West End Stage
Theatreland in London's West End is the place to catch the very best in musicals, classics and comedy performances. With venues as varied as the Theatre Royal, Haymarket and the Arts Theatre there is always a great place to see the show everyone is talking about.
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Phantom of the Opera - up close and personal
Let us take you behind the scenes at the world famous Phantom of the Opera - find out more about the cast, costumes, props and secrets. Read More
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Leicester Square Theatre is a magnificently restored theatre located in the heart of the West End with two exceptional spaces running a healthy programme of comedy, cabaret, dance, music and theatre.
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The Lyceum Theatre, now owned by The Ambassador Theatre Group, stages Disney’s production ‘The Lion King’. On average over 760,000 patrons enjoy the Lyceum’s hospitality every year.
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On a winter’s evening in November 1899 Charing Cross Road was a hubbub of excitement as Charles Wyndham’s new theatre had its grand opening with a revival of David Garrick, a play in which Charles Wyndham and his future wife, Mary Moore,…
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There has been a theatre on this site since 1832, originally known as Moy’s Music Hall. This was then renamed in 1863 and became The Royal Standard Music Hall. In 1886, when Victoria Street and Victoria Station were built, the theatre was demolished and the rebuilt…
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Over the last 180 years, in its various incarnations, the Theatre Royal Haymarket has provided a home for some of the most celebrated events in British theatre history, from the challenging and gritty to the glamorous and classically old. Today, the theatre strives to ensure that…
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Since 1663 the Theatre Royal Drury Lane has provided entertainment for the masses and has been visited by every monarch since the Restoration. The theatre has not one, but two, royal boxes and it was here that the public first heard both the National Anthem and…
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St Martin's Theatre is a West End theatre, located in West Street, near Charing Cross Road. It was designed as one of a pair of theatres with the Ambassadors Theatre by W.G.R. Sprague, in memoriam for the 9th Baron Willoughby de Broke.…
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The Shaftesbury Theatre was the last theatre to be built on Shaftesbury Avenue which was originally named The Princes Theatre. To its initial owners, Walter and Frederick Melville, it stood as a vision to host fashionable melodrama, much like their other theatre, The Lyceum. On…
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Designed by C I Phipps and decorated by Collinson & Locke, the most beautifully fitted theatre in Europe opened its doors on 10th October 1881 with a transfer from the Opera Comique of Gilbert and Sullivan's opera Patience. The Savoy Theatre became famous as the…
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The Queen's Theatre opened on 8 October 1907, almost 10 months after its twin, the Gielgud Theatre, on the adjoining corner of Shaftesbury Avenue. The architect for both was W.G.R. Sprague, the Queen's being the seventh West End theatre he had designed in addition…
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