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 13 from 20:45 to 20:45 on Mon 6th Apr - more details
- Richard II is holding auditions: in Random Location 1 from 13:45 to 13:45 on Tue 7th Apr - more details
- Bye Bye Birdie is holding auditions: in Random Location 19 from 17:00 to 17:00 on Wed 8th Apr - more details
- Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead is holding auditions: in Random Location 19 from 16:30 to 16:30 on Thu 9th Apr - more details
- The Comedy of Errors is holding auditions: in Random Location 35 from 17:15 to 17:15 on Fri 10th Apr - more details
- The Comedy of Errors is holding auditions: in Random Location 21 from 18:00 to 18:00 on Fri 10th Apr - more details
- The Winter's Tale is holding auditions: in Random Location 11 from 20:45 to 20:45 on Fri 10th Apr - more details
- Richard II is holding auditions: in Random Location 36 from 17:30 to 17:30 on Sat 11th Apr - more details
- Henry IV, Part 1 is holding auditions: in Random Location 23 from 19:00 to 19:00 on Sat 11th Apr - more details
- Footloose is holding auditions: in Random Location 9 from 13:30 to 13:30 on Sun 12th Apr - more details
- The Comedy of Errors is looking for: Production Manager, Publicist - more details
- Hair is looking for: Production Manager, Set Designer, Master Carpenter, Lighting Designer, Director, Sound Designer - more details
- Richard II is looking for: Sound Designer, Lighting Designer, Technical Director, Producer, Publicist, Publicity Designer, Costume Designer, Director, Master Carpenter, Set Designer - more details
- Woyzeck is looking for: Technical Director, Sound Designer, Publicist, Costume Designer, Lighting Designer, Production Manager - more details
- All's Well That Ends Well is looking for: Set Designer, Master Carpenter, Sound Designer, Technical Director, Costume Designer, Publicist, Lighting Designer, Publicity Designer, Producer - more details
- The Cherry Orchard is looking for: Set Designer, Publicity Designer, Master Carpenter, Lighting Designer - more details
- Footloose is looking for: Director, Costume Designer, Set Designer, Production Manager - more details
- The Comedy of Errors has announced: Random text 35 – more details
- The Crucible has announced: Random text 35 – more details
- The Book of Mormon has announced: Random text 46 – more details
- Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead has announced: Random text 99 – more details
- Woyzeck has announced: Random text 20 – more details
- Richard II has announced: Random text 40 – more details
- Hair has announced: Random text 19 – more details
News
Haymarket Theatre
02:26 on 28th March
Haymarket 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 Amsterdam.
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Past shows
See all the shows that have been performed here at the venue history page.