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:
- Bye Bye Birdie is holding auditions: in Random Location 35 from 14:15 to 14:15 on Sun 5th Jul - more details
- The Bacchae is holding auditions: in Random Location 31 from 19:30 to 19:30 on Sun 5th Jul - more details
- Medea is holding auditions: in Random Location 20 from 12:45 to 12:45 on Tue 7th Jul - more details
- Starlight Express is holding auditions: in Random Location 35 from 17:15 to 17:15 on Tue 7th Jul - more details
- The Taming of the Shrew is holding auditions: in Random Location 6 from 17:00 to 17:00 on Wed 8th Jul - more details
- The Taming of the Shrew is holding auditions: in Random Location 49 from 12:45 to 12:45 on Thu 9th Jul - more details
- Cyrano de Bergerac is holding auditions: in Random Location 9 from 15:45 to 15:45 on Fri 10th Jul - more details
- Antigone is holding auditions: in Random Location 37 from 19:45 to 19:45 on Fri 10th Jul - more details
- The Bacchae is holding auditions: in Random Location 33 from 20:30 to 20:30 on Fri 10th Jul - more details
- The Taming of the Shrew is holding auditions: in Random Location 48 from 15:15 to 15:15 on Sat 11th Jul - more details
- Faust is looking for: Technical Director, Publicity Designer, Sound Designer, Producer, Production Manager - more details
- Nathan the Wise is looking for: Lighting Designer - more details
- Sweet Charity is looking for: Publicist, Technical Director, Production Manager, Master Carpenter, Set Designer - more details
- Grease is looking for: Sound Designer, Costume Designer, Publicity Designer, Lighting Designer - more details
- Romeo and Juliet is looking for: Publicity Designer, Production Manager - more details
- Bye Bye Birdie is looking for: Publicist, Costume Designer, Master Carpenter, Director, Production Manager, Technical Director, Sound Designer, Lighting Designer - more details
- Antigone is looking for: Publicist, Lighting Designer, Producer, Set Designer - more details
- The Visit is looking for: Publicity Designer, Costume Designer, Sound Designer, Lighting Designer, Director - more details
- The Bacchae is looking for: Publicist - more details
- The Bacchae is looking for: Set Designer, Publicist, Master Carpenter, Lighting Designer - more details
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Haymarket Theatre
23:28 on 30th June
Haymarket Theatre wants you to buy tickets for Much Ado About Week 5.
Haymarket Theatre
05:09 on 30th June
Haymarket Theatre wants you to buy tickets for The Merchant of Addenbrooke's.
Haymarket Theatre
22:37 on 29th June
Hi @Camdram! Haymarket Theatre wants you to buy tickets for Much Ado About Amsterdam.
Haymarket Theatre
06:19 on 24th June
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 Three Men in Panto.
Shows
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Past shows
See all the shows that have been performed here at the venue history page.