The Gielgud Theatre is a West End theatre, located on Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster, London, at the corner of Rupert Street. The house currently has 986 seats on three levels.
The theatre was designed by W.G.R. Sprague and opened on 27 December 1906 as the Hicks Theatre, named after Seymour Hicks, for whom it was built. The first play at the theatre was a hit musical called The Beauty of Bath co-written by Hicks. Another big success was A Waltz Dream in 1908. In 1909, the American impresario Charles Frohman became manager of the theatre and renamed the house the Globe Theatre – a name that it retained for 85 years. Call It a Day opened in 1935 and ran for 509 performances, a long run for the slow inter-war years. There's a Girl in My Soup, opening in 1966, ran for almost three years, a record for the theatre that was not surpassed until Daisy Pulls It Off opened in April 1983 to run for 1,180 performances, the theatre's longest run. In 1987 Peter Shaffer's play Lettice and Lovage opened, starring Maggie Smith, and became a hit.
The Globe's theatre cat, named Beerbohm, became famous enough to receive a front page obituary in the theatrical publication, The Stage in 1995. Refurbished in 1987, the theatre has since presented several Alan Ayckbourn premieres, including 1990's Man of the Moment, as well as a notable revival of An Ideal Husband in 1992. During reconstruction of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre on the South Bank, in 1994 the theatre was renamed the Gielgud Theatre in honour of John Gielgud. Another refurbishment was completed in 2008.
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Get involved with shows at the Gielgud Theatre:
- Billy Elliot the Musical is holding auditions: in Random Location 50 from 13:00 to 13:00 on Fri 28th Feb - more details
- All My Sons is holding auditions: in Random Location 30 from 13:45 to 13:45 on Fri 28th Feb - more details
- Bye Bye Birdie is holding auditions: in Random Location 18 from 16:30 to 16:30 on Sat 29th Feb - more details
- Medea is holding auditions: in Random Location 8 from 10:45 to 10:45 on Sun 1st Mar - more details
- Seussical is holding auditions: in Random Location 3 from 14:30 to 14:30 on Mon 2nd Mar - more details
- The Pajama Game is holding auditions: in Random Location 29 from 16:15 to 16:15 on Mon 2nd Mar - more details
- Grease is holding auditions: in Random Location 25 from 10:45 to 10:45 on Tue 3rd Mar - more details
- Bye Bye Birdie is holding auditions: in Random Location 10 from 13:30 to 13:30 on Tue 3rd Mar - more details
- All My Sons is holding auditions: in Random Location 36 from 13:15 to 13:15 on Wed 4th Mar - more details
- Bye Bye Birdie is holding auditions: in Random Location 39 from 14:15 to 14:15 on Wed 4th Mar - more details
- Medea is looking for: Set Designer, Costume Designer, Production Manager, Technical Director, Producer, Publicity Designer, Director, Master Carpenter, Publicist - more details
- The History Boys is looking for: Master Carpenter, Publicist, Producer, Lighting Designer, Production Manager, Sound Designer, Publicity Designer, Technical Director - more details
- Much Ado About Nothing is looking for: Publicist, Director, Costume Designer, Technical Director, Production Manager, Sound Designer, Lighting Designer, Master Carpenter, Producer - more details
- All My Sons is looking for: Lighting Designer, Set Designer - more details
- Grease is looking for: Director, Costume Designer, Technical Director, Production Manager, Publicity Designer - more details
- The Lady of the Camellias is looking for: Costume Designer, Publicity Designer, Set Designer, Sound Designer, Master Carpenter - more details
- Bye Bye Birdie is looking for: Technical Director, Sound Designer, Director, Set Designer, Publicity Designer, Publicist - more details
- Lord of the Dance has announced: Random text 80 – more details
- The History Boys has announced: Random text 6 – more details
- Much Ado About Nothing has announced: Random text 53 – more details
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- Billy Elliot the Musical has announced: Random text 4 – more details
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Gielgud Theatre
16:16 on 20th February
Hi @Camdram! Gielgud Theatre has a really very long post. Rehersals are well underway for our very exciting new show. We're sure you'll want to hear all about it, and maybe come see it! So anyway our latest show is Pirates of Oxford.
Gielgud Theatre
16:19 on 19th February
Gielgud Theatre is excited to announce Angels in the Van of Life.
Gielgud Theatre
17:11 on 13th February
Hi @Camdram! Gielgud Theatre has a really very long post. Rehersals are well underway for our very exciting new show. We're sure you'll want to hear all about it, and maybe come see it! So anyway our latest show is Waiting for Amsterdam.
Gielgud Theatre
08:34 on 11th February
Hi @Camdram! Gielgud Theatre wants you to buy tickets for Pirates of Addenbrooke's.
Gielgud Theatre
00:29 on 8th February
Hi @Camdram! Gielgud Theatre wants you to buy tickets for Waiting for Amsterdam.
Gielgud Theatre
19:16 on 5th February
Gielgud Theatre wants you to buy tickets for Much Ado About Panto.
Gielgud Theatre
08:46 on 3rd February
Hi @Camdram! Gielgud Theatre has some great news! We're performing The Merchant of Cindies.
Gielgud Theatre
09:27 on 31st January
Gielgud Theatre has a really very long post. Rehersals are well underway for our very exciting new show. We're sure you'll want to hear all about it, and maybe come see it! So anyway our latest show is Three Men in Oxford.
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See all the shows that have been performed here at the venue history page.