At number 20 Alcalá Street today we find the Cofidis theater, but there was a previous theater, the Alkazar theater. In the early 1920s, construction work began according to the architect's project. Eduardo Sánchez Eznarriaga. He died before they finished and concluded it Eduardo Lozano Lardet.

The Alkázar Theater (yes, with a “K”, the hallmark of a project that sought to reinvent leisure in Madrid), changed its name in April 1938 to Lope de Vega and returned to Alcazar Theater In 1940, the Franco regime prohibited foreign cultural elements or those that sounded foreign and that K was not well regarded.

Previously it was thought of calling the building Palacio de los Recreos, since its leisure activities were intended to be very varied, but numerous legal obstacles left it only in theater. It also functioned as a movie theater in the early 30s, but most of its fame is due to the revue performances, and above all to the great Celia Gamez.

On December 17, 1983, a horrible tragedy occurred, a terrifying fire in the Alcalá 20 nightclub, located in the basement of the theater. 82 people died in an incident that shocked Madrid, a great misfortune.

Since 2012 it has been called Cofidis Theater, and it is one of the theaters of the Smedia group, well known for its programming of cultural events.

A very beautiful building right next to the old one Bank of Bilbao, with which they form a good perspective of Madrid.

A abrazo.