Charing Cross Theatre
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| Address | The Arches, Villiers Street Westminster, London UK |
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| Coordinates | 51°30′29″N 0°07′27″W / 51.508099°N 0.124134°W |
| Owner | Steven M. Levy & Sean Sweeney |
| Type | Off West End theatre |
| Capacity | 265 |
| Current use | Theatre |
| Opened | 5 June 1913 |
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Previously called the New Players' Theatre and founded in 1936, the Charing Cross Theatre occupied several premises in the West End of London before locating to its present site under The Arches off Villiers Street below Charing Cross station. The current site was a famous Victorian music hall The Players' Theatre. It was refurbished in 2005 and taken under new management in 2006 and reopened as 'The New Players Theatre'.
It is one of the smallest West End Theatres, rebuilt to meet the demands of national and international producers wanting a theatre which offers a degree of intimacy and is the equivalent of an Off Broadway space. The Theatre then was taken under new management by Broadway producer Steven M. Levy and Sean Sweeney in 2011 and the theatre once again had its name changed to the Charing Cross Theatre with the Players Bar & Kitchen.
With the appointment of Thom Southerland as Artistic Director in 2016, Charing Cross Theatre announced it was turning into a producing house launching with a number of major musicals.[1]
Productions
Recent[2]
- The Knowledge - 4 September 2017 - 11 November 2017
- Death Takes A Holiday – 3 December 2016 – 21 January 2017
- Ragtime – 8 October – 10 December 2016
- Titanic – 28 May – 6 August 2016 (Return of Southwark Playhouse production)
- Dusty – 2015
- Truth, Lies Diana – 2014
- Grim – August 2014
- Ushers: The Front of House Musical – March to June 2014
- Finian's Rainbow – April to May 2014
- Lost Boy (play) Phil Willmott [3]
- A Christmas Carol
- Wag The Musical
- Dear World
- Naked Boys Singing
- La bohème
- Keeler
