May 24, 1992 Opened originally on February 28, 1991 at Carré Theatre.
The Phantom of the Opera August 15, 1993 August 3, 1996
Miss Saigon November 24, 1996 July 4, 1999
Elisabeth November 21, 1999 July 22, 2001
Aida October 21, 2001 August 3, 2003
The Sound of Music September 9, 2003 January 9, 2004 Continuation of the original tour premiering on September 23, 2002 at Carré Theatre.
The Lion King April 4, 2004 August 27, 2006
Beauty and the Beast September 2006 January 13, 2007 Continuation of the original tour premiering on Oktober 2, 2005 at Carré Theatre.
Tarzan April 15, 2007 May 24, 2009 European premiere.
Ciske de Rat June 25, 2009 November 29, 2009 Continuation of the original tour premiering on Oktober 7, 2005 at Carré Theatre.
Mary Poppins April 11, 2010 August 28, 2011
Wicked November 6, 2011 January 11, 2013
Sister Act March 3, 2013 August 10, 2014
Billy Elliot November 30, 2014 November 7, 2015
Beauty and the Beast December 13, 2015 Currently playing. Revival production.
The Lion King October 2016 Revival production.

Trivia

External links

References

  1. Not counting preview shows

52°6′39″N 4°16′57″E / 52.11083°N 4.28250°E / 52.11083; 4.28250


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