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West End theatre is mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres in and near the West End of London. [1] Along with New York City's Broadway theatre, West End theatre represents the highest level of commercial theatre in the English-speaking world. Seeing a West End show is a common tourist activity in London. [1]
This is a list of the longest-running shows (3,000 performances or more) in the West End, a well known professional theatre district in London.Nine currently running shows (two plays, seven musicals) have played more than 3,000 performances: The Mousetrap, Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, Mamma Mia!, The Lion King, Wicked, Matilda, The Book of Mormon, and The Play That Goes Wrong.
Great West End Theatres is a documentary series detailing the history, architecture and theatrical anecdotes of the 40 West End Theatres of London (as covered by the monthly Society of London Theatre list), released individually as All-Region DVDs and also as digital downloads [1] and the first 10 episodes were broadcast from 3 August 2013 in the UK by the BSkyB digital satellite channel Sky ...
The Noël Coward Theatre, formerly known as the Albery Theatre, is a West End theatre in St. Martin's Lane in the City of Westminster, London.It opened on 12 March 1903 as the New Theatre and was built by Sir Charles Wyndham behind Wyndham's Theatre which was completed in 1899.
Key locations for West End theatres include Shaftesbury Avenue, Drury Lane, St. Martin's Lane and The Strand, all within or abutting Covent Garden and Soho. West End productions are typically mainstream, not alternative theatre, with appropriate budgets for costumes, sets, and "name" actors. This page is a subcategory of Category:West End theatre
The Savoy Theatre is a West End theatre in the Strand in the City of Westminster, London, England.The theatre was designed by C. J. Phipps for Richard D'Oyly Carte and opened on 10 October 1881 on a site previously occupied by the Savoy Palace.
Owner Nica Burns said the theatre had been ’embraced’ by audiences, but still needed to ‘earn its place’ in the world-famous theatre district. First new-build West-End venue in 50 years ...
The Lyceum Theatre (/ l aɪ ˈ s iː əm / ly-SEE-əm) is a West End theatre located in the City of Westminster, on Wellington Street, just off the Strand in central London. It has a seating capacity of 2,100. The origins of the theatre date to 1765.