London Theatre
London's theatre scene at full stretch — the reconstructed Globe, prestige producing houses, and the fringe rooms writing what comes next.
London theatre runs from a reconstruction of Shakespeare's own stage to a handful of tiny rooms that quietly launch West End and Broadway transfers most years. This collection covers that range: heritage and new writing, prestige and fringe, one borough and the next.
8 venues
Shakespeare's Globe
The reconstructed Elizabethan playhouse on Bankside, alongside the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse — as much a working theatre as a monument.
Shakespeare's Globe is the Bankside theatre complex built around the reconstructed open-air Globe Theatre and the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. Its programme combines Shakespe…
Explore venue →Donmar Warehouse
A 251-seat Covent Garden room where the scale is intimate but the ambition of the productions never is.
Intimate 251-seat producing theatre in Covent Garden, renowned for world-class productions of new plays and musicals.
Explore venue →Bush Theatre
Shepherd's Bush new-writing powerhouse that has launched more playwriting careers than almost any other London stage.
Celebrated fringe theatre in Shepherd's Bush, dedicated to discovering and nurturing new writing.
Explore venue →Kiln Theatre
Kilburn theatre and cinema built around diverse stories and world perspectives, rare in combining both art forms under one roof.
Theatre and cinema in Kilburn with a strong focus on diverse stories and world perspectives.
Explore venue →Wilton's Music Hall
The oldest surviving grand music hall in the world, its deliberately unrestored Victorian interior now hosting new work as often as heritage programming.
Explore venue →Arcola Theatre
Award-winning Dalston fringe theatre built around new writing, sustainability, and voices underrepresented on bigger stages.
Award-winning fringe theatre in Dalston championing diverse voices, sustainability and new writing.
Explore venue →Orange Tree Theatre
One of the only London theatres staged entirely in the round, above a former Victorian pub in Richmond.
Orange Tree Theatre is an independent producing theatre in Richmond, staged entirely in the round in an intimate space above a former Victorian pub. Its programme centres new writi…
Explore venue →Almeida Theatre
An Islington producing house whose bold, acting-led productions regularly transfer to the West End and Broadway.
Leading producing theatre in Islington, known for its bold, provocative work and world-class acting.
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