Quick Facts - West End Theatres (original) (raw)
Quick Facts for London's
West End Theatres
Adelphi Theatre
Run By: LW Theatres
Architect: Ernest Schaufelberg
Opened: 1930
Capacity: 1,486
Grade II Listed
Stage Depth: 12.3m
Grid Height: 18.03m
Proscenium Width: 10.5m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Charing Cross
Adelphi Theatre History
Other West End Theatres
Aldwych Theatre
Run By: Nederlander Theatres
Architect: W. G. R. Sprague
Opened: 1905
Capacity: 1,074
Grade II Listed
Stage Depth: 12.34m
Grid Height: 15.09m
Proscenium Width: 9.45m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Temple / Holborn
Aldwych Theatre History
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Ambassadors Theatre
Run By:ATG Theatres
Architect: W. G. R. Sprague
Opened: 1913
Capacity: 425
Grade II Listed
Stage Depth: 6.24m
Grid Height: 10.83m
Proscenium Width: 7.47m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Covent Garden / Leicester Square
Ambassadors Theatre History
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Apollo Theatre
Run By: Nimax Theatres
Architect: Lewen Sharp
Opened: 1901
Capacity: 756
Grade II Listed
Stage Depth: 8.89m
Grid Height: 15.85m
Proscenium Width: 9.14m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Piccadilly Circus
Apollo Theatre History
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Apollo Victoria Theatre
Run By: ATG Theatres
Architect: E. Wamsley Lewis and W. E. Trent)
Opened: 1930
Capacity: 2,328
Grade II Listed
Stage Depth: 7.32m
Grid Height: 21.64m
Proscenium Width: 14m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Victoria Station
Apoll Victoria Theatre History
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Arts Theatre
Run By: Arts Theatre
Architect: P. Morley Horder
Opened: 1927
Capacity: 340
Not Listed
Stage Depth: ?
Grid Height: 12.5m
Proscenium Width: 6.17m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Leicester Square
Arts Theatre History
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Cambridge Theatre
Run By: LW Theatres
Architect: Wimperis, Simpson and Guthrie
Opened: 1930
Capacity: 1,230
Grade II Listed
Stage Depth: 9.14m
Grid Height: 16.15m
Proscenium Width: 9m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Covent Garden / Leicester Square
Cambridge Theatre History
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Criterion Theatre
Run By: Criterion Theatre
Architect: Thomas Verity
Opened: 1874
Capacity: 600
Grade II Listed
Stage Depth: 6.70m
Grid Height: 7.01
Proscenium Width: 7.62m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Piccadilly Circus
Criterion Theatre History
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Dominion Theatre
Run By: Nederlander Theatres
Architect: W & T R Milburn
Opened: 1929
Capacity: 2,069
Grade II Listed
Stage Depth: 12m
Grid Height: 19.83m
Proscenium Width: 15.26m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Tottenham Court Road
Dominion Theatre History
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Drury Lane Theatre Royal
Run By: LW Theatres
Architect: Benjamin Wyatt
Opened: 1812
Capacity: 2,237
Grade I Listed
Stage Depth: 24.38
Grid Height: 21.33
Proscenium Width: 12.80m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Covent Garden / Temple
Drury Lane Theatre History
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Duchess Theatre
Run By: Nimax Theatres
Architect: Ewen Barr
Opened: 1929
Capacity: 470
Grade II Listed
Stage Depth: 6.76m
Grid Height: 11.89m
Proscenium Width: 7.62m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Covent Garden / Temple
Duchess Theatre History
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Duke of York's Theatre
Run By: ATG Theatres
Architect: Walter Emden
Opened: 1892
Capacity: 640
Grade II Listed
Stage Depth: 10.49m
Grid Height: 17m
Proscenium Width: 7.9m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Charing Cross / Leicester Square
Duke of York's Theatre History
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Fortune Theatre
Run By: ATG Theatres
Architect:Ernest Schaufelberg
Opened: 1924
Capacity: 440
Grade II Listed
Stage Depth: 7.92m
Grid Height: 13.72m
Proscenium Width: 7.77m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Covent Garden / Temple
Fortune Theatre History
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Garrick Theatre
Run By: Nimax Theatres
Architect: Walter Emden and C. J. Phipps
Opened: 1889
Capacity: 700
Grade II Listed
Stage Depth: 10.36m
Grid Height: 15.24m
Proscenium Width: 8.76m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Charing Cross / Leicester Square
Garrick Theatre History
Other West End Theatres
Gielgud Theatre
Run By: Delfont Macintosh Theatres
Architect: W. G. R. Sprague
Opened: 1906
Capacity: 700
Grade II Listed
Stage Depth: 10.36m
Grid Height: 15.24m
Proscenium Width: 8.76m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Piccadilly Circus
Gielgud Theatre History
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Gillian Lynne Theatre
Run By: LW Theatres
Architect: Paul Tvrtkovic
Opened: 1973
Capacity: Original 911 - 2018 1,118
Grade Not Listed
Stage Depth: 12.1m
Grid Height: 16.7m
Proscenium Width: Flexible 13.7m max, additional 7.6m at either side
Street View
Nearest Tube: Holborn / Covent Garden
Gillian Lynne Theatre History
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Harold Pinter Theatre
Run By: ATG Theatres
Architect: Thomas Verity
Opened: 1881
Capacity: 798
Grade II Listed
Stage Depth: 6.55m
Grid Height: 11.89m
Proscenium Width: 7.47m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Piccadilly Circus / Charing Cross
Harold Pinter Theatre History
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Haymarket Theatre Royal
Run By: Theatre Royal Haymarket
Architect: John Nash / C. Stanley Peach and S. D. Adshead
Opened: 1821
Capacity: 905
Grade II Listed
Stage Depth: 12.8m
Grid Height: 15.85m
Proscenium Width: 8.23m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Piccadilly Circus / Charing Cross
Haymarket Theatre History
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His Majesty's Theatre
Run By: LW Theatres
Architect: C. J. Phipps
Opened: 1897
Capacity: 1,210
Grade II Listed
Stage Depth: 14.47m
Grid Height: 17.4m
Proscenium Width: 10.5m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Piccadilly Circus / Charing Cross
His Majesty's Theatre History
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London Coliseum
Run By: ENO
Architect: Frank Matcham
Opened: 1904
Capacity: 2,359
Grade II Listed
Stage Depth: 28.04m
Grid Height: 21.33m
Proscenium Width: 15.24m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Charing Cross / Leicester Square
London Coliseum History
Other West End Theatres
London Palladium
Run By: LW Theatres
Architect: Frank Matcham
Opened: 1910
Capacity: 2,298
Grade II Listed
Stage Depth: 12.5m
Grid Height: 16.76m
Proscenium Width: 14.33m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Oxford Circus
London Palladium History
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Lyceum Theatre
Run By: Lyceum Theatre
Architect: Samuel Beazley / C. J. Phipps
Opened: 1834
Capacity: 2,000
Grade II Listed
Stage Depth: 16m
Grid Height: 22m
Proscenium Width: 13m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Charing Cross / Covent Garden / Temple
Lyceum Theatre History
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Lyric Theatre
Run By: Nimax Theatres
Architect: C. J. Phipps
Opened: 1888
Capacity: 740
Grade Not Listed
Stage Depth: 10.36m
Grid Height: 15.23m
Proscenium Width: 11.57m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Piccadilly Circus
Lyric Theatre History
Other West End Theatres
Noel Coward Theatre
Run By: Delfont Macintosh Theatres
Architect: W. G. R. Sprague
Opened: 1903
Capacity: 877
Grade II Listed
Stage Depth: 13.64m
Grid Height: 7.01m
Proscenium Width: 9.6m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Piccadilly Circus
Noel Coward Theatre History
Other West End Theatres
Novello Theatre
Run By: Delfont Macintosh Theatres
Architect: W. G. R. Sprague
Opened: 1905
Capacity: 877
Grade II Listed
Stage Depth: 13.64m
Grid Height: 7.01m
Proscenium Width: 9.6m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Charing Cross / Covent Garden / Temple
Novello Theatre History
Other West End Theatres
Old Vic Theatre
Run By: Old Vic Theatre
Architect: Rudolphe Cabanel / J T Robinson
Opened: 1818
Capacity: 1067
Grade II Listed
Stage Depth: 11.61m
Grid Height: 15.6m
Proscenium Width: 8.5m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Waterloo Station
Old Vic Theatre History
Other West End Theatres
Palace Theatre
Run By: Nimax Theatres
Architect: T. E. Collcutt
Opened: 1891
Capacity: 1408
Grade II Listed
Stage Depth: 8.5
Grid Height: 17.7m
Proscenium Width: 9m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Leicester Square / Covent Garden / Tottenham Court Road
Palace Theatre History
Other West End Theatres
Peacock Theatre
Run By: Sadler's Wells
Architect: E. H. Tietjen of Lewis Solomon Kaye & Partners
Opened: 1960
Capacity: 1,000
Grade II Listed
Stage Depth: 10m to 13.7m with Dock Open
Grid Height: 15.84m
Proscenium Width: Adjustable 10.97m to 13.1m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Holborn / Temple
Peacock Theatre History
Other West End Theatres
Phoenix Theatre
Run By: ATG Theatres
Architect: Sir Giles Gilbert Scott / Bertie Crew / Cecil Masey / Theodore Komisarjevsky
Opened: 1930
Capacity: 1,012
Grade II Listed
Stage Depth: 8m
Grid Height: 15.24m
Proscenium Width: 9.55m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Tottenham Court Road / Leicester Square
Phoenix Theatre History
Other West End Theatres
Piccadilly Theatre
Run By: ATG Theatres
Architect: Bertie Crewe and Edward A. Stone
Opened: 1928
Capacity: 1,232
Grade Not Listed
Stage Depth: 11.58m
Grid Height: 16.5m
Proscenium Width: 9.7m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Piccadilly Circus
Piccadilly Theatre History
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Playhouse Theatre
Run By: ATG Theatres
Architect: Originally F. H. Fowler Fowler and Hill / Later Detmar Blow & Fernand Billerey
Opened: Originally 1882 / Later 1907
Capacity: 786
Grade Not Listed
Stage Depth: ?
Grid Height: 13.2m
Proscenium Width: 7.88m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Embankment
Playhouse Theatre History
Other West End Theatres
Prince Edward Theatre
Run By: Delfont Macintosh Theatres
Architect: Edward A. Stone
Opened: 1930
Capacity: 1,622
Grade Not Listed
Stage Depth: 9.75m
Grid Height: 19.84m
Proscenium Width: 13.38m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Leicester Square / Covent Garden
Prince Edward Theatre History
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Prince Of Wales Theatre
Run By: Delfont Macintosh Theatres
Architect: Robert Cromie
Opened: 1937
Capacity: 1,133
Grade II Listed
Stage Depth: 7.32m
Grid Height: 14.63m
Proscenium Width: 12.8m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Leicester Square / Piccadilly Circus
Prince Of Wales Theatre History
Other West End Theatres
Savoy Theatre
Run By: ATG Theatres
Architect: Frank A. Tugwell 1929 / Exterior C. J. Phipps 1881 / Reconstruction after fire Whitfield Partners 1993
Opened: 1929 / Original 1881
Capacity: 1,158
Grade II Listed
Stage Depth: 8.69m / With Dock: 14m
Grid Height: 15.85m
Proscenium Width: 8.99m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Charing Cross
Savoy Theatre History
Other West End Theatres
Shaftesbury Theatre
Run By: DLT Entertainment Ltd
Architect: Bertie Crew
Opened: 1911
Capacity: 1,305
Grade II Listed
Stage Depth: 8.48m
Grid Height: 15.39m
Proscenium Width: 9.75m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Holborn / Tottenham Court Road
Shaftesbury Theatre History
Other West End Theatres
St. Martin's Theatre
Run By: Stephen Waley-Cohen
Architect: W. G. R. Sprague
Opened: 1916
Capacity: 541
Grade II Listed
Stage Depth: 8.48m
Grid Height: 15.39m
Proscenium Width: 9.75m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Leicester Square
St. Martin's Theatre History
Other West End Theatres
Sondheim Theatre
Run By: Delfont Macintosh Theatres
Architect: W. G. R. Sprague
Opened: 1907
Capacity: 989
Grade II Listed
Stage Depth: ?
Grid Height: ?
Proscenium Width: ?
Street View
Nearest Tube: Piccadilly Circus / Leicester Square
Sondheim Theatre History
Other West End Theatres
Trafalger Studios
Run By: ATG Theatres
Architect: Edward A. Stone / 2004 Alterations Tim Foster with Jaques Muir & Partners
Opened: 1930
Capacity: Original 660 / Current Studio 1: 380 Studio 2: 80
Grade II Listed
Stage Depth: 5-7m
Grid Height: 15.2m
Proscenium Width: 8.4m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Charing Cross
Trafalger Studios History
Other West End Theatres
Vaudeville Theatre
Run By: Nimax Theatres
Architect: 1926 Robert Atkinson / 1870 C. J. Phipps
Opened: 1926
Capacity: 690
Grade II Listed
Stage Depth: 9m
Grid Height: 14.33m
Proscenium Width: 7.26m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Charing Cross
Vaudeville Theatre History
Other West End Theatres
Victoria Palace Theatre
Run By: Delfont Macintosh Theatres
Architect: Frank Matcham / 2018 Clare Ferraby
Opened: 1911
Capacity: 1,517
Grade II* Listed
Stage Depth: Original 9.45m / 2018 +6m
Grid Height: Original 16.76m / 2018 +?m
Proscenium Width: Original 9.25m / 2018 + 1.49m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Charing Cross
Victoria Palace Theatre History
Other West End Theatres
Wyndham's Theatre
Run By: Delfont Macintosh Theatres
Architect: W. G. R. Sprague
Opened: 1899
Capacity: 759
Grade II* Listed
Stage Depth: 7.92m
Grid Height: 14.63m
Proscenium Width: 8.31m
Street View
Nearest Tube: Leicester Square
Wyndham's Theatre History
Other West End Theatres
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