Nieuwe Luxor Theater in Rotterdam

The red waterfront building hosts full-scale musicals, cabaret, dance, concerts, opera, family productions and international shows. This page covers the Posthumalaan venue only; Oude Luxor is a separate theatre at Kruiskade 10.

The auditorium combines a broad ground floor with two balcony levels. Foyers face the Rotterdam skyline, while Café Dox forms the venue's daytime and evening hospitality space on the Kop van Zuid side.

Every event page is decisive for the date, start time, language, age advice, price, availability and official ticket route. Buy through Luxor or the authorised seller named on the event page, and check the location label before paying.

The building opens one hour before the advertised performance time. Entry to the auditorium may begin later and varies by production. The event page and pre-visit service email are the best places to check the running time and interval.

The central Luxor box office is in Café Dox and normally operates Monday to Friday from 12:00 to 17:30. On performance days, the desk in the relevant theatre opens one hour before the show; temporary holiday hours can change, so confirm them before a special trip.

Tickets are assigned to a specific row and seat unless an event says otherwise. The ground floor runs through row 23. Nieuwe Luxor has two balcony levels; the second is high and reached by steep stairs, so it may not suit visitors with vertigo or limited mobility.

Row 11 on the ground floor and row 9 on Balcony I can be reached without steps from their access level. Row 1 and row 11 provide the venue's published extra-legroom options. Consult the official seating plan and contact the box office when the route to a seat matters.

Wheelchair spaces appear in the online seating plan. All foyers and Balcony I are lift-accessible, but Balcony II cannot be reached by wheelchair. Visitors using a rollator may take it to the booked seat; staff store it outside the auditorium during the performance and return it afterwards.

Trained assistance dogs are welcome after advance contact. Selected productions offer audio description, better-view seats or quieter visit support. Luxor currently says general hearing support is being renewed and is temporarily unavailable, so ask the box office for the latest position before booking.

From Rotterdam Centraal, official venue guidance names metro lines D and E and tram lines 3 and 5 to Wilhelminaplein. Check a live journey planner before departure because services and works can change.

The venue is on Posthumalaan at the Kop van Zuid end of the Erasmus Bridge. Leave extra time for the final crossing and entrance route when the Rijnhaven area is busy or under construction.

Luxor links to advance Q-Park reservations and publishes a current parking map for the Wilhelminapier area. Prices, access roads and availability are operator-controlled, so review them close to the visit rather than relying on an old route.

Two municipal mobility-parking spaces are on Otto Reuchlinweg beside Nieuwe Luxor. They cannot be reserved. Contact the venue before travelling if you need help coordinating the last part of the route.

Café Dox is part of the Nieuwe Luxor complex and serves daytime drinks and evening meals on its own schedule. A pre-show dinner or a Luxor interval arrangement may require advance booking; the ticket flow states whether an interval drink is included.

Luxor is cashless. Pay at the bars with a debit card, credit card or contactless device. Ask about dietary needs when reserving food rather than assuming every performance service has the same menu.

Luxor uses 16+ as general guidance unless a performance publishes another age. Every child needs a ticket, babies are not admitted, and the venue recommends that visitors under 16 attend with an adult.

Late entry depends on the production and may be delayed until a suitable moment, until the interval or refused. Photography, filming and audio recording are not permitted inside the auditorium during a performance.

The first pile for the new theatre was driven in 1998 after years of planning. Bolles+Wilson designed the red, sculptural building, which opened in 2001 and remains visually distinct from the historic Oude Luxor in central Rotterdam.

Its waterfront setting, stacked auditorium and foyer volumes, and tall LUXOR lettering give the building a clear identity at Wilhelminaplein. The two Luxor theatres continue to operate as separate locations with a shared organisation and agenda.