Cabaret Le Lido
Le Lido sits on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. It is a cabaret and musical theatre house that opened in 1946. Its first address was number 78 on the avenue, and it moved to the present site in 1977. The venue is wheelchair accessible, and its shows have ranged from exotic cabaret and burlesque to musicals.
Early in its life, it ran as a nightclub and a casino. In 1936 Léon Volterra took over and turned it into a performance hall. Its reputation grew on the dinner-show formula, which combined a meal with the evening's entertainment. Margaret Kelly founded the Bluebell Girls, the dance troupe that became a fixture of the Lido stage. Edith Piaf, Josephine Baker, Siegfried and Roy, and Elton John all performed there. In 1955 a collaboration began taking its Parisian cabaret shows to Las Vegas.
A significant renovation followed in 2006, and Accor later took over the house. Since then the programme has shifted from traditional cabaret towards musical theatre productions. Trace the story back and it starts somewhere unlikely: in the 1920s, the place was an artificial beach in a townhouse basement.
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