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Dates: 1930 – present

Designed by Giles Gilbert Scott, Bertie Crewe and Cecil Masey, and built on the site of a Music Hall, the Alcazar, which was demolished in 1930.

Once – Get-In (March 2013)

Once – Get-Out (March 2015)

There are 1,012 seats over three levels: Stalls, Dress Circle and Upper Circle.

Past Productions

Stranger Things: The First Shadow (Late 2023)
Noises Off (January 19 2023 – March 11 2023)
Come From Away (opened 30 January 2019, closing 7 January 2023)
Chicago (26 March 2018 – 5 January 2019)
The Exorcist (October 20 2017 to March 10 2018)
The Girls (Feb 21 2017 – July 15 2017)
Dirty Dancing (December 6 2016 – January 2017)
The Last Tango (September 22 2016 – November 2016)
Guys and Dolls ( to August 21 2016) transferred from the Savoy Theatre
Bend it Like Beckham (15 May 2015 – )
Once: The Musical (March 2013 – 21 March 2015) opening night: 9 April
Goodnight Mr Tom ( – January 2013)
Blood Brothers (November 1991 to November 10th 2012) 21 year run
Into the Woods (September 25 1990 – February 23 1991)
The Baker’s Wife (1989)
The Biograph Girl (19 November 1980 – 10 January 1981)
Night and Day (8 November 1978 – 1979)
Norman Is That You? (Opened 16 April 1975 – ) starring Harry Worth, Avril Angers
The Gingerbread Lady (Previews from ?18 October 1974, opened 23 October 1974-1975) by Neil Simon, starring Elaine Stritch
Edith Evans and Friends (19 September 1974 – 5 October 1974) starring Edith Evans
Play Mas (opened 21 August 1974, closed 16 September 1974) by Mustapha Matura, starring Rudolph Walker
Bloomsbury (Previews 3 July 1974, Opened July 10 1974, Closed 17 August 1974) by Peter Luke, starring Daniel Massey, Yvonne Mitchell, Clive Francis, Penelope Wilton, Moyra Fraser
Design for Living (Previews 20 November 1973, opened 21 November 1973, closed 8 June 1974) by Noel Coward, starring Vanessa Redgrave, Jeremy Brett, John Stride, Peter Bayliss
Two Gentlemen of Verona (26 April 1973 – 10 November 1973) Musical, from The New York Shakespeare Festival. Directed by Mel Shapiro. Lighting by David Hersey.
Canterbury Tales (21 March 1968 – 31 March 1973. 2080 performances)
1966 – Refurbishment. The Noel Coward Bar opened by Noel Coward in 1969.
Love for Love (April 1943) starring John Gielgud
Harlequinade (8 September 1948 – ?) by Terence Rattigan
The Browning Version (1948)
Tonight at Eight Thirty (1936 – ?)
Private Lives (24 September 1930 – 20 December 1930) a limited run starring Noel Coward, Gertrude Lawrence, Adrienne Allen, Laurence Olivier (after a premiere at the Kings’ Theatre, Edinburgh on 18 August 1930)

Equipment

1971 (from The Stage Guide)
Electrics: Strand LP board in FOH. Dimmers – 120; 3 presets; 6 groups. Circuits – FOH 36; Flies 49; Stage dips 11. Socket type – 15A BESA and 30A Reyrolle. Total capacity available – 300A on 3 phases. Special effects supply – 180A on 3 phases. Follow spots – 2 x Patt.265s in projection box.