London Theatre Breaks

London's Theatres

Opened  TheatreArchitect/ Designer

10 October 1812Drury Lane TheatreBenjamin Wyatt

11 May 1818Old Vic TheatreRudolph Cabanel

1821Haymarket TheatreJohn Nash

21 March 1874Criterion TheatreThomas Verity

15 October 1881Comedy TheatreThomas Verity

11 March 1882Playhouse TheatreBlow & Billerey

17 December 1888Lyric TheatreC J Phipps

24 April 1889Garrick TheatreWalter Emden & C J Phipps

31 January 1891Palace TheatreT E Collcutt & G H Holloway

10 September 1892Duke of York's TheatreWalter Emden

28 April 1897Her Majesty's TheatreC J Phipps

16 November 1899Wyndham's TheatreW G R Sprague

21 February 1901Apollo TheatreLewin Sharp

12 March 1903Noel Coward TheatreW G R Sprague

24 December 1904Coliseum TheatreFrank Matcham

31 December 1904Lyceum TheatreBertie Crewe

22 May 1905Novello TheatreW G R Sprague

23 December 1905Aldwych TheatreW G R Sprague

27 December 1906Gielgud TheatreW G R Sprague

8 October 1907Queen's TheatreW G R Sprague

26 December 1910London PalladiumFrank Matcham

6 November 1911Victoria Palace TheatreFrank Matcham

26 December 1911Shaftesbury TheatreBertie Crewe

5 June 1913New Ambassadors Theatre W G R Sprague

23 November 1916St Martin's TheatreW G R Sprague

8 November 1924Fortune TheatreErnest Schaufelberg

23 February 1926Vaudeville TheatreRobert Atkins

27 April 1928Piccadilly TheatreBertie Crewe with Edward Stone

21 October 1929Savoy TheatreFrank A Tugwell

25 November 1929Duchess TheatreEwen Barr

3 October 1929Dominion TheatreWilliam & T R Millburn

3 April 1930Prince Edward TheatreEdward A Stone

4 September 1930Cambridge TheatreWimperis, Simpson & Guthrie

24 September 1930Phoenix TheatreSir Giles Gilbert Scott, Bertie Crewe & Cecil Masey

29 September 1930Trafalgar StudiosEdward A Stone

3 December 1930Adelphi TheatreErnest Schaufelberg

1930Apollo Victoria TheatreWarmsley Lewis

27 October 1937Prince of Wales TheatreRobert Cromie

2 January 1973New London TheatrePaul Tvrtkovic

1982Barbican TheatreChamberlin, Powell & Bon

12 June 1997Shakespeare's Globe Theatre (reconstruction)Theo Crosby
A to Z of theatre

List by date built

Adelphi Theatre
Aldwych Theatre
Apollo Theatre
Apollo Victoria Theatre
Barbican Theatre
Cambridge Theatre
Comedy Theatre
Criterion Theatre
Dominion Theatre
Drury Lane Theatre
Duchess Theatre
Duke of York's Theatre
Fortune Theatre
Garrick Theatre
Gielgud Theatre
Haymarket Theatre
Her Majesty's Theatre
London Coliseum
London Palladium
Lyceum Theatre
Lyric Theatre
New Ambassadors
New London Theatre
Noel Coward Theatre
Novello Theatre
Old Vic Theatre
Palace Theatre
Phoenix Theatre
Piccadilly Theatre
Playhouse Theatre
Prince Edward Theatre
Prince of Wales Theatre
Queen's Theatre
St Martin's Theatre
Savoy Theatre
Shaftesbury Theatre
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
Trafalgar Studios
Vaudeville Theatre
Victoria Palace Theatre
Wyndham's Theatre