Sondheim Theatre

Sondheim Theatre
The Sondheim Theatre in 2011 (then the Queen's), showing Les Misérables
Map
AddressShaftesbury Avenue
London, WC2
United Kingdom
Coordinates51°30′43″N 0°07′58″W / 51.511944°N 0.132778°W / 51.511944; -0.132778
Public transitLondon Underground Leicester Square; Piccadilly Circus
OwnerDelfont Mackintosh Theatres
DesignationGrade II
Capacity1137 on 3 levels
ProductionLes Misérables
Website
Official website
Auditorium prior to the 2019 refurbishment
Auditorium, ceiling detail prior to the refurbishment

The Sondheim Theatre (formerly the Queen's Theatre) is a West End theatre located in Shaftesbury Avenue on the corner of Wardour Street in the City of Westminster, London. It opened as the Queen's Theatre on 8 October 1907, as a twin to the neighbouring Hicks Theatre (now the Gielgud Theatre) which had opened ten months earlier. Both theatres were designed by W. G. R. Sprague. The theatre was Grade II listed by English Heritage in June 1972.[1]

In 2019 the theatre's name was changed from the Queen's to the Sondheim Theatre (after Stephen Sondheim) after a 20-week refurbishment. The theatre reopened on 18 December 2019.

  1. ^ Historic England. "The Queen's Theatre (Grade II) (1236175)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 October 2019.