Thus, after the small church of San Giacomo was demolished, a new theatre was built and inaugurated in 1875 with a performance of The Brewer of Preston.
After World War II, the theatre gradually fell into decline, being converted first into a cinema and eventually into an adult film screening venue. In 1973, it was permanently closed, and a long, meticulous restoration and renovation process began, which culminated in a grand reopening in 1994.
The theatre, of modest size, seats around 360 people, divided between the stalls and four tiers of boxes. The interior is elegant, decorated in a neoclassical style with gilded stuccoes.