Teatro Heredia is located at the intersection of the Avenida Las Américas with the Avenida de Los Delfines, at the south-eastern corner of the Plaza Antonio Maceo (Revolution Square).

Monday - Saturday  08:00-16:30
Tuesday - Friday 08:00-19:15
mass: Tuesday - Friday 18:30 Saturday 17:00
Sunday 09:00 and 18:30

TEATRO HEREDIA

The Heredia Theater got its name from the illustrious santiaguero poet José María Heredia y Heredia. After a construction period of 5 years, the building was inaugurated at a cost of 41 million Cuban pesos in 1991. The idea of ​​building a new theater worthy of the second largest city in the country, was put forward by Raúl Castro in 1982 (he was Vice President at that time). It was built with the idea to fill the empty space left by the destruction of the Aguilera Theater by a fire, and the closing of the Oriente Theater. Today it functions also like the center of fairs, conventions, and meetings, as well as of artistic and cultural shows.

The modern building is set also with features of colonial architecture.  The project was led by the prestigious Cuban architect Antonio Quintana Simonetti that has also constructed the Palace of the Revolution in Havana which is used as the headquarters of the presidency and the government. The main hall, together with the balcony, has a capacity for 2450 persons. The building contains also 9 rooms, with the capacity from 30 to 300 persons, with facilities of simultaneous translation, audiovisual equipment etc. The Café Cantante Niagara is a special point where you can listen to the popular musicians and poets of Santiago de Cuba. The dance floor is named after Pacho Alonso (1928-1982) who was a Cuban bandleader and singer, having sang with Benny Moré, Fernando Álvarez, Ibrahim Ferrer. Numerous Cuban artists have performed on the stages of this theatre, such as the National Ballet of Cuba and its director, the prima ballerina Alicia Alonso.

A depiction of Juan Almeida Bosque (1927 – 2009), Cuban politician, and commander of insurgent forces, adorns the outer wall of the Heredia Theater and Conference Center.