
London West End Theatre
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The Aldwych Dress Circle bar opens 1 hour
before each performance, the Stalls bars & Upper Circle bar
open 30 minutes before each performance. Coffee and confectionary available in the Rear Stalls & Dress Circle Bars. A Champagne & Wine Bar is situated to the right of the Front Stalls. |
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Seats are available in the third row of the Dress Circle for wheelchair users. Wheelchair users must have an able bodied escort. Access to the theatre is from Drury Lane. The theatre has a separate disabled person's lavatory. The theatre now has a loop system. |
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NCP Parker Street/Drury Lane. Parking meters outside the Aldwych Theatre. |
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Temple/Covent Garden/Holborn are the closest to The Aldwych Theatre. |
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Charing Cross Railway Station is closet to The Aldwych Theatre. |
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Bus Routes: 1, 4, 11, 13, 15, 68, 98 for The Aldwych Theatre |
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When the area between Wellington Street,
Strand and Fleet Street was reconstructed in the last years
of the nineteenth century, much of London's old theatre land
was wiped out. The new streets of Aldwych and Kingsway were
constructed, with plans being drawn up for the building of
two theatres with identical facades along the Aldwych. There
was to be one on the corner of Catherine Street, and the
other on the corner of Drury Lane. Between the two theatres
there was to be a magnificent hotel, The Waldorf. The Waldorf Theatre, now The Strand, opened in May 1905 and the Aldwych Theatre was completed shortly afterwards in December 1905.. It was built by Seymour Hicks in association with American impresario Charles Frohman, to a design by W.G.R. Sprague with a seating capacity of 1,092. This has been increased to 1200. Not far off its centenary, the theatre is once again owned by an American, James Nederlander, and operated by Michael Codron Plays. |
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49, Aldwych, London, WC2B 4DF CLICK HERE FOR ON-LINE STREETMAP |
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