A Guide To The Aldwych Theatre

The Great Aldwych Theatre, which opened December 23, 1905, with the presentation of "Blue Bill", written by Walter Wallis, designed by WGR Sprague, and funded by Seymour Hicks, along with Charles Frohman. Has been decorated in the style of Georgian decorative and opened as part of new construction to London .

Aldwych, which also includes the theater scene nearly identical counterparts, and the Waldorf Theatre (now known Novello). Takes two theaters, the Waldorf Hotel. Aldwych and is the second row, the West End Theatre is located in the Aldwych, WC2B 4DF, in Westminster. After the "Bill Blue," and showed the theater "beauty bath" in 1906, was the use of "Gordons Gay" in 1907, location and space for rehearsal, "If Hausmann de Falcon," a play controversial that for the first time in Paris later that year . 

 It was in 1920, was the implementation of the "anonymous" and from 1925 to 1933, and a center for the performance of farces by Ben Travers, featuring Norma Varden, Shotter Winifred, Hare Robertson and comedian Tom and walls Yvonne Arnauld, a popular singer at that time. These deals were known, played exclusively in this theater, on behalf of "Aldwych farces." In 1933, a new version of "Dreimäderlhaus Das" and presented in the theater under the title of "Lilac Time". "A Streetcar Named Desire" was introduced in 1949 and the Academy Award-winning actress Vivien Leigh, who had won the award for the film version of the play. Was directed by Laurence Olivier to offer, Leigh's husband. In December 1960, management announced that the Theatre Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon was planning to base for production to London in the theater over the next three years.  

In fact, the team remained in the theater for more than 20 years, move to the Barbican Arts Centre in 1982. During company time in the theater, because it produces many popular shows including "Greeks," "Nicholas Nickleby", and shows Shakespeare's multiple. It appeared from 1990 to 1991, "private life" starring Joan Collins, in Aldwych. Other productions include "The Inspector Calls," showed 1993-1995; "Indian Ink," Run 1995-1996; "Tolstoy", it appears from April to May 1996; Andrew Lloyd Webber and "Whistle Down the Wind", Jim Steinman, who continued in 1998-2001; "Spider-FAB," Implementation of the 2001-2002 "; Fame - Musical," which had an impressive run stretching from September 6, 2002, to April 22, 2006, and "Dirty Dancing - for the classic story on stage theater, "which for the first time September 28, 2006, and continues to play now. Theatre has the potential for sponsors 1176, but is rarely used in the areas of permanent, effective in 1092 have seats. Stalls of the theater, two passages that run from the back of the theater to the row HH. Seats in the front section and do not have a walkway in a single block of Central.