There are four bars at The Dominion Theatre. Also available is hot and cold refreshments and snacks served.

Wheelchair Booking Line: 020 7636 2295

Disabled Access. Disabled person's Toilet

NCP Great Russell Street is parking closest to The Dominion Theatre.

Tottenham Court Road. (Northern & Central Lines)

Charing Cross rail for The Dominion Theatre

Bus Routes: 7, 8, 10, 14, 19, 24, 25, 29, 38, 55, 73, 98, 176

HISTORY

The Dominion Theatre

The Dominion Theatre is located immediately adjacent to Tottenham Court Road tube station, at the junction with New Oxford Street. Although its location is central, the property is some distance away from the rest of the West End’s ‘Theatreland’. The building was originally constructed in 1928 and converted to cinema use in the 1930’s.
 
According to “The Theatres of London” book,  by Richard Mander and Joe Mitchenson, this was once the site for the St Giles’s Leper Hospital, founded in 1101 by Matilda, Queen of Henry I. A brewery had covered the ground as far back as 1764, and in 1809 Henry Meux took possession of the brewery, naming it Meux’s Brewery.

It was built on two sites, with the auditorium and stage on a site previously occupied by Meux’s brewery. It was designed by the architects William & T. R. Milburn.

The Dominion opened on 3rd October 1929 with an American musical comedy on golf by De Sylvia Brown and Henderson called Follow Through. Neither this, nor a follow up musical, Silver Wings were very successful.  Later, there followed Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights without dialogue, but with synchronised music and sound effects. It opened in February 1931, with Chaplin making a personal appearance. More live shows followed, but in April 1932 a receiver was appointed with a compulsory winding up order being made on 30th May 1932.