Prince of Wales Theatre

The stunning Prince of Wales Theatre has a good occupancy of 1160 and is located at 31, Coventry Street, London, W1D 6AS. The seats have been categorized into Stalls and Dress Circle. The magnificent theatre is positioned between the immensely popular tourist spots Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square. The magnificent theatre is located near some of the famous attractions like Big Ben and Trafalgar Square.

 Prince of Wales Theatre is located at an area near some of the affordable restaurants and bars. Theatre is accessible via major modes of commutation such as tubes, buses, cars or taxis. For the disabled patrons and carers, theatre offers discounted tickets. The box office is well equipped with induction loop, whereas main auditorium has infra-red system.

 In the year 1884, Prince of Wales Theatre was constructed and originally named as Prince’s Theatre. The theatre was renamed after two years to honour future Edward VII. The initial few decades of the theatre has hosted the works of W. S. Gilbert, Ibsen and Sheridan.

 In the year 1892, theatre hosted the first English musical comedy George Edwardes In Town! Theatre has been the abode of some of the popular productions like Ivor Novello’s debut’s play The Rat in the year 1924. As the theatre was gaining huge popularity, it has been destroyed and reconstructed to increase the seating capacity.

 Prince of Wales made its reopening in the year 1937 and hosted some of the popular shows and movie premiers like Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator. During the era of 50s, theatre hosted varied range of acts like Norman Wisdom, Peter Sellers, Benny Hill and Morecambe and Wise. Some of the popular productions of Prince of Wales Theatre are Funny Girl features Barbra Streisand, Bedroom Farce, Underneath the Arches and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love, Rent, The Full Monty and Cliff.