Great West End Theatres
Season 1 Episode 1 - Theatre Royal, Haymarket
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.
Audio Languages: English
Subtitles: English
Season 1
S01:E01 - Theatre Royal, Haymarket
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
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
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
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
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
This delightful theatre sits opposite the renowned restaurant The Ivy, the favourite haunt of the theatrical glitterati.
S01:E07 - Her Majesty's
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
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
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
The oldest theatre in London and, allegedly, the most haunted theatre in the world.
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