The Teatro Lido is a Colombian

theater Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The performers may communi ...

located at the southeastern coast of Park of Bolívar, in

Medellín Medellín ( ; or ), officially the Special District of Science, Technology and Innovation of Medellín (), is the List of cities in Colombia, second-largest city in Colombia after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia Departme ...

. The theater began operating in 1945 and in 2007, after a methodical restoration was reopened, and is administered by the Mayor of Medellin. It has capacity for 1,100 spectators and offers a variety of programming throughout the year. The site was previously occupied by la Macarena billiard hall.Mario Escobar Velásquez Antología Comentada Del Cuento Antioqueño - 2007 Page 228 "El que se escogió para esta antología tuvo ocurrencia muy fácil de ubicar: en el salón de billares de la Macarena del antiguo Medellín, sitio que fue en la esquina en donde hoy está el Teatro Lido. Era el lugar mejor y más dotado para ..."

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Theatres in Medellín 1945 establishments in Colombia Theatres completed in 1945 {{Colombia-struct-stub