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Ziller Building – Main Stage

The Central Theatre has been closed since September 2001 to allow renovation work to go ahead on the building on Agiou Konstantinou Street.
The first home of the National Theatre was commissioned by King George I and designed by the architect Ernst Ziller. It was built between 1895 and 1901. The "Royal Theatre" occupied the historic neo-classical building on Agiou Konstantinou Street from 1901 to 1908, but went bankrupt and was forced to close. The building was renovated in 1930 and 1931 under the supervision of the set designer Kleovoulos Klonis. Since 1932 the building has been the home of the National's Central Theatre, although at various periods it has been known as the Dramatic Theatre, the Pioneer Theatre, the Afternoon Theatre and the Second Theatre.
The Italian-style stage is 18 metres wide and 12 metres deep and the roof is 17 metres above it. There are auxiliary areas to either side of the stage and underneath it.
The auditorium contains a stalls area, an upper and lower circle and two boxes (the boxes on the level of the upper circle were removed in the renovation of 1930-31).

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