Modern restoration
Lina Bo Bardi ideas.
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The Teatro Polytheama in Jundiaí is one of Brazil's oldest theatres, opened in 1911 to a design by the office of the architect Ramos de Azevedo. Its Greek name means «many shows», as it combined theatre, music, circus, cinema and social events, and it is considered the best surviving example of the popular theatres of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The first building had a single floor with loose seats and a screen for silent films accompanied by an orchestra. It peaked in the 1920s, when with 2,920 seats it was considered the largest theatre in the state, and a 1927 renovation added upper floors and boxes. It then declined until it closed in 1975, and the city bought it in the early 1980s. It was restored to a project completed in 1996 by the Brasil Arquitetura office, which kept ideas of the architect Lina Bo Bardi such as bare original walls and exposed ironwork. It was listed as state heritage in 2012 and now seats 1,124; check the programme.
Lina Bo Bardi ideas.
Original roof.
In the 1920s.
Central Jundiaí, São Paulo state
Greek for «many shows», as it combined theatre, music, circus and cinema.
