Festival Theatre
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Festival Theatre is a major performing arts venue in Edinburgh, Scotland, renowned for hosting large-scale opera, dance, and theatre productions, including key events of the Edinburgh International Festival.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Festival Theatre canonical | 2 |
| Playhouse Theatre | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2955718 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Festival Theatre Context triple: [Edinburgh International Festival, hasVenue, Festival Theatre]
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A.
Festival Theatre
Festival Theatre is a prominent performing arts venue in Great Malvern, England, known for hosting a wide range of theatrical productions, concerts, and cultural events.
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B.
Festival Theatre
Festival Theatre is the main venue of the Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario, renowned for its productions of Shakespearean and classical theatre.
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C.
Lyric Theatre
Lyric Theatre is a main performance venue within The Lowry arts complex in Salford, England, known for hosting a wide range of theatre, dance, and live entertainment productions.
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D.
Lyric Theatre
Lyric Theatre is a historic performing arts venue in Alabama known for its early 20th-century architecture and cultural significance.
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E.
Lyric Theatre
Lyric Theatre is a historic London West End playhouse known for hosting major commercial productions and popular stage entertainment.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Festival Theatre Target entity description: Festival Theatre is a major performing arts venue in Edinburgh, Scotland, renowned for hosting large-scale opera, dance, and theatre productions, including key events of the Edinburgh International Festival.
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A.
Festival Theatre
Festival Theatre is the main venue of the Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario, renowned for its productions of Shakespearean and classical theatre.
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B.
Festival Theatre
Festival Theatre is a prominent performing arts venue in Great Malvern, England, known for hosting a wide range of theatrical productions, concerts, and cultural events.
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C.
Lyric Theatre
Lyric Theatre is a main performance venue within The Lowry arts complex in Salford, England, known for hosting a wide range of theatre, dance, and live entertainment productions.
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D.
Lyric Theatre
Lyric Theatre is a historic performing arts venue in Alabama known for its early 20th-century architecture and cultural significance.
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E.
Lyric Theatre
Lyric Theatre is a historic London West End playhouse known for hosting major commercial productions and popular stage entertainment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
opera house
ⓘ
performing arts venue ⓘ theatre building ⓘ |
| address | 13–29 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
ⓘ
Edinburgh International Festival ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| formerName |
Empire Palace Theatre
ⓘ
Empire Theatre ⓘ
linked to:
Empire Palace Theatre
|
| hasFeature |
modern glass-fronted façade
ⓘ
restored historic auditorium ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
cultural events venue
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performing arts presentation ⓘ |
| hasOrchestraPit | yes ⓘ |
| hasSeatingCapacity | approximately 1900 ⓘ |
| hasStageType | proscenium arch stage ⓘ |
| hasUse |
receiving house for touring productions
ⓘ
venue for local and national arts organisations ⓘ |
| hosts |
Edinburgh International Festival events
ⓘ
touring dance companies ⓘ touring musical productions ⓘ touring opera companies ⓘ |
| isOneOf | largest seated theatres in Scotland ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Edinburgh
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| name | Festival Theatre ⓘ |
| neighbourhood | Southside, Edinburgh ⓘ |
| notableFor |
hosting international touring companies
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large stage suitable for grand opera ⓘ role in Edinburgh’s festival culture ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1994 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Capital Theatres ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Capital Theatres ⓘ |
| partOf | Edinburgh’s main theatre circuit ⓘ |
| reconstructionCompleted | 1994 ⓘ |
| region | Lothian ⓘ |
| reopenedAs | Festival Theatre ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
ballet
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dance ⓘ large-scale theatre productions ⓘ musical theatre ⓘ opera ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Festival Theatre Description of subject: Festival Theatre is a major performing arts venue in Edinburgh, Scotland, renowned for hosting large-scale opera, dance, and theatre productions, including key events of the Edinburgh International Festival.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.