theatre Top Theatre-related places to visit in London.

Top Theatre-related places to visit in London.


The glitz, glamour, red velvet, and soggy carpets of treading the boards over the West End. While other historic buildings have been replaced or removed, lots of theatres from the Victorian period and before have been lovingly restored.

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11. The Master Ventriloquist @ Flat 71, Kenilworth Court, Putney
12. Joe Orton lived and died here @ 25 Noel Road, Islington, London
13. Mrs Hendersons Windmill Theatre @ 17 - 19 Great Windmill Street, London
14. Magician Houdini Lived Here @ 10 Keppel Street, Bloomsbury, London
15. Michael Crawford's Penthouse @ St John's Wharf, Wapping
16. Alec Guinness born here @ 155 Lauderdale Mansions South, Maida Vale
17. The Old Mercury Theatre @ Kensington Park Road, Notting Hill Gate, London
18. A Theatre fit for a Baron @ 28A Comeragh Road
19. Apollo Victoria Theatre @ 17 Wilton Rd
20. The Granville Theatre @ Walham Green, Hammersmith & Fulham
21. The Aida Foster Theatre School @ Finchley Road, Temple Fortune, Golders Green
22. Fortune Street Park @ Fortune Street, Barbican, London
23. Derek Jacobi lived here @ 2 Essex Road South, Leytonstone
24. Ted Willis born here @ 55 Stanley Road, Tottenham
25. The Criterion Restaurant @ 224 Piccadilly, London
26. Comedy and Tragedy @ Gilbert Bridge, Barbican, London
27. Small Theatre, Big Heart @ 265 Camden High Street
28. The Palladium @ Argyll Street, London
29. Champagne Charlie lived here @ 136 Englefield Road, Islington, London
30. Playwright Harold Pinter's Home @ 19 Thistlewaite Road, Clapton
31. Theatre Royal Ghost @ Drury Lane, Catherine Street
32. Lionel Barts party house @ 3a Seymour Walk, Chelsea
33. Fortune Theatre @ Russell Street, Covent Garden
34. Poor Lazarus Isaacs @ Tower Street, London
35. Shakespeare, The Lodger @ Monkswell Street, London Wall, London
36. The Royal Court Theatre @ 50-51 Sloane Square, Kensington
37. Lilian Baylis lived here @ 27 Stockwell Park Road, Stockwell
38. Her Majesty's Theatre @ Haymarket, London
39. Sir Harry Lauder @ 46 Longley Road, Tooting
40. Jessie Matthews was born here @ 94 Berwick Street, Soho
41. Theatre Royal Haymarket @ 18 Suffolk Street
42. The Pigalle Club @ 215-217 Piccadilly, St James
43. Cambridge Theatre @ Earlham Street, Covent Garden
44. The Palace Theatre @ Cambridge Circus, Shaftesbury Avenue
45. The Lyric Theatre @ Shaftesbury Avenue, Soho
46. The Savoy Hotel @ 1 Savoy Hill, Strand
47. Finsbury Park Empire @ St Thomas/Prah Road, Finsbury Park, London
48. One hell of an Actor @ 8 Hamilton Place
49. Trafalgar Studio's @ 14 Whitehall, City of Westminster
50. Little Angel Theatre @ 14 Dagmar Passage
51. Wiltons Music Hall @ Graces Alley, Off Ensign Street
52. The Lost Zoo of Walworth @ Sullivan Road, Southwark
53. Free Foyer Music @ Belvedere Road
54. Michael Jackson plaque @ Lyric Square, King Street, Hammersmith
55. The Savoy Theatre @ Savoy Street, Westminster
56. The Royal Opera House @ Covent Garden
57. Meeting of The Damned @ Fairfield Halls, Park Lane, Croydon
58. The Players' Theatre @ 43 King Street, Covent Garden
59. Lepers, Beer, and Thespians @ 268-269 Tottenham Court Road
60. Drama here since 1948 @ Beech Walk, Crayford
61. D'Oyly Carte lived here @ 2 Dartmouth Park Road, Kentish Town
62. Noel Coward lived here @ 111 Ebury Street, Pimlico
63. Vaudeville Theatre @ 404 Strand
64. Ellen Terry's House and Theatre @ 215 Kings Road, Chelsea
65. Comedian Little Tich lived here @ 93 Shirehall Park, Hendon, London
66. The Hippodrome @ 1 Cranbourn Street, London
67. A Colosseum in Watford @ Rickmansworth Road
68. Regan once lived Here @ 9 Highbury Crescent
69. Home to a British Acting Legend @ Troy Court, Kensington High Street
70. The New London Theatre @ Drury Lane, Covent Garden, London
71. Magician Evanion lived here @ 221 Kennington Road, Lambeth
72. The Bel Savage Inn @ 50 Ludgate Hill, Ludgate
73. Emlyn Williams Flat @ Flat 3, 123 Dovehouse Street, Chelsea
74. The Globe Theatre @ 21 New Globe Walk, Bankside
75. The Cockpit-in-Court @ 70 Whitehall, Westminster
76. The Gielgud Theatre @ Shaftesbury Avenue
77. English National Opera @ St Martin's Lane, London
78. A Puppet Barge not to be missed @ Little Venice
79. Nell of Old Drury @ 29 Catherine Street
80. Sadler's Wells Theatre @ Rosebury Avenue, Islington, London
81. Colonel Elliott's Magic Home @ 54 Welbeck Street, London
82. Drury Lanes Pantomime Fountain @ Catherine St , London
83. Guildhall Art Gallery and Romans @ Guildhall Yard, Off Gresham Street, London
84. Brinks Mat Bullion @ 117 Wilton Way
85. Clown Joseph Grimaldi lived here @ 56 Exmouth Market, Islington
86. Sir John Gielgud's birthplace @ 7 Gledhow Gardens, Earl's Court
87. Scene of the Flying Man! @ 15 Ashley Place, Westminster, London
88. The First ever London Theatre @ 86-88 Curtain Road
89. Magician David Devant lived here @ Flat 1 Ornan Court, Ornan Road, London
90. Punch and Judy Birthplace @ St Pauls Portico, Westminster
91. Heir to Spike Milligan's Throne @ 393A High Street, Leytonstone
92. A Big Night Out at the Albany @ Douglas Way. Deptford
93. Shakespeare's Curtain Theatre @ Curtain Road, Shoreditch
94. Actress Peggy Ashcrofts home @ Manor Lodge, 40 Frognal Lane, Hampstead
95. The Lyceum Theatre @ Wellington Street, Covent Garden
96. Matinee With A Difference @ Duchess Theatre, Catherine Street
97. The Great Bard's Theatre @ New Inn Broadway, off Gt Eastern Street
98. The Prince Edward Theatre @ Old Compton Street, Soho
99. Martita Hunt's Flat @ 7 Primrose Hill Studios, Camden
100. Cooper always won them over @ Forest Road, Walthamstow
101. St Martins Theatre @ West Street, Cambridge Circus, Covent Garden
102. Rudolf Steiner Hall @ 35 Park Road, Marylebone
103. The Duke of Yorks Theatre @ 104 St Martin's Lane, Covent Garden
104. Theatre manager haunts his own. @ Theatre Royal, Stratford
105. Swap Coffee for Beer Perhaps @ 3 Allington Street, Victoria
106. Lupino Lane lived here @ 32 Maida Vale, Maida Vale
107. Stanley Holloway was born here @ 25 Albany Road, Manor Park
108. Wood Green Empire @ High Road, Wood Green, London
109. Home of Noel Coward @ 17 Gerald Road, Belgravia, London
110. Comedy of Errors 1st Performance @ Gray's Inn Hall, South Square, Holborn