There are two bars at The Duchess Theatre. Also available are confectionery, sandwiches and cakes.

Accessible To A Wheelchair User Able To Walk Short Distances And Up A Few Steps. There are disabled person's Toilets. There is Induction Loop or Infra-red sound amplification.

NCP at Drury Lane for parking close to The Duchess Theatre.

Covent Garden (Piccadilly line) for the tube station closest to The Duchess Theatre.

Charing Cross is British Rail Station close to The Duchess Theatre.

Bus Routes: 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 77A, 91, 176

HISTORY

Duchess Theatre

The Duchess theatre opened on 25 ^th November, 1929 and is one of the smallest 'proscenium arched' West End theatres. The circle, which is narrower than the stalls, is unusual for the time. Notable productions include, Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit in 1942 (which transferred from the Piccadilly Theatre to the St James Theatre before moving to the Duchess Theatre where it completed a run of 1,997 performances.

The 1970's brought somewhat 'raunchy' entertainment in the form of The Dirtiest Show in Town which run for just under 800 performances. In December 1974 the controversial production of Oh, Calcutta! transferred here from the Royalty Theatre and remained here until 1980. Between 1987 and 1990 The Players Theatre company presented their Late Joys Victorian Music Hall programme. The mid-90's were taken up with a successful run of Marc Camoletti's Don't Dress For Dinner which transferred here from the Apollo Theatre in October 1992 and stayed until 1st March, 1997. Another successful production here was the Royal Shakespeare Company's The Herbal Bed by Peter Whelan which run for six months from April to October 1997.