London Pavilion

The London Pavilion is a building located on the corner of Shaftesbury Avenue and Coventry Street on the north-east side of, and facing, Piccadilly Circus in London. It is currently a shopping arcade, and part of the Trocadero Centre. The first building bearing the name was built in 1859 for Loibl and Sonnhammer, and was a music hall formed from roofing the yard of the Black Horse Inn. A gallery was constructed, but it could not utilise the full width, as one part of the premises was used by Dr Kahn’s Delectable Museum of Anatomy. In 1885, Shaftesbury Avenue was built through part of the site and a new London Pavilion Theatre was constructed, opening on 30 November 1885, with a popular review. The new theatre was the first music hall...