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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]
The Sondheim Theatre (formerly the Queen's Theatre) is a West End theatre located in Shaftesbury Avenue on the corner of Wardour Street in the City of Westminster, London. It opened as the Queen's Theatre on 8 October 1907, as a twin to the neighbouring Hicks Theatre (now the Gielgud Theatre ) which had opened ten months earlier.
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 Aldwych Theatre is a West End theatre, located in Aldwych in the City of Westminster, central London. It was listed Grade II on 20 July 1971. [ 1 ] Its seating capacity is 1,200 on three levels.
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.
The Duchess Theatre is a West End theatre in the City of Westminster, London, located in Catherine Street [2] near Aldwych. The theatre opened on 25 November 1929 and is one of the smallest West End theatres with a proscenium arch. It has 494 seats on two levels. It is a Grade II Listed Building. [3]
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 Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, commonly known as Drury Lane, is a West End theatre and Grade I listed building in Covent Garden, London, England.The building faces Catherine Street (earlier named Bridges or Brydges Street) and backs onto Drury Lane.