Phoenix Theatre, London
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Tottenham Court Road | |
Owner | Ambassador Theatre Group |
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Type | West End theatre |
Capacity | 1,012 on 3 levels |
Production | Stranger Things: The First Shadow |
Construction | |
Opened | 24 September 1930 |
Architect | Giles Gilbert Scott, Bertie Crewe and Cecil Masey |
Website | |
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The Phoenix Theatre is a West End theatre in the London Borough of Camden, located in Charing Cross Road (on the corner of Flitcroft Street). The entrances are on Phoenix Street and Charing Cross Road. The Phoenix Theatre was built on the site of a former factory and then music hall Alcazar before.[1]
Description
Built for
There are golden engravings in the auditorium, and red seats, carpets and curtains. This look is based on traditional Italian theatres. There are decorated ceilings and sculpted wooden doors throughout the building.
It opened on 24 September 1930 with the premiere of Private Lives by Noël Coward, who also appeared in the play, with Adrienne Allen, Gertrude Lawrence and Laurence Olivier. Coward returned to the theatre with Tonight at 8.30, a series of ten[3] plays, in 1936 and Quadrille in 1952.
On 16 December 1969, the long association with Coward was celebrated with a midnight matinee in honour of his 70th birthday, and the foyer bar was renamed the Noel Coward Bar.
Productions
The Phoenix has had a number of successful plays including
In the mid-1950s,
The theatre hosted many musicals in the 1980s and 1990s, including
The production of Blood Brothers, the Willy Russell musical that transferred from the Noël Coward Theatre in November 1991, ended a 21-year run on 10 November 2012 after becoming the longest-running production at the theatre, following limited engagements of Goodnight Mister Tom and Midnight Tango. The theatre then played host to the original West End production of Broadway musical Once, which opened in April 2013 and closed on 21 March 2015.
The show closed on 5 January 2019.
In June 2018, it was announced that the hit Broadway musical Come from Away would transfer to the Phoenix, which it did in February 2019. The production closed on 7 January 2023.[8]
Previews of Stranger Things: The First Shadow, based on the hit Netflix show, began on November 17th 2023. It officially opened on December 14th, with its first run scheduled to conclude on August 25th 2024.[9]
The theatre is owned by the
See also
References
- Citations
- ^ "The Phoenix Theatre, Charing Cross Road, WC2". www.arthurlloyd.co.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ^ Limited, London Theatre Direct. "Phoenix Theatre". London Theatre Direct.
- ^ The theatre programme on the night
- ^ Shenton, Mark (16 September 2016). "The Girls, Musical by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth, to Premiere in West End". Playbill. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ Bowie-Sell, Daisy (16 February 2018). "Ruthie Henshall, Sarah Soetaert, and Josefina Gabrielle to star in Chicago". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
- ^ Bowie-Sell, Daisy (24 July 2018). "Alexandra Burke joins the cast of Chicago in the West End". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
- ^ "DENISE VAN OUTEN to star as Velma Kelly in CHICAGO". BestOfTheatre.co.uk. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "Come From Away extends again - For the last time". London Box Office. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Stranger Things: The First Shadow". 26 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ Historic England (23 October 1973). "The Phoenix Theatre (1242926)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- Further reading
- Earl, John; Sell, Michael (2000). Guide to British Theatres 1750–1950. Theatres Trust. p. 131. ISBN 0-7136-5688-3.