| The site of this theatre, dedicated for much of its life to variety entertainment, was put to a variety of early uses including the home of the Dukes of Argyll and Marlborough, a bazaar built by wine merchants, a circus, and an ice skating rink. The present theatre, designed in 1910 by Frank Matcham and incorporating parts of the former circus building, is a by-word for laughter and light entertainment. Although the telephone lines linking one box to another have long since disappeared, the opulent auditorium remains. Scene of a weekly televised variety show throughout the 1950's and the Royal Variety Show in aid of the Entertainment Artists' Benevolent Fund since 1930, the London Palladium turned to musicals in the early 1980's. |
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Oxford Circus 
