Although the Apollo was built as a cinema it has, throughout its history, been a venue for live theatre.  It was considered for demolition in the 1950s but survived as a cinema until 1976 when it closed.  In 1981 it reopened as a live theatre venue which it continues to do today.

The building cost £250,000 to build at the end of the 1920s but it had a huge auditorium that accommodated 2,786 patrons.  Outside it was clad in Portland stone and it still features a pair of bas-relief panels created by the sculptor Newbury Abbot Trent on either side of the Wilton Street entrance.