Circustheater

AFAS Circustheater

Address	Circusstraat 4, 2586 CW The Hague Netherlands
Coordinates	52.110833°N 4.2825°E / 52.110833; 4.2825
Capacity	1852
Current use	The Lion King
Website
www.afascircustheater.nl

The AFAS Circustheater is a Dutch theatre in Scheveningen, The Hague.

The original theatre was opened on July 16, 1904 by Circus Schumann. Designed by architect Wilhelmus Bernardus van Liefland, the building was as a proper circus in the summer seasons until the 1960s. Animals were transported here by train from Den Haag Hollands Spoor railway station. The circus has also carried the name Circus Strassburger, and after the 1960s functioned as a concert hall. Currently the theatre is property of the company Stage Entertainment, founded by Joop van den Ende, who bought the building for the symbolic amount of 1 guilder off the Municipality of The Hague on the condition that it would be converted into a functioning theatre. It is now mainly in use for big musical productions.

Name

Caused by change of ownership and sponsorship the theatre underwent multiple name changes.

• VSB Circustheater - Until 2004.
• Fortis Circustheater - The Fortis name was used until 2010. Because of the acquisition of Fortis by ABN AMRO, the company name changed from Fortis Circustheater to Circustheater B.V.
• AFAS Circustheater - From 2010 onward. 'Royal Loge' changed to 'AFAS Loge'.

Productions

Productions that have been shown for longer periods of time in the Circustheater are:

Show	Premiere (in Circustheater)	Last show	Notes
Les Misérables	December 6, 1991	May 24, 1992	Opened originally on February 28, 1991 at Carré Theatre.
The Phantom of the Opera	August 15, 1993	August 3, 1996
Miss Saigon	November 24, 1996	July 4, 1999
Elisabeth	November 21, 1999	July 22, 2001
Aida	October 21, 2001	August 3, 2003
The Sound of Music	September 9, 2003	January 9, 2004	Continuation of the original tour premiering on September 23, 2002 at Carré Theatre.
The Lion King	April 4, 2004	August 27, 2006
Beauty and the Beast	September 2006	January 13, 2007	Continuation of the original tour premiering on Oktober 2, 2005 at Carré Theatre.
Tarzan	April 15, 2007	May 24, 2009	European premiere.
Ciske de Rat	June 25, 2009	November 29, 2009	Continuation of the original tour premiering on Oktober 7, 2005 at Carré Theatre.
Mary Poppins	April 11, 2010	August 28, 2011
Wicked	November 6, 2011	January 11, 2013
Sister Act	March 3, 2013	August 10, 2014
Billy Elliot	November 30, 2014	November 7, 2015
Beauty and the Beast	December 13, 2015	September 4, 2016	Revival production.
The Lion King	October 30, 2016		Currently playing. Revival production.	[[Anastasia (musical)| Anastasia	only announced		only announced Trivia In honour of its 100-year anniversary, Madurodam unveiled a replica of the building on October 5, 2004. External links Official website References 52°6′39″N 4°16′57″E