List of London venues

This is a partial list of entertainment venues in London.

Theatres

The majority of London's commercial "theatre land" is situated around Shaftesbury Avenue, the Strand and nearby streets in the West End. The theatres are receiving houses, and often feature transfers of major productions from the Royal National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company. (See the article "West End theatre", and see also the category ).

The following list also includes the major non-commercial theatres in London, many of which are to be found beyond the "West End".

West End theatres

*Adelphi Theatre
*Aldwych Theatre
*Ambassadors Theatre
*Apollo Theatre
*Apollo Victoria Theatre
*Arts Theatre
*Cambridge Theatre
*Churchill Theatre
*Coliseum Theatre
*Comedy Theatre
*Criterion Theatre
*Dominion Theatre
*Donmar Warehouse
*Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
*Duchess Theatre
*Duke of York's Theatre
*Fortune Theatre
*Garrick Theatre
*Gielgud Theatre
*Haymarket Theatre
*Her Majesty's Theatre
*Institute of Contemporary Arts
*Jermyn Street Theatre
*Landor Theatre
*London Coliseum
*London Palladium

*Lyceum Theatre
*Lyric Theatre
*Mermaid Theatre
*New London Theatre
*Noël Coward Theatre
*Novello Theatre
*Palace Theatre
*Phoenix Theatre
*Piccadilly Theatre
*Players' Theatre
*Playhouse Theatre
*Prince Edward Theatre
*Prince of Wales Theatre
*Queen's Theatre
*Royal Opera House
*Royal Court Jerwood Theatre
*Savoy Theatre
*Shaftesbury Theatre
*Soho Theatre
*St Martin's Theatre
*Vaudeville Theatre
*Victoria Palace Theatre
*Whitehall Theatre (Trafalgar Studios)
*Windmill Theatre
*Wyndham's Theatre

Outside the West End

Many major important theatres and National venues are sited beyond the traditional West End theatre land. They include the Royal National Theatre on the South Bank; the nearby Young Vic, Old Vic and Globe Theatres; Sadlers Wells in Rosebery Avenue and Barbican Arts Centre to the east; and the Royal Court Theatre in Chelsea.

*Almeida Theatre, (Islington)
*Anna Scher Theatre, (Islington)
*Arcola Theatre, (Shacklewell)
*Artsdepot, {North Finchley)
*The Ashcroft Theatre at Fairfield Halls, (Croydon)
*The Barbican Theatre, at the Barbican Arts Centre
*Barons Court Theatre, (Barons Court)
*Battersea Arts Centre, (Battersea)
*Brockley Jack Theatre, (Brockley)
*Brockwell Park, an open air theatre
*Bush Theatre, (Shepherds Bush)
* The Broadway Theatre, (Catford)
*Chelsea Theatre, (Chelsea)
*Cochrane Theatre, (Holborn)
*The Drill Hall, (Holborn)
*Erith Playhouse, (Erith)
*Etcetera Theatre, (Camden)
*Finborough Theatre, (Earls Court)
*Globe Theatre (a replica of Shakespeare's theatre on the South Bank)
*Greenwich Theatre, (Greenwich)
*Greenwich Playhouse, (Greenwich)
*Hackney Empire, (Hackney Central)
*Hampstead Theatre, (Hampstead)

*Hen and Chickens Theatre, (Highbury)
*The King's Head Theatre, (Islington)
*Millfield Theatre, (Edmonton)
*New Wimbledon Theatre, (Wimbledon)
*Old Red Lion Theatre {Islington)
*Old Vic Theatre
*Open Air Theatre, (Regents Park)
*Orange Tree Theatre, (Richmond)
*Peacock Theatre, (at Sadlers Wells)
*Pentameters Theatre, (Hampstead)
*The Pit at the Barbican Centre
*The Place, (Euston Road)
*Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch, (Hornchurch)
*Rosemary Branch Theatre, (Shoreditch)
*Royal Court Theatre, (Sloane Square)
*Royal National Theatre, (South Bank)
*Sadler's Wells Theatre, (Islington)
*South London Theatre
*Tabard Theatre, (Chiswick)
*Theatre 503, (Battersea)
*Theatre Royal Stratford East
*Tricycle Theatre, (Kilburn)
*The UCL Bloomsbury
*Warehouse Theatre, (Croydon)
*Young Vic Theatre (Lambeth)

Former theatres

The List of English Renaissance theatres covers the period from the establishment of the first Tudor theatres, through to their suppression by parliament at the beginning of the English Civil War.

The List of Former theatres in London covers the period from the reopening of the playhouses after the English Restoration through to the 21st century. It includes music halls.

Opera, ballet and dance

The two main opera houses are:
*Royal Opera House
*London Coliseum (the home of English National Opera)Both of the above also stage ballet. Holland Park Opera stages opera at an outdoor venue in the summer. Several of the theatres listed have staged opera in the past, including the following:
*Sadlers Wells - London's main dance theatre
*Barbican Theatre - regularly hosts leading touring dance companies
*Savoy Theatre, the former home of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company (Gilbert and Sullivan - inactive)

Live music

*100 Club (indie rock and pop)
*12 Bar Club (blues, country music, folk, pop, rock and acoustic)
*93 Feet East
*Alexandra Palace (indie rock and pop)
*Barbican Hall at The Barbican Centre (classical/jazz/world)
*Brixton Academy (indie rock and pop)
*Earl's Court (rock and pop)
*Electric Ballroom (indie rock and pop)
*ExCeL Exhibition Centre
*Fairfield Halls
*The Grand (Clapham Junction, former music hall now a night club)
*Hammersmith Apollo (indie rock and pop)
*Hammersmith Palais (indie rock and pop)
*Hanover Grand Theatre (disco)
*Jazz Cafe (jazz)
*Kentish Town Forum
*Kingsway Hall (classical and film music)
*KOKO (indie rock and pop), (Camden Town)
*London Astoria (indie rock and pop)
*London Forum (indie rock and pop)

*Marquee Club (indie rock and pop)
*Mean Fiddler (indie rock and pop)
*The Ocean Music Venue, (Hackney Central)
*Purcell Room at the South Bank Centre (chamber music)
*Queen Elizabeth Hall at the South Bank Centre (orchestral and chamber music)
*Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club (jazz)
*Royal Albert Hall (classical, pop and miscellaneous)
*Royal Festival Hall at the South Bank Centre (classical and jazz)
*Scala (indie rock and pop)
*Shepherd's Bush Empire (indie rock and pop)
*St John's, Smith Square (chamber music}
*The 2i's Coffee Bar 1956-1970
*The Borderline (indie rock and pop)
*The Garage (indie rock and pop)
*The Roundhouse
*The UCL Bloomsbury
*The Venue
*Turnmills
*Wembley Arena (rock and pop)
*Wembley Stadium (stadium rock)
*Wigmore Hall (chamber music)

Cinema

There are cinemas throughout Greater London, particularly multi-screen venues, however the majority of first run and independent films are shown in cinemas around Leicester Square.
*Odeon Leicester Square
*Odeon West End
*Empire, Leicester Square
*Prince Charles Cinema
*Vue West End
*National Film Theatre
*London IMAX

Clubs

There are clubs throughout Greater London, with many performing on a temporary basis. The more permanent ones are listed, but there is also a group of clubs in the Shoreditch and Hoxton areas.
*Chuckle club ^{[http://www.chuckleclub.com/]} — a comedy club begun in 1986 that has changed venues over time, located in the Three Tuns pub in the London School of Economics
*Electric Ballroom — a performance venue located in Camden Town constructed in the 1930s
*Hippodrome — built in 1900, this building was used for most of its lifetime as a venue for revues and musical comedy; it now functions as a private (for-hire) event venue

External links

* [http://www.venuesoflondon.co.uk Exclusive Venues of London] Impartial Ratings of London's Best Venues
* [http://www.funkyvenues.com Funky Venues] Funky Venues
* [http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/ SOLT] Society of London Theatres
* [http://www.rutheatres.com/ Really Useful Theatres] Really Useful Theatres - West End theatre owners
* [http://www.delfontmackintosh.co.uk/ Delfont Mackintosh ] Delfont Mackintosh Theatres - West End theatre owners
* [http://www.theambassadors.com/ ATG] Ambassadors Theatre Group - West End theatre owners
* [http://www.uktw.co.uk/ UK Theatre Web]
* [http://www.theatre.com/ Theatre.com - Covers London shows]
* [http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/LondonWestEndTheatres.htm London's West End Theatres] Information and archive material on London's historic Theatres.
* [http://www.uktheatre.net UK Theatre Network] News, reviews, previews and interviews of theatre around the UK
* [http://westendwhingers.wordpress.com/ West End Whingers] Satirical reviews of West End Theatre productions
* [http://www.web-boxoffice.com Web Box-Office] Ticket price and availability comparison service