Lope de Vega Theater

The part of the great hall with the dome corresponds to what was the Casino of the Ibero-American Exposition of Seville and today is used as the entrance of honor of the theater. Its architect Vicente Traver constituted the main entertainment venue of the Ibero-American Exposition. The theater occupied an area of 4600 m² and could accommodate 1100 spectators. On October 28, 1929, the theater was visited by the kings of Spain, Alfonso XIII and Victoria Eugenia, who attended the zarzuela entitled El huésped del sevillano. At that time the comedy of the Álvarez Quintero Brothers, Los duendes de Sevilla (The elves of Seville) was premiered. Its architecture is neo-baroque, being the building faithful to that style both in the set and in its ornamentation. Scenic box, seats, stalls, boxes, amphitheater and paradise, give a spectacular beauty to the theater. In 1936 he suffered a fire in the roof that destroyed the center lamp and all the seats, another of the daily misfortunes of the theater is that the pit and counter pit was flooded every time there was flooding in the city.

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In the 1980s it became a Municipal Theater and was adapted the lamp of the Teatro Coliseo España, six meters high by four meters in diameter. In 1986 it was restored by Victor Perez Escolano. It has served as a place of representation of all kinds of shows (theater, dance, opera, jazz, jazz, flamenco …) and today, for its programming passes the most outstanding of the national and international scene and thus being one of the most important theaters in Spain, which is gaining year after year quality and variety. Each season presents more than 180 performances and over 100,000 spectators, making it an important point of reference in the cultural activity of the city.