Queen's Theatre

The top-notch and world famous Queen’s Theatre is situated in Shaftesbury Avenue in the city of Westminster. W.G.R Sprague designed it as a twin to the neighboring Gielgud Theatre. The Queen’s Theatre was opened on 8 October 1907 with a comedy named “the Sugar Bowl” composed by Madeleine Lucette Ryley. The most unexpected incident of the Queen’s Theatre is it was bombed by Germany on the 24 September 1940. At the pristine phase, a two-tier house, the Queen’s had ability to hold about 1200 persons, propounding some £300 in money. White and gold are the color of the wall and roofs. Green is the special color allotted for the carpets, hangings and upholstery, and of the very entertaining velvet tableau curtain. From a vast and majesty enterance-hall, one ascends by the top-flight staircase to the dress circle that extinguishes over the pit and just at the top of the place there is a marvelous and roomy saloon. The Old Italian Renaissance style is imitiated on the second tier of the Queen’s Theatre and in the building of which the cantilever principle has been adopted. Obviously the second tire is the higher circle and the shilling gallery. The auditorium is lighted up accessibly with electric lamps and an electrolier, and vast refreshment room and other accommodation will be available to have been provided.
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When I went to this place, the theatre was showing Les Miserables! I had never seen the show before, and I must say it was definitely worth a visit! London's West End is so famous and it certainly lives up to its name...it is absolutely comparable to Broadway in NYC.

This venue was very accessible by the Piccadilly Circus Underground station...it definitely made you feel like you were in the heart of a bustling city! At the door they will inspect your bags, so be ready. Upon entering, you will be asked to present your tickets and will then be shown how to proceed.

The tickets I had were purchased through a half price ticket booth in Leicester Square. The way it works is very similar to purchasing tickets for Broadway. Sometime during the day (preferably in the morning) on the day you want to go to a show stop by one of these booths to check out what shows are available.

Don't expect to get the latest debuting show...those shows are almost always booked far in advance, but for old classics like Les Miserables, your chances are quite good for getting seats. Be aware that the discounts are biggest for the best seats...which may still be more expensive than the regular seats that are still available. Have in mind what you are willing to spend for a particular type of seat before you begin the purchasing process.

The other review on this Theatre in my mind is completely accurate. It was clean and very London appropriate. The seats were small and a lit... read more

I went to see Les Misérables here at the Queen's Theatre a week ago and was very impressed.

The musical was very good, the singers/actors were great and the music which is played by a small band was really good as well as the acoustics.

As for the venue, it is a beautiful theatre; there are two levels and the capacity is rather normal for a theatre which is a good thing because some theatres are huge and they just get packed with people. Here at Queen's Theatre it was all sold out the night I went but I didn't have the impression there were that many people and the line ups for the toilets were not that bad... of course if you're a girl you're going to have to wait a little while but I’ve seen way worse! The toilets down stairs were actually a little less jammed than the one up stairs... a good thing to know when the matter is urgent…

The seats are a little small and you don't have too much space so you probably won't be able to stretch out your legs unless you’re next to the stairs.

The intermission lasted 15 minutes and not one minute more! so don't waste any time, grab a drink and run to the toilet. But if you arrive late no worries someone with a torch will show you back to your place.

After the musical once you get out of Queen's Theatre you're right in the middle of the West End so you'll have many different places to go out to. If you want to have dinner you can have Italian at Bella Italia just a few metres up the road... read more