Vauxhall, Brussels

Vauxhall, Brussels

The Vauxhall (French - "Vauxhall de Bruxelles") was an entertainment building in Brussels Park in Brussels. It is named after the pleasure gardens of Vauxhall in London, which only became known to the inhabitants of Brussels in 1761, when a ballet entitled "Le Phaxal" was put on at the Théâtre de la Monnaie. In Paris, the stage-builder Torré opened a "garden of amusements" in 1764, which the public came to call the "Vaux-Hall de Torré". A "Vaux-Hall d'hiver" (a winter Vauxhall) was set up in 1769 at the foire Saint-Germin.

The history of the "Vauxhall de Bruxelles" is intimately linked to that of the Théâtre du Parc. It was opened in 1781 by Alexandre Bultos and his brother Herman Bultos (co-directors of the Théâtres de la Monnaie and of the Parc). It was initially a drinking palace, concert hall and theatre.


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