The Victoria Theatre is
located across from the 16th
Street BART Station
Located
in the historic Mission District of San Francisco, the ornate and stately Victoria
Theatre, seats 480. The theatre, built in 1908 as a vaudeville house, is now a city
landmark and the oldest operating theatre in San Francisco.
You
can see everything here. Locally produced original plays, concerts, film festivals, (the
theatre has video and 35mm with Dolby Pro Logic Surround Sound,) musicals and readings. Several filmmakers have used
the site to shoot their films. Many personalities have appeared at the theatre through
its long and colorful history, including Whoopie Goldberg, Bill Irwin, Donald O'Connor,
Michael Moore, Mae, "Come up and see me sometime" West, and many others.
You can also see the Victoria Theatre in the movies such as, "The Laughing Policeman," starring Walter Matthau made in
1973 and Joshua Grannell's film "All
About Evil."
