This is a partial list of entertainment venues in London, England.
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 Theatre companies in London).
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 Also see List of West End theatres for further specifications.
Adelphi Theatre Aldwych Theatre Ambassadors Theatre Apollo Theatre Apollo Victoria Theatre Arts Theatre Cambridge Theatre Criterion Theatre Dominion Theatre Duchess Theatre Duke of York's Theatre Fortune Theatre Garrick Theatre Gielgud Theatre Gillian Lynne Theatre (formerly New London Theatre) Harold Pinter Theatre Haymarket Theatre Her Majesty's Theatre London Palladium Lyceum Theatre Lyric Theatre Noël Coward Theatre Novello Theatre Palace Theatre Phoenix Theatre Piccadilly Theatre Playhouse Theatre Prince Edward Theatre Prince of Wales Theatre Savoy Theatre Shaftesbury Theatre @sohoplace Sondheim Theatre (formerly The Queen's Theatre) St Martin's Theatre Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Trafalgar Studios Vaudeville Theatre Victoria Palace 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; Sadler's Wells in Rosebery Avenue and Barbican Arts Centre to the east; and the Royal Court Theatre in Chelsea.
Above the Stag Theatre - 100 (Vauxhall) Albany Theatre - 300 (Deptford) Almeida Theatre - 325 (Islington) Arcola Theatre - 240 (Shacklewell) Artsdepot, Pentland - 395, Studio - 160 (North Finchley) Ashcroft_Theatre at Fairfield Halls - 755 (Croydon) The Barbican Theatre, at the Barbican Arts Centre - 1155 (City of London) Barons Court Theatre - 60 (Barons Court) Battersea Arts Centre, Grand Hall - 500; Lower Hall - 140 (Battersea) Beck Theatre - 600 (Hayes, Hillingdon) Bloomsbury Theatre - 560 (Bloomsbury) Blue Elephant Theatre - 50 (Camberwell) The Bob Hope Theatre - 30 (Eltham) Bonnie_Bird_Theatre at Trinity Laban - 300 (Deptford) Brick Lane Music Hall - 200 (Silvertown) The Broadway - 340 (Barking) The Broadway Theatre, Main Auditorium - 800; Studio - 80 (Catford) Bridewell Theatre - 135 (Blackfriars) Bridge Theatre - 900 (South Bank) Brockley Jack Studio Theatre - 65 (Brockley) Brookside Theatre - 140 (Romford) Bush Theatre - 145 (Shepherd's Bush) Camden People's Theatre - 60 (Bloomsbury) Canal Cafe Theatre - 60 (Maida Vale) Charing Cross Theatre - 265 (Charing Cross) Charles Cryer Theatre - 125 (Carshalton) Chelsea Theatre - 110 (Chelsea) Churchill Theatre - 785 (Bromley) Cockpit Theatre - 240/180 (Marylebone) Compass Theatre - 160 (Ickenham) Courtyard Theatre, Main House Theatre - 150; Studio - 80 (Shoreditch) Drayton Arms Theatre - 50 (Kensington) Donmar Warehouse - 250 (Covent Garden) The Drill Hall at RADA Studios, Studio - 200; Club - 50 (Fitzrovia) Erith Playhouse - 195 (Erith) Etcetera Theatre - 40 (Camden Town) Finborough Theatre - 50 (Earls Court) Found 111 - 140 (Soho) Gate Theatre - 60 (Notting Hill) Greenwich Theatre - 420 (Greenwich) Hackney Empire - 1275 (Hackney) Hammersmith Apollo - 3630 (Hammersmith) Hampstead Theatre, Main Auditorium - 325max; Michael Frayn Studio - 80 (Hampstead) Hen and Chickens Theatre - 55 (Highbury) The Hope Theatre - 50 (Islington) Hoxton Hall - 320 (Hoxton) Jacksons Lane - 165 (Highgate) Jermyn Street Theatre - 70 (St James's) Kenneth More Theatre, Main Auditorium - 365; Studio - 50 (Ilford) King's Cross Theatre, Traverse - 995; End on - 495 (King's Cross) King's Head Theatre - 120 (Islington) Landor Theatre - 60 (Clapham) Leicester Square Theatre - 400 (Leicester Square) The Lion & Unicorn Theatre - 60 (Kentish Town) Little Angel Theatre - 100 (Islington) Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, Main Auditorium - 550; Studio - 110 (Hammersmith) Menier Chocolate Factory - 180 (Southwark) Millfield Theatre - 360 (Edmonton) Network Theatre - 70/90 (Lambeth) New Diorama Theatre - 80 (Regent's Park Village) New Wimbledon Theatre, Main Auditorium - 1670; Studio - 80 (Wimbledon) Old Red Lion Theatre - 60 (Islington) Old Vic Theatre - 1070 (Lambeth) Open Air Theatre - 1200+ (Regent's Park) Open Air Theatre, Barra Hall Park - 180 (Hayes, Hillingdon) Orange Tree Theatre - 170 (Richmond) OSO Arts Centre - 74 (Barnes) The Other Palace (formerly St. James Theatre), Main Auditorium - 312; Studio - 120 (Victoria) Ovalhouse, Downstairs - 200; Upstairs - 70 (Kennington) The Park Theatre, Main Auditorium - 200; Studio - 90 (Finsbury Park) Peacock Theatre - 1000 (Holborn) Pentameters Theatre - 60 (Hampstead) The Pit at the Barbican Centre - 200 (City of London) Platform Theatre - 150 (King's Cross) The Pleasance Theatre, Main Auditorium - 260; Studio - 55 (Caledonian Road) Polka Theatre, Main Auditorium - 300; Studio - 70 (Wimbledon) Print Room, Main Auditorium - 180; Studio - 100 (Notting Hill) Puppet Theatre Barge - 50 (Maida Vale) Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch - 500 (Hornchurch) Queen Elizabeth Hall - 900 (South Bank) Questors Theatre, Judi Dench Playhouse - 355; Studio - 100 (Ealing) Red Hedgehog Theatre, Salon Theatre - 40 (Highgate) Richmond Theatre - 840 (Richmond) Riverside Studios, Studio 1 - 368; Studio 2 - 400; Studio 3 - 180 (Hammersmith) Rose Theatre, Kingston - 900 (Kingston) Rosemary Branch Theatre - 55 (Shoreditch) Royal Court Theatre, Upstairs - 380; Downstairs - 85 (Sloane Square) Royal National Theatre, Olivier - 1100; Lyttelton - 890; Dorfman - 400; Temporary - 225 (South Bank) The Roundhouse - 1700 (Chalk Farm) Rudolf Steiner Theatre - 220 (Westminster) Sadler's Wells Theatre, Main Auditorium - 1560; Lilian Baylis Studio - 200 (Islington) Shakespeare's Globe, Globe - 1400; Sam Wanamaker Playhouse - 340 (South Bank) Shaw Theatre - 445 (Somers Town) Shoreditch Town Hall - 500 (Shoreditch) Soho Theatre - 160 (Soho) Soho Theatre Walthamstow - 960 (Walthamstow) South London Theatre, Bell Theatre - 95; Prompt Corner - 60 (South Norwood) Southwark Playhouse, Borough, The Large - 198; The Little - 134. Elephant - 251 (Newington) The Space - 145 (Millwall) Stratford Circus, Circus 1 - 300; Circus 2 - 95 (Stratford) Tabard Theatre - 95 (Chiswick) The Place - 290 (Bloomsbury) The Scoop - 800 (Southwark) The Spread Eagle Theatre - 50 (Croydon) The Vaults - 1000 (Lambeth) Theatre503 - 65 (Battersea) Theatre N16 at The Bedford - 75 (Balham) Theatre Delicatessen, Black Box - 50; Cabaret Bar - 100 (Farringdon) Theatre Royal Stratford East - 460 (Stratford) Theatreship - 90 - 280 (Canary Wharf) Theatro Technis - 120 (Camden Town) Tricycle Theatre - 235 (Kilburn) Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre - 1,000/ 2,000 (Wembley) Underbelly Boulevard Soho, Main Auditorium - 240; Studio - 40 (Soho) Unicorn Theatre, Main Auditorium - 290; Studio - 100 (Southwark) Union Chapel - 800 (Islington) Union Theatre - 40 (Southwark) Upstairs at The Gatehouse - 120 (Highgate) Watermans Arts Centre - 240 (Brentford) White Bear Theatre - 50 (Kennington) Wilton's Music Hall - 300 (Shadwell) Yard Theatre - 110 (Hackney) Young Vic, Main Auditorium - 420; Maria Studio - 150; Clara Studio - 70 (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, Covent Garden (the home of The Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet) London Coliseum, Charing Cross (the home of English National Opera and English National Ballet) 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: Sadler's 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) Experimental, contemporary and fringe opera is occasionally programmed at Riverside Studios, which also hosts the annual Tete-a-Tete The Opera Festival. The Arcola Theatre also hosts a contemporary fringe opera festival called 'Grimeborn'.
Live music
93 Feet East (Shoreditch): Range 100 Club (Soho): Indie Rock/Pop 229 Club (Marylebone): Range 606 Club (Chelsea): Jazz Alexandra Palace (Alexandra Park): Indie Rock/Pop Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre (City of London): Classical/Jazz/World The Bedford (Balham): Range Betty's Coffee (Dalston): Range The Black Heart, Camden Blackheath Halls (Blackheath): Classical Blues Jam (Camden Town/Shoreditch): Jazz Brixton Academy (Brixton): Indie Rock/Pop The Borderline (Soho): Indie Rock/Pop Bush Hall (Shepherd's Bush): Rock/Pop Cadogan Hall (Belgravia): Classical Camden Underworld (Camden Town): Rock/Metal Cargo (Shoreditch): Dance Conway Hall (Holborn): Classical Cecil Sharp House (Primrose Hill): Folk Dublin Castle (Camden Town): Rock/Pop Dome, London (Tufnell Park): Rock/Pop/Metal/Alternative Electric Ballroom (Camden Town): Indie Rock/Pop ExCeL Exhibition Centre (Royal Docks): Events Fairfield Halls (Croydon): Pop/Classical The Garage (Islington): Indie Rock/Pop The Grand (Battersea): Dance The Grey Horse (Kingston upon Thames): Rock/Blues The Half Moon (Putney): Rock/Pop Hammersmith Apollo (Hammersmith): Pop Hanover Grand Theatre (Covent Garden): Disco The Hobgoblin (Camden Town): Pop Indig02 (North Greenwich): Pop Jazz Cafe (Camden Town): Jazz Kings Place (King's Cross): Classical/Jazz/Country KOKO (Camden Town): Indie Rock/Pop London Coliseum (Charing Cross): Opera Leicester Square Theatre / The Venue (Leicester Square): Indie Rock/Pop The Lexington (Pentonville): Indie Rock/Pop London Forum (Kentish Town): Indie Rock/Pop Milton Court (City of London): Classical/Jazz O2 Academy Islington (Islington): Indie Rock/Pop The O2 arena (North Greenwich): Pop The Ocean Music Venue (Hackney Central): Indie Rock/Pop Olympia, London (Kensington): Events Passing Clouds (Dalston): Range PizzaExpress Jazz Club (Soho): Jazz The PowerHaus Camden (formerly Dingwalls): Indie Rock/Pop Proud Camden (Camden Town): Range The Purple Turtle (Camden Town): Range Purcell Room (Southbank Centre): Chamber Queen Elizabeth Hall (Southbank Centre): Orchestral/Chamber Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club (Soho): Jazz The Roundhouse (Chalk Farm): Indie Rock/Pop Royal Academy of Music (Marylebone): Classical/Jazz Royal Albert Hall (South Kensington): Classical/Pop/Miscellaneous Royal College of Music (South Kensington): Classical Royal Festival Hall (Southbank Centre): Classical/Jazz Royal Opera House (Covent Garden): Opera Scala (King's Cross): Indie Rock/Pop The Shacklewell Arms (Dalston): Indie Rock/Pop Shepherd's Bush Empire (Shepherd's Bush): Pop St John's, Smith Square (Westminster): Classical St Luke Old Street (Old Street): Range T. Chances (Tottenham War Services Institute): Punk The Troubadour, Earl's Court Troxy, (Commercial Road Stepney): Range TwickFolk, at The Cabbage Patch, Twickenham (acoustic, folk and Americana) The UCL Bloomsbury (Bloomsbury): Range The Unicorn, Camden Union Chapel (Highbury): Range Vortex Jazz Club (Dalston): Jazz Wembley Arena (Wembley): Rock/Pop Wembley Stadium (Wembley): Rock/Pop The Windmill (Brixton): Range Wigmore Hall (Marylebone): Chamber WM Jazz Club (North Greenwich): Jazz XOYO (Old Street): Dance
Cinema