Buxton Opera House | |
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Coordinates | 53°15′31″N 1°54′57″W / 53.2586°N 1.9157°W |
OS grid reference | SK0562573485 |
Built | 1903 |
Architect | Frank Matcham |
Listed Building – Grade II |
Buxton Opera House is in The Square, Buxton, Derbyshire, England. It is a 902-seat opera house that hosts the annual Buxton Festival and the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival, among others, as well as pantomime at Christmas, musicals and other entertainments year-round. Hosting live performances until 1927, the theatre then was used mostly as a cinema until 1976. In 1979, it was refurbished and reopened as a venue for live performance.