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.
Gielgud Theatre
Get involved with shows at the Gielgud Theatre:
- Titus Andronicus is holding auditions: in Random Location 11 from 19:30 to 19:30 on Sat 18th Jan - more details
- Evita is holding auditions: in Random Location 5 from 14:00 to 14:00 on Sun 19th Jan - more details
- Antigone is holding auditions: in Random Location 12 from 10:00 to 10:00 on Tue 21st Jan - more details
- The Government Inspector is holding auditions: in Random Location 46 from 16:45 to 16:45 on Tue 21st Jan - more details
- The Glass Menagerie is holding auditions: in Random Location 36 from 10:30 to 10:30 on Wed 22nd Jan - more details
- Evita is holding auditions: in Random Location 24 from 13:30 to 13:30 on Fri 24th Jan - more details
- A Raisin in the Sun is holding auditions: in Random Location 14 from 18:30 to 18:30 on Sat 25th Jan - more details
- A Chorus Line is holding auditions: in Random Location 41 from 18:45 to 18:45 on Sat 25th Jan - more details
- Follies is holding auditions: in Random Location 31 from 18:30 to 18:30 on Mon 27th Jan - more details
- Follies is looking for: Production Manager, Director, Costume Designer, Set Designer, Publicist, Producer, Publicity Designer, Sound Designer, Lighting Designer, Technical Director - more details
- Romeo and Juliet is looking for: Publicity Designer, Technical Director, Production Manager, Publicist, Lighting Designer, Costume Designer, Sound Designer, Director, Set Designer, Producer - more details
- Kiss Me, Kate is looking for: Producer - more details
- Grease is looking for: Sound Designer, Master Carpenter, Publicity Designer - more details
- A Chorus Line is looking for: Costume Designer, Lighting Designer, Sound Designer, Director, Producer, Publicity Designer, Production Manager - more details
- The Odd Couple is looking for: Set Designer, Publicist - more details
- Oedipus the King is looking for: Publicity Designer, Technical Director, Costume Designer, Set Designer, Sound Designer, Lighting Designer, Producer, Publicist, Master Carpenter, Production Manager - more details
- Titus Andronicus is looking for: Production Manager, Director, Set Designer, Publicity Designer, Costume Designer, Master Carpenter - more details
- The Rocky Horror Show is looking for: Master Carpenter, Producer, Costume Designer, Publicity Designer, Technical Director, Sound Designer - more details
- Antigone has announced: Random text 49 – more details
- The Scarlet Pimpernel has announced: Random text 48 – more details
- The Merchant of Venice has announced: Random text 46 – more details
- The Rocky Horror Show has announced: Random text 69 – more details
News
Gielgud Theatre
08:03 on 17th January
Gielgud Theatre has some great news! We're performing The Merchant of Cindies.
Gielgud Theatre
21:54 on 12th January
Hi @Camdram! Gielgud Theatre wants you to buy tickets for A Streetcar Named Cindies.
Gielgud Theatre
08:33 on 9th January
Gielgud Theatre has some great news! We're performing Angels in Week 5.
Gielgud Theatre
20:40 on 7th January
Hi @Camdram! Gielgud Theatre has some great news! We're performing Who's Afraid of St John's.
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Past shows
See all the shows that have been performed here at the venue history page.