1854 Royal Panopticon 1858 Alhambra Circus 1864 Alhambra Music Hall 1884 Alhambra Theatre Also: Royal Alhambra Palace; Alhambra Theatre of Varieties; Theatre Royal, Alhambra; Great United States Circus and New Alhambra Theatre | |
 The Alhambra Theatre dominated Leicester Square in 1874 | |
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| Address | 23–27 Leicester Square Westminster, London |
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| Coordinates | 51°30′38″N 0°07′45″W / 51.5105°N 0.12915°W |
| Type | Music hall |
| Current use | Odeon Leicester Square (on site) |
| Construction | |
| Rebuilt | 1866 & 1881 Perry and Reed 1884 Reed 1888 Edward Clark 1892 Clark and Pollard 1897 W. M. Bruton 1912 Frank Matcham |
| Years active | 1854–1936 |
| Architect | T. Hayter Lewis |
The Alhambra Theatre was a popular theatre and music hall located on the east side of Leicester Square, in the West End of London. It was built as the Royal Panopticon of Science and Arts,[1] opening on 18 March 1854. It was closed after two years for a circus ring to be added, and reopened in April 1858 as the Alhambra. The name was also adopted by many other British music hall theatres located elsewhere: the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford, the Alhambra Theatre Glasgow, etc. The name comes from association with the Moorish splendour of the Alhambra palace in Granada, Spain. The building was demolished in 1936.
- ^ "The Odeon Leicester Square: Formerly – The Royal Panopticon of Science and Art / The Alhambra Theatre". arthurlloyd.co.uk. Arthur Lloyd Theatres. Retrieved 12 August 2016.