Criterion Theatre (other)
The Criterion Theatre is a West End theatre at Piccadilly Circus, London, England. Other theatres with that name include: ;in Australia : Criterion Theatre (Sydney), a demolished theatre in Sydney, Australia ;in England :Criterion Theatre (Coventry), a theatre in Earlsdon, Coventry, England ;in the United States : Criterion Theatre (Bar Harbor, Maine), listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Maine :Criterion Theatre (New York) The Olympia Theatre (1514–16 Broadway at 44th Street), also known as Hammerstein's Olympia, was a theatre complex built by impresario Oscar Hammerstein I in Longacre Square (later Times Square), New York City, opening in 1895. It consisted of ...

Criterion Theatre
The Criterion Theatre is a West End theatre at Piccadilly Circus in the City of Westminster, and is a Grade II* listed building. It has a seating capacity of 588. Building the theatre In 1870, the caterers Spiers and Pond began development of the site of the White Bear, a seventeenth-century posting inn. The inn was located on sloping ground stretching between Jermyn Street and Piccadilly Circus, known as Regent Circus. A competition was held for the design of a concert hall complex, with Thomas Verity winning out of 15 entries. He was commissioned to design a large restaurant, dining rooms, ballroom, and galleried concert hall in the basement. The frontage, which was the façade of the restaurant, showed a French Renaissance influence using Portland stone. After the building work began, it was decided to change the concert hall into a theatre. The composers' names, which line the tiled staircases, were retained and can still be seen. The redesign placed the large Criterio ...
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