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Post by craig on Nov 23, 2019 20:00:48 GMT
The Old Vic is also classified as a West End theatre, isn't it (despite its Waterloo location)? It certainly used to be, before Spacey took it over. I remember seeing Life x 3 there with Mark Rylance and Imelda Staunton. It wasn't on the Wikipedia list but, yes, I don't see why it shouldn't be really... Victoria is hardly 'west end' either.
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Post by david on Nov 23, 2019 20:50:07 GMT
A great thread that really got me thinking. Having had a root through the boxes of my collected programmes, it looks like the only theatres left on the list to visit are -
Arts Her Majesty’s Lyric Piccadilly Sondheim
I might make visiting them a New Years resolution so I can complete the list.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2019 21:30:49 GMT
Just the Lyric left for me. Hoping to be enticed there with the new productions entering after the refurb!
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Post by sf on Nov 23, 2019 21:34:21 GMT
I think all of them apart from Her Majesty's.
(I've seen Phantom, but not in London.)
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Post by Phantom of London on Nov 23, 2019 23:14:51 GMT
The Old Vic is also classified as a West End theatre, isn't it (despite its Waterloo location)? It certainly used to be, before Spacey took it over. I remember seeing Life x 3 there with Mark Rylance and Imelda Staunton. It wasn't on the Wikipedia list but, yes, I don't see why it shouldn't be really... Victoria is hardly 'west end' either. The National is also a West End theatre. Cannot remember if The Other Palace or Bridge are? Could be the new Boulevard theatre is?
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Post by craig on Nov 23, 2019 23:19:08 GMT
It wasn't on the Wikipedia list but, yes, I don't see why it shouldn't be really... Victoria is hardly 'west end' either. The National is also a West End theatre. Cannot remember if The Other Palace or Bridge are? Could be the new Boulevard theatre is? I didn't think the National considered themselves a West End venue.
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Post by Phantom of London on Nov 23, 2019 23:27:44 GMT
They’re are a member of SOLT though.
it is easier to answer the length of a piece of string, than define a West End theatre!
Broadway theatre is much easier that being over 499 seats and a member of the Broadway League.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Nov 23, 2019 23:28:29 GMT
The Resident Monkey has been to the St Martins pre The Mousetrap. Cheek! And No. But yes, all West End theatres, multiple times, not always just for public performances either (you've no idea how kind the West End can be). What is your favourite TM?
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Post by ukpuppetboy on Nov 23, 2019 23:30:18 GMT
The National is also a West End theatre. Cannot remember if The Other Palace or Bridge are? Could be the new Boulevard theatre is? I didn't think the National considered themselves a West End venue. Does the criteria require some contribution to the Society of London Theatre (and SWET before that)? I assume as the NT productions are considered for Olivier Awards they are considered West End, with smaller venues like the Other Palace, Boulevard, Soho, Turbine etc being classes as Off-West End. It was always much clearer with the paper West-End Theatre guides (which always included the NT and Old Vic).
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Post by Phantom of London on Nov 23, 2019 23:31:40 GMT
Cheek! And No. But yes, all West End theatres, multiple times, not always just for public performances either (you've no idea how kind the West End can be). What is your favourite TM? The other being when you are busy with your tape measure in the stalls!!!
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Post by Phantom of London on Nov 23, 2019 23:33:09 GMT
I didn't think the National considered themselves a West End venue. Does the criteria require some contribution to the Society of London Theatre (and SWET before that)? I assume as the NT productions are considered for Olivier Awards they are considered West End, with smaller venues like the Other Palace, Boulevard, Soho, Turbine etc being classes as Off-West End. It was always much clearer with the paper West-End Theatre guides (which always included the NT and Old Vic). A West End theatre isn’t defined by size.
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Post by marob on Nov 23, 2019 23:34:59 GMT
Interesting thread. I've thought about it a few times today and I'm genuinely surprised to find that I've been to 23.
I'm only able to go to London for 3-4 days at the most so always have to prioritise limited runs. That's why I've never gotten around to The Mousetrap, Les Mis (bit underwhelmed by the film too), Phantom, or Hamilton.
I'm vaguely interested in seeing the likes of Matilda, The Lion King, or Mama Mia, to see what the fuss is about. I'm not sure I'd like them though so I keep giving them a miss. I've seen The Woman in Black, Wicked, and The Book of Mormon on Tour, so they're out too. Definite no to Thriller Live.
I wouldn't normally bother listing them but reading other posters' lists above helped jog my memory, so here's what I've come up with. YMMV.
Adelphi - No Aldwych - No Ambassadors - No Apollo - My Night With Reg, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Apollo Victoria - No Arts - Bad Jews Cambridge - No Criterion - The Comedy About a Bank Robbery Dominion - An American in Paris Duchess - The Play That Goes Wrong Duke Of York's - Doctor Faustus, The Glass Menagerie, King Lear, Summer and Smoke Fortune - No Garrick - Twelve Angry Men, The Scotsboro Boys, the Branagh season, Young Frankenstein Gielgud - Strangers on a Train(?), The Ferryman, Company Gillian Lynne - No Harold Pinter - Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolff?, The Pinter season, Captain Corelli's Mandolin Her Majesty's - No London Palladium - Snow White panto, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Lyceum - No Lyric - No Noël Coward - Mrs Henderson Presents, Labour of Love, The Lieutenant of Innishmore, The Inheritance, All About Eve Novello - No Palace - Harry Potter Phoenix - Chicago Piccadilly - Death of a Salesman Playhouse - Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, 1984, Prince Edward - Aladdin Prince Of Wales - No Savoy - Gypsy, Dreamgirls Shaftesbury - The Pajama Game Sondheim (Queens) - No St Martins - No Theatre Royal, Drury Lane - 42nd Street Theatre Royal Haymarket - The Elephant Man, The Libertine Trafalgar Studios - Ghosts, Richard III, The Ruling Class, The Maids, The Spoils, Apologia, Killer Joe Vaudeville - Hand to God, Dead Funny, the Oscar Wilde season, True West, Groan Ups Victoria Palace - No Wyndham's - Blithe Spirit, A View From the Bridge, King Charles III, The Weir, No Man's Land, Long Day's Journey into Night, Don Juan in Soho, Red
I seem to be a big fan of musicals, film adaptations and nudity 😳
(Also The Other Palace, Royal Court, Hampstead Theatre, National Theatre, Coliseum, Donmar Warehouse, The Bridge, Young Vic, Old Vic, Lyric Hammersmith, Southwark Playhouse, Finborough Theatre, Almeida Theatre, the Globe, and the pop-ups on Charing Cross Road and at King's Cross.)
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Post by craig on Nov 23, 2019 23:35:17 GMT
The Royal Court always feels like a notable omission too. One of my faves.
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Post by ukpuppetboy on Nov 23, 2019 23:38:32 GMT
Does the criteria require some contribution to the Society of London Theatre (and SWET before that)? I assume as the NT productions are considered for Olivier Awards they are considered West End, with smaller venues like the Other Palace, Boulevard, Soho, Turbine etc being classes as Off-West End. It was always much clearer with the paper West-End Theatre guides (which always included the NT and Old Vic). A West End theatre isn’t defined by size. I didn’t mean to imply that it did (the Donmar was always included in the paper theatre guides also). Like your post that beat me to the punch I was suggesting that being considered “West End” was dependent on membership to SOLT/SWET. Apologies if that wasn’t clearer. In which case The Royal Court.... IS. Isn’t it?🤔! And for memory they used to publish listings for the Lyric Hammersmith, but separately. 🤦🏼♂️ OK. I give up...
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Post by Jon on Nov 23, 2019 23:39:08 GMT
I didn't think the National considered themselves a West End venue. Does the criteria require some contribution to the Society of London Theatre (and SWET before that)? I assume as the NT productions are considered for Olivier Awards they are considered West End, with smaller venues like the Other Palace, Boulevard, Soho, Turbine etc being classes as Off-West End. It was always much clearer with the paper West-End Theatre guides (which always included the NT and Old Vic). I think the Lyttelton and Olivier are eligible but not the Dorfman. The Donmar despite being located in Central London I'm unsure if it's part of SOLT or not.
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Post by catcat100 on Nov 23, 2019 23:58:00 GMT
So with only 2 years of going to the theatre under my belt, Albeit, quite an intensive couple of years. I've notched up 21 so far.
Think I can get another 8 in the next few months with what's planned, which leaves 9 which currently have shows which I really don't want to see.
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Post by Phantom of London on Nov 24, 2019 0:31:09 GMT
Does the criteria require some contribution to the Society of London Theatre (and SWET before that)? I assume as the NT productions are considered for Olivier Awards they are considered West End, with smaller venues like the Other Palace, Boulevard, Soho, Turbine etc being classes as Off-West End. It was always much clearer with the paper West-End Theatre guides (which always included the NT and Old Vic). I think the Lyttelton and Olivier are eligible but not the Dorfman. The Donmar despite being located in Central London I'm unsure if it's part of SOLT or not. Collaborators & The Curious..............in the Nighttime won the Olivier, whilst The Flick, This House and People, Place & Things recently played the Dorfman. City of Angels won the Oliver whilst One Night in Miami........., The Night Alive, My Night with Reg all got nominated at the Donmar. As I said it easier to judge a length of string than define a West End theatre.
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Post by kasper on Nov 24, 2019 9:43:27 GMT
All of them And also National (All 3) Old VIc London Coliseum Arts Barbican Bloomsbury Bridge Charing Cross Donmar Warehouse Leicester Square Young Vic Peacock Globe The other Palace trafalgar studios Soho
The only theatre that I have never visites is the Royal Opera House.
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Post by craig on Nov 24, 2019 11:47:52 GMT
All of them And also National (All 3) Old VIc London Coliseum Arts Barbican Bloomsbury Bridge Charing Cross Donmar Warehouse Leicester Square Young Vic Peacock Globe The other Palace trafalgar studios Soho The only theatre that I have never visites is the Royal Opera House. Sadlers Wells? Royal Court? (very impressive though!)
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Post by Someone in a tree on Nov 25, 2019 10:29:56 GMT
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Nov 25, 2019 19:44:50 GMT
Love you TM 🐵 🍌
(Despite our occasional disagreements!) 🧸
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Nov 25, 2019 20:04:27 GMT
We agree that I’m always right 🙂
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Post by mistressjojo on Nov 26, 2019 3:02:17 GMT
22 for me, which isn't too shabby for someone who lives 17,000 km away.
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Post by schuttep on Nov 27, 2019 11:14:14 GMT
When you get to my age it would be a surprise if there were theatres I HADN'T been to! All those mentioned I've been to (inc the Royalty - no longer there, I believe), as well as numerous theatres around the country:
Crucible, Sheffield Coventry Theatre (now defunct) Belgrade, Coventry Belgrade Venue, Coventry Apollo, Coventry Alexandra, Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham Old Rep, Birmingham Crescent, Birmingham Birmingham Repertory Theatre Brum Studio @ Birmingham Rep Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham NIA, Birmingham Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford Swan, Stratford The Other Place, Stratford Courtyard, Stratford (temporary theatre) Forum, Billingham Haymarket, Leicester Curve, Leicester Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Royal, Nottingham Gatehouse, Stafford Grand, Wolverhampton Opera House, Blackpool Theatre Royal, Plymouth Theatre Royal, Bath Ustinov Studio, Bath Empire, Liverpool Theatre Royal, York Greenwich Theatre Chichester Festival Theatre Minerva, Chichester Richmond Theatre Orange Tree, Richmond Wimbledon Theatre New Victoria, Woking Theatre Royal, Brighton Marlborough Little Theatre, Brighton New Theatre, Oxford Watermill, Newbury (Bagnor, actually) Lyceum, Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh Derby Playhouse Swan, High Wycombe Harrogate Theatre Everyman Studio, Cheltenham Orchard, Dartford Mayflower, Southampton West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds Leeds Grand Hippodrome, Bristol Marlowe, Canterbury Royal and Derngate, Northampton Churchill, Bromley Opera House, Manchester Royal Exchange, Manchester Lowry Lyric, Manchester Hope Mill, Manchester Salisbury Playhouse Theatre Royal, Windsor Rose, Kingston Jack Studio, Brockley Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford Watford Palace Millenium Cetre, Cardiff Kings, Portsmouth Theatre Royal, Winchester Theatre Royal, Stratford East Aylesbury Waterside Barn, Cirencester
and abroad:
Her Majesty's, Melbourne, Australia Universal, Melbourne, Australia Last Laugh, Melbourne, Australia Arts Centre Playhouse, Melbourne, Australia Opera House, Sydney, Australia Festival Theatre, Adelaide, Australia Manoel, Valletta, Malta St James Cavalier Centre, Valletta, Malta Koopermoolen, Amsterdam, Netherlands Mariinsky, St Petersburg, Russia Gershwin, New York Eugene O'Neill, New York Palace, New York St James, New York Orpheum, New York Broadway, New York Majestic, New York Golden, New York Winter Garden, New York Music Box, New York Shubert, New York Neil Simon, New York Imperial, New York Richard Rodgers, New York Marquis, New York Minskoff, New York Nederlander, New York Actors' Playhouse, New York Plymouth, New York Madison Square Garden, New York Lunt-Fontaine, New York Ford Center, New York Studio 54, New York Union Square, New York Circle in the Square, New York Martin Beck, New York Booth, New York Belasco, New York Sullivan Street Playhouse, New York Helen Hayes, New York Jane Street, New York Broadhurst, New York Henry Miller, New York State Theater Lincoln Centre, New York Paper Mill, Millburn, New Jersey Steppenwolf, Chicago James N Nederlander, Chicago Shakespeare, Chicago Lyric Opera, Chicago Writers' Theatre, Glencoe (Chicago) Opera House, Budapest, Hungary Theater an der Wein, Vienna, Austria Gate, Dublin Mogador, Paris Chatelet, Paris Starlighthalle, Bochum, Germany Neue Flora, Hamburg, Germany Reithalle, Munich, Germany
Whew!!!
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Post by CG on the loose on Nov 27, 2019 15:29:14 GMT
All bar the Fortune and St Martin's. Plus many London fringe theatres. And regional theatres. And a few overseas, but only a very few compared to the list above!
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Post by daisy24601 on Nov 27, 2019 22:26:15 GMT
Great topic. I went to the Vaudeville for the first time recently and wondered how many others I have yet to visit, now I can check and see.
Ones I've been to in bold:
Adelphi Aldwych Ambassadors Apollo Apollo Victoria Arts Cambridge Criterion Dominion Duchess Duke Of York's Fortune Garrick Gielgud Gillian Lynne Harold Pinter Her Majesty's London Palladium Lyceum Lyric Noël Coward Novello Palace Phoenix Piccadilly Playhouse Prince Edward Prince Of Wales Savoy Shaftesbury Sondheim (Queens) St Martins Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Theatre Royal Haymarket Trafalgar Studios Vaudeville Victoria Palace Wyndham's
Not too bad, some I'm not likely to visit anytime soon (Novello, Lyric...), some I really wasn't sure if I'd been there!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2019 22:37:19 GMT
Have seen a show in: Apollo Victoria (x3) Lyceum Phoenix Sondheim (ex-Queens)
Have been inside, but not for a show: Arts
Soon to visit: Arts (for a show) Adelphi
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Post by joem on Nov 30, 2019 23:08:56 GMT
I have been to all West End theatres and most fringe theatres in London. I haven't been to the Bloomsbury Theatre, the Peacock and the Shaw Theatre who occasionally put on stuff. Main fringe theatres I have yet to visit are the Arcola and the Hen and Chickens Theatre. Haven't been to the new Boulevard Theatre in Soho.
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Post by Mark on Jun 20, 2021 20:29:15 GMT
Saw The Mousetrap last week and saw Six tonight so finally ticket the last two off my list!
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Post by LaLuPone on Jun 20, 2021 20:41:07 GMT
Funnily enough every show I’ve been to since “reopening” has been at a theatre I’d never been to before so in just a month I’ve ticked off the Lyric, Sondheim, Apollo, Palace, Vaudeville and Alexandra Palace theatres!
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