| Your Humble Guide to London! |
London has a world class reputation for good theatre and more than forty shows are on stage in London at any one time.
I have listed here all London's theatres (in alphabetical order) along with their address and nearest underground stations.
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The Adelphi Theatre is situated in the West End of London and has 1,560 seats on 3 levels. The Adelphi Theatre was founded in 1806 as the Sans Pareil ("Without Compare"). The Adelphi Theatre has had its present name since 1819.
Adelphi Theatre, Strand, London, WC2R 0NS.
Nearest Undergound: Charing Cross / Embankment.
The Aldwych Theatre is in Central London at the east end of The Strand. The theatre has 1,129 seats on 3 levels. "The Aldwych Farces", a famous and much applauded series of farces were played here in the late twenties and early thirties (decades) of the twentieth century.
Aldwych Theatre, Aldwych, London, WC2B 4DF.
Nearest Undergound: Charing Cross / Embankment.
The Apollo Theatre is in Shaftesbury Avenue, Central London between Picadilly Circus and Leicester Square. The Apollo Theatre has 796 seats on 4 levels. The Apollo Theatre was designed by Lewin Sharp and opened on the 21st of February 1901 with a play called "The Belle of Bohemia".
Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1V 7DH.
Nearest Undergound: Piccadilly Circus.
The Apollo Victoria Theatre is on Wilton Road near Victoria station in London. The Apollo Victoria Theatre has 2,208 seats on 2 levels. The theatre was originally designed in art-deco style as a "super-cinema" by E. Warmsley Lewis in 1930 and is one of the biggest theatres in London. Starlight Express enjoyed a significant run at The Apollo Victoria Theatre (March 27, 1984 – January 12, 2002).
Apollo Victoria Theatre, Wilton Road, London, SW1V 1LL.
Nearest Undergound: Victoria.
The Arts Theatre, 6/7 Great Newport Street, London WC2H 7JB.
The Barbican Theatre, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS.
Nearest Undergound: Barbican.
The Bloomsbury Theatre, 15 Gordon Street, Bloomsbury, London.
The Cambridge Theatre is in Earlham Street, in Covent Garden, near The Strand in London and has 1,231 seats on 3 levels. The Cambridge Theatre was built for Bertie Meyer and opened on the September 4th, 1930. The Cambridge Theatre was refurbished in 1950.
The Cambridge Theatre, Earlham Street, London, WC2 9HU.
Nearest Undergound: Covent Garden.
The Cochrane Theatre, Southampton Row, London, WC1B 4AP.
The Comedy Theatre is in Panton Street near Picadilly Circus. The theatre has 796 seats on 4 levels. The Royal Comedy Theatre first opened on October 15, 1881. The Royal Comedy Theatre was designed by Thomas Verity and built very quickly for the times, in just six months. By 1884 The Royal Comedy Theatre had changed its name and was known as the Comedy Theatre. Historically, The Comedy Theatre is famous for its role in challenging stage censorship in the 1950's by staging banned plays under club conditions which would allow the plays to be seen, albeit by a "private" audience. The Comedy Theatre is part of Ambassadors Theatre Group.
The Comedy Theatre, Panton Street, London, SW1Y 4DN.
Nearest Undergound: Piccadilly Circus.
585 seats on 3 levels
The Criterion Theatre, Picadilly Circus, London, W1V 9LB.
Nearest Undergound: Piccadilly Circus.
2,007 seats on 2 levels
The Dominion Theatre, 268-269 Tottenham Court Road, London.
The Donmar Warehouse Theatre, 41 Earlham Street, London, WC2H 9LD.
The Drill Hall Theatre, 16 Chenies Street, London, WC1E 7EX.
2,237 seats on 4 levels
479 seats on 2 levels
The Duchess Theatre, Catherine Street, London, WC2.
640 seats on 3 levels
The Duke of York Theatre, St. Martin's Lane, London.
435 seats on 3 levels
The Fortune Theatre, Russel Street, Covent Garden, London.
656 seats on 3 levels
The Garrick Theatre, Charing Cross Road, London, WC2.
889 seats on 3 levels
The Gielgud Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1V 8AR.
905 seats on 3 levels
1,210 seats on 4 levels
Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, London, SW1Y 4QL.
2,358 seats on 4 levels
The London Coliseum, St. Martin's Lane, London, WC2N 4ES.
2,298 seats on 3 levels
The London Palladium, 8 Argyll Street, London, W1F 7TF.
2107 seats on 3 levels
The Lyceum Theatre, 21 Wellington Street, London.
967 seats on 4 levels
The Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1
444 seats on 2 levels
The New London Astoria Theatre, 157 Charing Cross Road, London.
1,106 seats on 2 levels
The New London Theatre, 126 Drury Lane, London
872 on 4 levels
The Noel Coward Theatre, St. Martins Lane, London, WC2.
1,067 seats on 4 levels
1,067 seats on 3 levels
The Old Vic Theatre, Waterloo Road, London, SE1 8NB.
1,394 seats on 4 levels
The Palace Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London.
The Peacock Theatre, Portugal Street, London.
1,012 seats on 3 levels
The Phoenix Theate, 110 Charing Cross Road, London.
1,232 seats on 3 levels
The Players Theatre, The Arches, Villiers Street, London.
782 seats on 3 levels
The Playhouse Theatre, Northumberland Avenue, London.
1,645 seats on 3 levels
The Prince Edward Theatre, Old Compton Street, London, W1.
1,160 seats on 2 levels
The Prince of Wales Theatre, 31 Coventry Street, London, W1.
979 seats on 3 levels
The Queens Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London.
The Royal Court Theatre, Sloane Square, London.
The Royal Opera House, Floral Street, Covent Garden, London.
550 seats on 3 levels
The St. Martins Theatre, West Street, London, WC2H 9NZ.
1,158 seats on 3 levels
The Savoy Theatre, Savoy Court, The Strand, London, WC2R OET.
1,389 seats on 3 levels
The Shaftesbury Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8DP.
The Strand Theatre, Aldwych, London, WC2B 4LD.
The Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Drury Lane, Catherine Street, London.
The Theatre Royal Haymarket, Haymarket, London, SW1Y 4HT.
380 seats in Studio 1 and 100 seats in Studio 2
The Tricycle Theatre, 269 Kilburn High Road, London.
690 seats on 3 levels
The Vaudeville Theatre, The Strand, London.
1,517 seats on 3 levels
The Whitehall Theatre, 14 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2DY.
759 seats on 3 levels
The Wyndhams Theatre, Charing Cross Road, London.
The Young Vic Theatre, 66 The Cut, London, SE1 8LZ.
