Glasgow's award winning family theatre is located at the top of Renfield Street, towards the northern end of the city centre. It is a short walk from Cowcaddens and Buchanan Street Subway stations, and is served directly be numerous bus routes. One of Glasgow's oldest theatres, the Pavilion opened on 29 February 1904 as a music hall theatre.The Pavilion Theatre is now the only privately run theatre in Scotland and one of a few unsubsidised independent theatres left in Britain outside London. The theatre mainly runs populist productions and pantomimes, as well as comedians and touring bands on the 'nostalgia' circuit.