Entertainment near Royal Opera House - Covent Garden London
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Russell Street, London, Covent Garden, London WC2B | 3 minutes walk from Royal Opera House - Covent Garden London
The first theatre built after World War I is an astonishing piece of architecture. Built in 1922-4, it preceded the arrival of the Art Deco... More
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41 Earlham Street, Seven Dials, London, Covent Garden, London WC2H | 3 minutes walk from Royal Opera House - Covent Garden London
Housed in an impressive red-brick industrial building - at various times a brewery, a banana warehouse and a film studio - this tiny repertory theatre... More
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Catherine Street, London, Covent Garden, London WC2B | 3 minutes walk from Royal Opera House - Covent Garden London
London's oldest theatre is also its most spectacular, with a palatial auditorium that is among the most impressive in the world. The first theatre on... More
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Drury Lane, London, Covent Garden, London WC2B | 3 minutes walk from Royal Opera House - Covent Garden London
Although this site has been an entertainment venue since at least the mid-19th century, the New London Theatre only opened its doors in 1973, making... More
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Aldwych, London, Covent Garden, London WC2B4LD | 5 minutes walk from Royal Opera House - Covent Garden London
With the Waldorf Hotel sandwiched inbetween them, the Aldwych and Strand theatres were originally built to work as a pair. The Aldwych is probably most noted... More
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Aldwych, London, Covent Garden, London WC2B | 5 minutes walk from Royal Opera House - Covent Garden London
Built in 1905 to form a pair with the near-identical Aldwych Theatre, the Novello Theatre (formerly known as the Strand Theatre) is one of London's... More
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6-7 Great Newport Street, London, Covent Garden, London WC2H | 5 minutes walk from Royal Opera House - Covent Garden London
The Arts Theatre was built in 1927 as a members club, which allowed it to circumvent the censorship laws and perform unusual and avant garde... More
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West Street, London, Covent Garden, London WC2H | 5 minutes walk from Royal Opera House - Covent Garden London
Designed as a companion theatre to the New Ambassador’s, which stands next to it, separated only by the narrow Tower Court, St Martin’s was completed... More
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210 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, Covent Garden, London WC2H | 6 minutes walk from Royal Opera House - Covent Garden London
A large and appealingly shabby Edwardian theatre which has produced almost a century of successful popular theatre and musicals. The most notorious of these was... More
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Portugal Street, London, Holborn, London WC2A | 6 minutes walk from Royal Opera House - Covent Garden London
This theatre is a major force on the national and international dance scene, with an innovative programme from Sadler's Wells that is keeping London's... More
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Strand, London, Covent Garden, London WC2R | 6 minutes walk from Royal Opera House - Covent Garden London
Situated alongside the Savoy Hotel, the building of the current theatre with its Art Deco auditorium, was financed by Richard d'Oyly Carte with the considerable... More
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St Martin's Lane, London, Covent Garden, London WC2N | 6 minutes walk from Royal Opera House - Covent Garden London
London Coliseum is a magnificent historic building and an excellent venue in which to enjoy the soaring sounds and high drama of some truly thrilling... More
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Shaftesbury Avenue, London, Soho, London W1A | 6 minutes walk from Royal Opera House - Covent Garden London
The towering Palace Theatre dominates Cambridge Circus. Five storeys of dark-red brick with octagonal towers on the top give it a looming aspect better suited... More
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Charing Cross Road, London, Soho, London WC2H | 7 minutes walk from Royal Opera House - Covent Garden London
This is a gorgeous Edwardian Theatre, and the first theatre to show many famous productions, including 'Godspell' and Yazmin Reza's incredibly popular three-hander 'Art'. Known... More
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2 Charing Cross Road, London, Soho, London WC2H | 7 minutes walk from Royal Opera House - Covent Garden London
Named after the great 18th century actor-manager David Garrick, whose portrait hangs in the foyer bar, The Garrick is a fantastic piece of late-Victorian kitsch.... More
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Old Compton Street, London, Soho, London W1D | 8 minutes walk from Royal Opera House - Covent Garden London
The Prince Edward Theatre was designed by Edward Stone and opened in 1930 with a performance of the musical ‘Rio Rita’. Just a few years... More
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268 Tottenham Court Road, London, Bloomsbury, London W1T | 9 minutes walk from Royal Opera House - Covent Garden London
Huge, but now slightly shabby, theatre which plays host to big, rocking musicals. The Dominion has a huge stage and hundreds of seats - on... More
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21 Dean Street, London, Soho, London W1D | 10 minutes walk from Royal Opera House - Covent Garden London
The Soho Theatre Company was formed in 1969 by Verity Bargate and Fred Proud, but it didn't have a permanent home until 2000, when its... More
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Coventry Street, London, Soho, London W1D | 10 minutes walk from Royal Opera House - Covent Garden London
Theatres have stood on this spot since 1884, perfectly placed to draw the attention of the great crowds moving between Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square.... More
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Northumberland Avenue, London, Westminster, London WC2N | 10 minutes walk from Royal Opera House - Covent Garden London
A short step away from the main strip of West End theatres, the Playhouse's stylish curved facade is rather lost among the towering architecture of... More
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Piccadilly Circus, London, Soho, London W1J | 12 minutes walk from Royal Opera House - Covent Garden London
The tiny entrance of the Criterion theatre is almost invisible among the massive advertisements, traffic and crowds of Piccadilly Circus. To ignore it, however, is... More
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9 Norwich Street, London, Holborn, London EC4A | 15 minutes walk from Royal Opera House - Covent Garden London
Quirky, alternative cabaret club. From cream teas to secret organic cocktails, cabaret and comedy, Kuki La-Belle and Delores von Cotier’s cheeky club combines the naughty with... More
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8 Argyll Street, London, Soho, London W1F | 17 minutes walk from Royal Opera House - Covent Garden London
For those who owned televisions in the 1950s and 1960s, the London Palladium is quite simply the most famous variety theatre in the world. Stars... More
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15 Gordon Street, London, Bloomsbury, London WC1H | 22 minutes walk from Royal Opera House - Covent Garden London
Owned and part-funded by University College London, the Bloomsbury was completed in 1968 on the site of a bomb-damaged church. The years have not been... More
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66 The Cut, London, South Bank, London SE1 | 23 minutes walk from Royal Opera House - Covent Garden London
Knocked together out of breeze blocks for a minimal budget in 1970, Lawrence Olivier's experimental theatre was intended to last for five years, and provide... More
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103 The Cut, London, South Bank, London SE1 | 23 minutes walk from Royal Opera House - Covent Garden London
With the exception of The Globe, the Old Vic has had a greater influence on the history of drama than any theatre standing today. From... More
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15-16 Triton Street, Regents Place, London, Fitzrovia, London NW1 | 27 minutes walk from Royal Opera House - Covent Garden London
The New Diorama Theatre is an 80-seat performance space located in central London, close to Great Portland Street, dedicated to presenting the work of theatre... More
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21 New Globe Walk, Bankside, London, Bankside, London SE1 | 28 minutes walk from Royal Opera House - Covent Garden London
This replica of the Shakespeare's 16th century theatre, reconstructed just 200 yards from its original site, is the brainchild of American actor and director Sam... More
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21 New Globe Walk, London, Bankside, London SE1 | 28 minutes walk from Royal Opera House - Covent Garden London
The Rose Theatre was built in 1587 but was only discovered in 1989 during excavations for new office buildings. Two-thirds of the original site were... More
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12 Palace Street, London, SW1E | 30 minutes walk from Royal Opera House - Covent Garden London
Billed by its operators as 'the first newly built central London theatre in 30 years', St James Theatre opens to the public in September 2012. Built on... More
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