Palace Theatre

The stunning Palace Theatre is located at 109-113 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1V 8AY. Positioned on a central location with Shaftesbury Avenue accompanying the theatre, the venue is the abode of some of the most popular theatre buildings. You can enjoy some of the most popular London’s musicals and plays. There are huge range of bars, restaurants and hotels in the venue. Moreover, theatre is within the walking distance of Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square. For shoppers, Covent Garden  is an immensely popular shopping district.

Palace Theatre is accessible via various modes of commutations such as tubes, buses, taxis or cars. You can also visit the venue with bus route numbers 14, 19 and 38. If you are looking for taxi or car parking then no need to worry. The Chinatown at 20 Newport Place is the nearest car park.

With occupancy of 1400, theatre has large auditorium which spread across four levels as Stalls, Dress Circle, Grand Circle and Balcony. If you are looking for best viewing seats then you must go for Stalls followed by Dress Circle. For disabled patrons and carers, theatre offers discounted seats. The Box office is equipped with induction loop and infra-red system is installed in the auditorium.

Since 1891, Palace Theatre is a renowned venue for London entertainment. The theatre was opened by Richard D’Oyly Carte as Royal English Opera House. The venue hosted some of the finest revue shows and musical comedies such as No, No, Nanette, Princess Charming, Cabaret, and The Gay Divorce. The theatre also hosted the original productions of The Sound of Music and Jesus Christ.

Blockbuster Les Miserables was also transferred here from Barbican Centre in the year 1985.  On this theatre, Les Miserables enjoyed a run of almost 19 years. In the year 2004, the show got transferred to the Queen’s Theatre. Some other popular shows hosted at the Palace Theatre are classic musical Singin’ In The Rain and currently Roddy Doyle's The Commitments made its debut in the year 2013.