The Charing Cross Theatre is a theatre under The Arches off Villiers Street below Charing Cross station. Founded in 1936, the venue occupied several premises in the West End of London before locating to its present site. The current site was once a famous Victorian music hall
The Players' Theatre. It was refurbished in 2005 and reopened under new management in 2006 as The New Players Theatre, before being taken under new management by
Broadway
Broadway may refer to:
Theatre
* Broadway Theatre (disambiguation)
* Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
**Broadway Theatre (53rd Stree ...
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.
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.
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.
Productions
Recent
*
''From Here To Eternity'' – 29 October 2022 - 17 December 2022
* ''
Zorro: The Musical'' – 2 April 2022 - 28 May 2022
* ''Divine/Simply Divine'' – UK professional premiere, October 2019
* ''
''Amour'''' – UK professional premiere, May - June 2019
* ''
''Violet'''' – UK professional premiere, January - April 2019
* ''
''The Woman In White'''' – 1st London revival, November 2017 - February 2018
* ''The Knowledge'' – 4-11 September 2017
* ''
''Death Takes a Holiday'''' – 3 December 2016 – 21 January 2017
* ''
Ragtime
Ragtime, also spelled rag-time or rag time, is a musical style that flourished from the 1890s to 1910s. Its cardinal trait is its syncopated or "ragged" rhythm. Ragtime was popularized during the early 20th century by composers such as Scott J ...
'' – 8 October – 10 December 2016
*
''Titanic'' – 28 May – 6 August 2016 (Return of
Southwark Playhouse
Southwark Playhouse is a theatre in London, located between Borough and Elephant and Castle tube stations.
History
The Southwark Playhouse Theatre Company was founded in 1993 by Juliet Alderdice and Tom Wilson. They identified the need for a ...
production)
* ''
Piaf Play –'' Dec 2015 - Jan 2016
* ''
Dusty'' – 2015
* ''Truth, Lies Diana'' – 2014
* ''
Grim
Grim may refer to:
People
* Grim (surname)
* Myron Grim Natwick (1890–1990), American artist, animator and film director best known for drawing Betty Boop
Mythical or fictional characters
* Grim, Old Norse ''Grímr'', from the Norse saga ''Gr ...
'' – August 2014
* ''Ushers: The Front of House Musical'' – March to June 2014
* ''
Finian's Rainbow'' – April to May 2014
* ''
Lost Boy (play) Phil Willmott
Phil Willmott (born 26 January 1968) is a British director, playwright, arts journalist, teacher, and founder of London based theatre production company The Steam Industry.
He was the Artistic Director of the Finborough Theatre in London's Ear ...
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* ''
A Christmas Carol''
* ''Wag The Musical''
* ''
Dear World
''Dear World'' is a musical with a book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman. With its opening, Herman became the first composer-lyricist in history to have three productions running simultaneously on Broa ...
''
* ''
Naked Boys Singing
''Naked Boys Singing!'' is a musical revue that features traditional American vaudeville-style music performed by eight actors who sing and dance naked. The campy musical comedy premiered at the Celebration Theatre in West Hollywood, Californi ...
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* ''
La bohème
''La bohème'' (; ) is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions '' quadri'', '' tableaux'' or "images", rather than ''atti'' (acts). composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giusep ...
''
* ''
Keeler''
References
External links
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