Théâtre Edouard VII

The Théâtre Edouard VII sits tucked behind the statue of the British monarch in the center of the square. It wears a clean, neoclassical stone facade, but the building began as a public skating rink in nineteen thirteen. Businessman Alfred Edwards wanted a venue for his theater company, so he hired architect Edouard Niermans to gut the ice and install velvet seats. The theater opened in nineteen twenty-one, hosting high-society comedies that kept the house packed through the bustling jazz age.