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The theatre was designed in 1930 by Edward A. Stone, [1] with an interior designed by Marc-Henri Levy and Gaston Laverdet. [2] It cost over £400,000 to be built. [3] Named after Prince Edward (at the time Prince of Wales, briefly Edward VIII and later Duke of Windsor), it opened on 3 April 1930 with a performance of the musical Rio Rita. [4]
Prince Edward Theatre: London 3 April 1930 1,716 Owner – Delfont Mackintosh Theatres: Prince of Wales Theatre: London January 1884 1,160 Owner – Delfont Mackintosh Theatres: Princes Hall: Aldershot 1972 690 Princes Theatre: Clacton 14 April 1931 1,400 Owner - Tendring District Council: Priory Theatre: Kenilworth: 8 April 1946 120 ...
The first theatre on the site opened in January 1884 when C.J. Phipps built the Prince's Theatre for actor-manager Edgar Bruce. It was a traditional three-tier theatre, seating just over 1,000 people. The theatre was renamed the Prince of Wales Theatre in 1886 after the future Edward VII.
Prince Edward Theatre: Old Compton Street 1,727 Delfont Mackintosh Theatres: MJ the Musical [72] Musical 27 March 2024 Open-ended Prince of Wales Theatre: Coventry Street 1,148 Delfont Mackintosh Theatres: The Book of Mormon: Musical 21 March 2013 Open-ended Savoy Theatre: Strand 1,150 ATG Entertainment: Mean Girls [73] Musical
Prince Edward Theatre (acquired 1991 from First Leisure) Prince of Wales Theatre (acquired 1991 from First Leisure) Sondheim Theatre (leased 1999, acquired 2002 from Christ's Hospital, began operating 2004) Victoria Palace Theatre (acquired 2014 from Stephen Waley-Cohen) Wyndham's Theatre (leased 1999 from Gascoyne Holdings, began operating 2005)
Charles Dickens was also a regular on Dean Street when he was a young actor enthusiastically participating in amateur productions at Fanny Kelly's Royalty Theatre at number 73–74. In 1845 he starred in an adaptation of Ben Jonson 's Every Man in his Humour , which met mixed reviews; Dickens' acting was said to be of debatable merit.
The London Palladium (/ p ə ˈ l eɪ d i ˌ ʊ m /) is a Grade II* West End theatre located on Argyll Street, London, in Soho. The theatre was designed by Frank Matcham and opened in 1910. The auditorium holds 2,286 people. Hundreds of stars have played there, many with televised performances.
The theatre continued Littlewood's agenda to portray and express the experience of local people in East London. In 1999, he began the Musical Theatre Initiatives scheme to encourage new writing in musical theatre. The final show he produced at Stratford East, The Big Life, was the first black British musical to go to the West End. In 2004 ...