Great West End Theatres

Documentary · 2012 · 1 SeasonSubtitles Icon
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This series offers viewers a backstage pass to London’s famed theaters featuring some of the biggest names from the British stage.
S01:E01 - Theatre Royal, Haymarket
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S01:E01 - Theatre Royal, Haymarket

52 min
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Also known as Haymarket Theatre or the Little Theatre, it was built in 1720 by John Potter and was the third public theatre opened in the West End. Owned by the Crown Estate.

S01:E02 - Prince of Whales
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S01:E02 - Prince of Whales

46 min
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Owned by Sir Cameron Mackintosh. Grade II listed as of 1999. In the 1950s, the theatre hosted a variety of famous performers from Bob Hope to Benny Hill.

S01:E03 - Piccadilly
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S01:E03 - Piccadilly

46 min
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The Piccadilly Theatre has presented most forms of stage entertainment from “Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”, to a variety of Royal Shakespeare Company productions.

S01:E04 - Wyndham's
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S01:E04 - Wyndham's

52 min
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Designed in 1898 by W.G.R. Sprague, it was opened by the actor/manager Sir Charles Wyndham on 16 November 1899, in the presence of the Prince of Wales.

S01:E05 - St Martins
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S01:E05 - St Martins

45 min
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Built by W.G.R. Sprague in memoriam for Richard Greville Verney. It's the only theatre in the West End still in the hands of the family who built it.

S01:E06 - Ambassadors
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S01:E06 - Ambassadors

46 min
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This delightful theatre sits opposite the renowned restaurant The Ivy, the favourite haunt of the theatrical glitterati.

S01:E07 - Her Majesty's
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S01:E07 - Her Majesty's

58 min
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Home to record-setting musical theatre runs; the current production, Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'The Phantom of the Opera', has played continuously at Her Majesty's since 1986.

S01:E08 - Palace
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S01:E08 - Palace

51 min
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The Palace Theatre has hosted a number of successful productions, including No, No, Nanette, The Sound of Music, Jesus Christ Superstar and the sensational Les Miserables.

S01:E09 - Noel Coward
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S01:E09 - Noel Coward

56 min
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The theatre has hosted a number of notable productions, such as Noël Coward's first play I'll Leave it to You, in 1920, and George Bernard Shaw's St. Joan.

S01:E10 - Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
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S01:E10 - Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

1 hr 15 min
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The oldest theatre in London and, allegedly, the most haunted theatre in the world.

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