Duchess Theatre

Duchess Theatre
Glorious at the Duchess Theatre in 2006
Map
AddressCatherine Street
London, WC2
United Kingdom
Coordinates51°30′44″N 0°07′10″W / 51.51226°N 0.11957°W / 51.51226; -0.11957
Public transitLondon Underground Covent Garden; Temple
OwnerNimax Theatres
DesignationGrade II
TypeWest End theatre
Capacity494 on 2 levels[1]
ProductionThe Play That Goes Wrong
Construction
Opened25 November 1929; 95 years ago (1929-11-25)
ArchitectEwen Barr
Website
www.nimaxtheatres.com/nimax/duchess

The Duchess Theatre is a West End theatre in the City of Westminster, London, located in Catherine Street[2] near Aldwych.

The theatre opened on 25 November 1929 and is one of the smallest West End theatres with a proscenium arch. It has 494 seats on two levels. It is a Grade II Listed Building.[3]

The Duchess Theatre was purchased in 2005 by Nica Burns and Max Weitzenhoffer forming part of the Nimax Theatres group.[4]

  1. ^ "Duchess Theatre". nimaxtheatres.com. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  2. ^ Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher (1993). The London Encyclopaedia (Rev. ed.). London: PaperMac. p. 246. ISBN 0-333-57688-8. OCLC 28963301.
  3. ^ Historic England (7 July 2005). "Duchess Theatre (1391525)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  4. ^ "About The Duchess Theatre London". Retrieved 10 May 2022.