Circustheater

The Circustheater (AFAS Circustheater) is a musical theatre in The Hague, owned and operated by Stage Entertainment.

AFAS Circustheater
AFAS Circustheater in 2016
AddressCircusstraat 4, 2586 CW
The Hague
Netherlands
Coordinates52.110833°N 4.2825°E / 52.110833; 4.2825
OwnerStage Entertainment
Capacity1852
ProductionCurrent: Anastasia
Fall 2021: Aladdin
Website
AFAS Circustheater

History

The theatre dates back to 1904, when it was designed by Wilhelmus Barnardus van Liefland and was built to house Circus Schumann during the summer season. When the publics interest in the circus declined, the theatre was transformed in 1964 to a regular theater to house concerts among others. Over the following decades the theatre started to deteriorate. Joop van den Ende, Stardust B.V. and Xelat Recrea B.V. acquired the theatre from the municipality of The Hague for the symbolic amount of ƒ 1,-. The consortium invested ƒ 25 million and transformed the site into the first open-end musical theatre of The Netherlands, the new theatre was designed by architect Meijs.[1] The theatre is currently owned and operated by Stage Entertainment, the international live-entertainment company founded by Joop van den Ende.

Sponsorship

The theatre has had a sponsor since the re-opening in 1991. This started with VSB from 1991 till 2004, when VSB merged with Fortis changing the name into Fortis Circustheater. When the bank went under during the financial crisis the sponsorship stopped in 2010. In 2011 a new sponsor was found in AFAS, resulting in the current name of the complex.[2]

Productions
ShowStartEndNotes
Les MisérablesDecember 6, 1991May 24, 1992Opened originally on February 28, 1991, at Carré Theatre.
The Phantom of the OperaAugust 15, 1993August 3, 1996
Miss SaigonNovember 24, 1996July 4, 1999
ElisabethNovember 21, 1999July 22, 2001
AidaOctober 21, 2001August 3, 2003
The Sound of MusicSeptember 9, 2003January 9, 2004Continuation of the original tour premiering on September 23, 2002, at Carré Theatre.
The Lion KingApril 4, 2004August 27, 2006
Beauty and the BeastSeptember 2006January 13, 2007Continuation of the original tour premiering on Oktober 2, 2005 at Carré Theatre.
TarzanApril 15, 2007May 24, 2009European premiere.
Ciske de RatJune 25, 2009November 29, 2009Continuation of the original tour premiering on Oktober 7, 2005 at Carré Theatre.
Mary PoppinsApril 11, 2010August 28, 2011
WickedNovember 6, 2011January 11, 2013
Sister ActMarch 3, 2013August 10, 2014
Billy ElliotNovember 30, 2014November 7, 2015
Beauty and the BeastDecember 13, 2015September 4, 2016Revival production.
The Lion KingOctober 30, 2016July 21, 2019
AnastasiaSeptember 5, 2019On holdThe production has been put on hold, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Sound of Music June 2021 September 2021 Start of a national tour.
AladdinSeptember, 2021February 26, 2023The production was set to premier in the fall of 2020, but was delayed with a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aida April 12, 2023 T.B.D. Revival production.

Trivia
Replica in Madurodam
  • In honour of its 100-year anniversary, Madurodam unveiled a replica of the building on October 5, 2004.

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Circustheater.
  1. SCHWARTZ, INEKE (1993-07-31). "Luxueus maar niet te dol Verbouwd Circustheater geeft Scheveningen badplaats-allure terug". Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  2. "AFAS naamgevend sponsor van het Circustheater". www.afas.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-03-27.

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