The Theatre Royal Haymarket is a West End theatre in the Haymarket in the City of Westminster which dates back to 1720, making it the third-oldest London playhouse still in use. Samuel Foote acquired the lease in 1747, and in 1766 he gained a royal patent to play legitimate drama in the summer months. The original building was a little further north in the same street. It has been at its current location since 1821, when it was redesigned by John Nash. It is a Grade I listed building, with a seating capacity of 888. The freehold of the theatre is owned by the Crown Estate.
The Haymarket has been the site of a significant innovation in theatre. In 1873, it was the venue for the first scheduled matinée performance, establishing a custom soon followed in theatres everywhere. Its managers have included Benjamin Nottingham Webster, John Baldwin Buckstone, Squire Bancroft, Cyril Maude, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, and John Sleeper Clarke, brother-in-law of John Wilkes Booth, who quit America after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Famous actors who débuted at the theatre included Robert William Elliston and John Liston.
Haymarket Theatre
Get involved with shows at the Haymarket Theatre:
- Antigone is holding auditions: in Random Location 12 from 10:00 to 10:00 on Tue 21st Jan - more details
- Avenue Q is holding auditions: in Random Location 42 from 13:15 to 13:15 on Thu 23rd Jan - more details
- Oklahoma! is holding auditions: in Random Location 39 from 13:15 to 13:15 on Thu 23rd Jan - more details
- The History Boys is holding auditions: in Random Location 4 from 16:30 to 16:30 on Thu 23rd Jan - more details
- The History Boys is holding auditions: in Random Location 27 from 16:00 to 16:00 on Fri 24th Jan - more details
- Avenue Q is holding auditions: in Random Location 35 from 18:45 to 18:45 on Mon 27th Jan - more details
- Avenue Q is looking for: Master Carpenter, Set Designer, Lighting Designer, Production Manager, Sound Designer, Producer, Director, Publicity Designer, Costume Designer - more details
- Aida is looking for: Producer, Technical Director, Lighting Designer, Publicity Designer, Set Designer, Publicist, Sound Designer - more details
- No Exit is looking for: Sound Designer, Set Designer, Producer, Director - more details
- West Side Story is looking for: Publicity Designer, Set Designer, Technical Director, Production Manager - more details
- Oklahoma! is looking for: Technical Director, Sound Designer, Set Designer, Publicist - more details
- The Miser is looking for: Set Designer, Costume Designer, Producer - more details
- The History Boys is looking for: Lighting Designer, Production Manager, Sound Designer, Publicity Designer - more details
- Damn Yankees is looking for: Producer, Set Designer, Publicist - more details
- The Miser has announced: Random text 29 – more details
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- The History Boys has announced: Random text 74 – more details
News
Haymarket Theatre
03:47 on 12th January
Haymarket Theatre has some great news! We're performing Waiting for Panto.
Haymarket Theatre
03:34 on 10th January
Hi @Camdram! Haymarket Theatre wants you to buy tickets for Much Ado About the Van of Life.
Haymarket Theatre
03:50 on 6th January
Haymarket Theatre has some great news! We're performing The End of Amsterdam.
Haymarket Theatre
15:20 on 1st January
Haymarket Theatre wants you to buy tickets for Surviving Oxford.
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Past shows
See all the shows that have been performed here at the venue history page.