Shanghai Grand Theater

Location: 190. North Huangpo road
Bus Routes: Bus17, 20, 23, 37, 46, 48, 49, 71, 108, 109, 112, 123, 505, 506,
Open Hours: 8：30am－16：00pm
Admission Fee: RMB: 5
Evaluation
Shanghai Grand Theater looks like a glittering crystal palace for it combined
artistic design with new technology, new craft and new material.
Phone: +86 0 21 6372 8702 / +86 0 21 6372 8701
Fax: +86 0 21 6327 6675http://www.shgtheatre.com/
Brief Introduction:

Shanghai Grand Theater
covers an area of 11,528 square meters. Total construction space is 62,803 square meters. This modern and grandeur theater has 10 floors with a height of 40 meters.

On the northwest side of the busy People’s Square, this architecturally striking and modern theater hosts major international concerts and performances. It has played host to the Russian Kirov Ballet and the British Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Visitors can buy a ticket to tour the building, however, they would do better to purchase a ticket for a performance
and have a look around for free.

Shanghai Grand Theater is located at 190, Huangpi Road (North) on the west of the People’s Square. Designed by well-known French architects, it is in concise and graceful geometrical shape as the crown-like white arc-shaped roof bending upwards towards the sky. On the top of the theater are outdoor theaters and a mid-air garden, which are in the shape of a
treasure bowl, symbolizing the broad-mindedness of Shanghai in attracting the cultural art of the world. The Grand Theater has a total floor space of 70 thousand square meters, inside which are three theaters. The lyric theater, which has 1,800
seats, is for the performance of ballets, musicals and symphonies. It consists of a main state of 728 square meters, a rear stage of 360 square meters and a left and right wings of 257 square meters respectively, all of which can be
moved, lifted, sloped and rotated. In addition, the Grand Theater is also equipped with orchestra pits that can be raised and electric setting booms. All these have made the lyric theater one of the biggest and most advanced stages
in Asia and even the whole world. The drama theater, which has 600 seats, is for the performance of chamber music, and the
studio theater, which has 200 seats, is for the performance of operas and song-and-dance dramas. Moreover, Shanghai Grand Theater also has 12 rehearsal halls of different sizes, gymnasiums, scene-setting rooms and make-up rooms of
different kinds, banquet halls, cultural exhibition halls, and underground garages.

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