page_title: Buxton Opera House
hierarchical_section_title: Buxton Opera House
caption_attribution_description: The frontage sign for the Buxton Opera House, Derbyshire. Designed by Matcham and opened in 1903.
context_page_description: Buxton Opera House is in The Square, Buxton, Derbyshire, England. It is a 902-seat opera house that hosts the annual Buxton Festival and, from 1994 to 2013, the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival, among others, as well as pantomime at Christmas, musicals and other entertainments year-round. Hosting live performances until 1927, the theatre then was used mostly as a cinema until 1976. In 1979, it was refurbished and reopened as a venue for live performance.
context_section_description: Buxton Opera House is in The Square, Buxton, Derbyshire, England.  It is a 902-seat opera house that hosts the annual Buxton Festival and, from 1994 to 2013, the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival, among others, as well as pantomime at Christmas, musicals and other entertainments year-round.  Hosting live performances until 1927, the theatre then was used mostly as a cinema until 1976.  In 1979, it was refurbished and reopened as a venue for live performance.
caption: Detail above the entrance
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