The Piccadilly Theater in Hamra

A cultural center in Beirut during the 60’s and 70’s, the theater is now in a dormant state. Audiences once filled the 800 red velvet seats crowding the entrances to attend magnificent shows, some of which were for the famous Fairuz and the Rahbani brothers as well as Magida El-Roumi, Adel Imam and Dalida. Now, however, the seats are filled with the ashes and dust after the fire (in 2000) that destroyed the theater, the blackened stage is deathly quite as even the once glistening chandelier is black with ash and dust. 

The theater was built in 1962 by architect William Sidawi, the building offered many facilities and was fully equipped to keep a fast paced organization running smoothly. Today, it is not the case, the theater is abandoned and there are no aims of reviving it!