Arts Theatre, London
Dates: 1927 - present
Originally known as the Arts Theatre Club
Article: "London's Historic Arts Theatre to be replaced by Restaurant / Performance Space with The Largest Bar in Theatreland" (21 April 2016)
Past Productions
- Venue closed for refurbishment in 2026
- The Choir of Man (1 October 2022 - 4 January 2026)
- Austentatious (November 2022 - ? / 22 January 2024 - 16 December 2024)
- Bonnie & Clyde (9 April 2022 - 10 July 2022)
- The Choir of Man (9 November 2021 - 3 April 2022)
- Six (January 2019 - ?)
- The Wipers Times (by Ian Hislop & Nick Newman) (16 October - 1 December 2018)
- Six (18 December 2017 - 22 January 2018) [not consecutive performances]
- Knights of the Rose (July 2018)
- Mischief Movie Night (December 2017)
- A Christmas Carol with Simon Callow (December 2016 to December 2018 - January 12 2019)
- Murder Ballad (September to December 2016)
- American Idiot (July to November 2015, July to September 2016)
- A View from Islington North – May to July 2016
- All That Fall – April to May 2016
- The Blues Brothers: Xmas Special (November 2015 to January 2016)
- USHERS: The Front of House Musical October to November 2015
- Annie JR August 2015
- Bad Jews March to June 2015
- Ghost Stories – February 2014 to March 2015
- Seussical (with Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens) – Nov 2013
- The Tailor Made Man (with Faye Tozer, Mike McShane and Dylan Turner) – Feb to Apr 2013
- Seussical (with Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens) – Dec 2012
- Eve Ferret Sings Again – Jun 2011
- Bette and Joan – May to Jun 2011
- Face to Face at the Arts (series) (with Stephen Mangan) – May 2011
- David Wood's Storytime – April 2011
- Eve Ferret Sings – Mar 2011
- Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie – Jan to Apr 2011
- A Guide to Sexual Misery – Jan to Apr 2011
- Toyer (2009)
- Elegies – 7–14 November 2004
- Decadence (1983) starring Steven Berkoff and Linda Marlowe
- Loot (20 October 1980 - 3 January 1981) by Joe Orton (Transfer from Lyric Studio, started 11 September 1980)
- In White America – 1964
- Waiting for Godot (August 1955 - September 1955) transferred to the Criterion Theatre
- The Children's Hour– 1955
- South – 1955
- The Cherry Orchard (with Marius Goring) - 1948
- Too True to Be Good (with Marius Goring and Lucie Mannheim) - 1948
- Rosmersholm (with Marius Goring and Lucie Mannheim) - 1948
- Streaks of Light / The Tale of the Soldier (July 1927)
- Saturday Night
- Shout!
- The Show Girls
- F**king Men
- Hotel Follies
- Catwalk Confidential
- Cymbeline
- Daisy Pulls It Off
- Nunsense A-Men
- Naked Boys Singing
- A Man of No Importance
- Party
- Oddsocks Present Romeo and Juliet
- Shirley Jones
- Wet Weather Cover
- The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)
- Lillies on the Land
- Park Avenue Cat
- Milked
- Oh My Goddess!
- The Female Edit
- The Toxic Avenger
- Oleanna
Equipment
1971 (from The Stage Guide)
Electrics: Strand SR board on SL perch. Dimmers - 54 x 1kW. Circuits - FOH 6 (in circle); Flies 4; Stage dips 12. Socket type - 15A BESA. Total capacity to stage - 450A on 3 phases. No follow spots. No footlights installed.
Sound: Console SL has 2 x JP50 amplifiers. Tape decks - 3. Turntables - 1. Mic sockets - none. Loudspeakers - 4 in auditorium and 6 spare sockets.
1987 (from British Theatre Directory)
Switchboard: Strand AMC60
Sound Equipment: 2 x Revox B77, 10 into 4 Strand mixer, 10 Speakers
The Theatres Trust
Arts Theatre, London on the Theatres Trust Database
Links to information about equipment at Arts Theatre, London over the years
- AMC Advanced Manual Control Desk (Strand)
- SR / System SR (Strand)
- B77 Tape Recorder/Player (Revox)
