page_title: Festival Theatre, Paignton
hierarchical_section_title: Festival Theatre, Paignton
caption_attribution_description: English: Apollo Cinema , Paignton The nine-screen multiplex is a substantial conversion (1999) of the 1960s Festival Theatre.
context_page_description: The Festival Theatre was a theatre in Paignton, Devon, England.
  Opened in 1967, the Festival Theatre was a seafront theatre located on the Paignton Esplanade, capable of staging large summer shows. It was in direct competition with the Princess and Pavilion theatres in Torquay.
  The theatre closed at the end of 1998, and the building re-opened in October 1999 as a multiscreen cinema, known as the Apollo. Since the closure of the Festival Theatre, the Palace Theatre in Palace Avenue, a smaller venue, has taken over as the main theatre in Paignton.
context_section_description: The Festival Theatre was a theatre in Paignton, Devon, England.
  Opened in 1967, the Festival Theatre was a seafront theatre located on the Paignton Esplanade, capable of staging large summer shows. It was in direct competition with the Princess and Pavilion theatres in Torquay.
  The theatre closed at the end of 1998, and the building re-opened in October 1999 as a multiscreen cinema, known as the Apollo. Since the closure of the Festival Theatre, the  Palace Theatre in Palace Avenue, a smaller venue, has taken over as the main theatre in Paignton.
caption: The theatre building in 2007, after its conversion to a cinema
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