Shanghai Grand Theater
Covering an area of 62,803 square meters with 10 stories, two for underground, two for lofts and six on the ground, Shanghai Grand Theater is located at No.190, Huangpi Road (north) on the west of the people’s Square .The elegantly decorated lobby covers approximate 2000 square meters with a large chandelier formed by six pan-pipes shaped lamp suspended in the lobby. The patterns shaped like piano digital, together with the pillar and the stairs, are full of rhythms.
Designed by well-known French architects, it is in concise and graceful geometrical as the crown-like white arc-shaped roof bending upwards towards sky. On the top of the theater are outdoor theatres and a mid-air garden in the shape of a treasure bowl, indicating the broad-mindedness of Shanghai in absorbing the culture of the world. Inside there are three theatres including the Lyric theatre, the Drama theatre and the Studio theatre.The lyric theatre holding 1,800 seats is for the performance of ballets, music and symphonies. With an area of 728 square meters, a rear stage of 360 square meters and a left and right wings of 257 square meters, which can be moved, lifted, sloped and rotated, the lyric theater is the biggest and most advanced stages in Asia and even the world. The drama theater with 600 seats is for the performance of chamber music. The studio theater, which has 200 seats, is for the performance of opera and song-and-dance dramas. In addition, Shanghai Grand theater is also consisted of 12 rehearsal halls with different sizes, gymnasiums, scene-setting rooms and make-up rooms of different kinds, banquet halls, cultural exhibition halls as well as underground garages.
Location: No.190, Huangpo North Road, Huangpu District
Open time: 8:30am-11:00am 13:00pm-16:00pm
Tel: 638754980
