Cambridge Theatre
32-34 Earlham Street, London, WC2H 9HU
Cambridge Theatre Tickets
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
Cambridge Theatre
4.7 11 reviews 4.7 11 reviews Tickets from £22.00If you enjoy some spontaneous entertainment, grab a ticket for Showstoppers! The Improvised Musical. The multi award-wining show takes suggestions from the audience and turns them into a unique treat for theatregoers.
- Booking until: Monday, 26 July 2027
- Running time: 2hr. Inc. 1 interval.
- Playing at: Cambridge Theatre
- Booking until: Monday, 26 July 2027
Matilda The Musical
Cambridge Theatre
4.7 1602 reviews 4.7 1602 reviews Tickets from £24.00Matilda The Musical takes audiences of all ages on an unforgettable journey filled with laughter, heart, and the inspiring tale of a courageous little girl with extraordinary powers. The show has won over 100 international awards since it opened in London in 2011.
- Booking until: Sunday, 5 September 2027
- Running time: 2hr 35min. Incl. 1 Intermission.
- Playing at: Cambridge Theatre
- Booking until: Sunday, 5 September 2027
Cambridge Theatre Facilities
- Air conditioned
- Bar
- Disabled toilets
- Infrared hearing loop
- Member of Q-Park scheme
- Toilets
- Wheelchair/scooter access
Cambridge Theatre Access Tickets
Disabled theatregoers and their carers can get discount tickets. Please phone the Cambridge Theatre access line on 020 3925 2998.
Cambridge Theatre Location
Travel Information
Nearest Tube station
- Covent Garden
- Leicester Square
Nearest Rail Station
- Charing Cross
Tube lines
- Piccadilly
- Northern
Day buses
- (Shaftesbury Avenue) 14, 19, 38; (Tottenham Court Road) 24, 29, 176
Night buses
- (Shaftesbury Avenue) 14, N5, N19, N20, N38; (Tottenham Court Road) 24, 176, N29, M41, N279
Cambridge Theatre Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get to the Cambridge Theatre?
The theatre stands on the Seven Dials junction itself, at 32–34 Earlham Street, Covent Garden, WC2H 9HU. Covent Garden on the Piccadilly line and Leicester Square on the Piccadilly and Northern are both three to five minutes away; Tottenham Court Road, about 500 metres off, is the one with step-free access. Chinatown Q-Park is the nearest car park.
Is the Cambridge Theatre an accessible space?
Yes, in part. The main foyer entrance is step-free, and the Stalls are reached by a separate entrance on Earlham Street. There are two wheelchair spaces in Stalls row N, with companion seating beside them and aisle seats available for transfers, and one accessible toilet off the Stalls corridor. Provision above Stalls level is limited, so mention any access needs when you book rather than on the night.
What time should I arrive at the Cambridge Theatre?
Half an hour is about right. Seven Dials is lively in the early evening and the pavement outside fills with people meeting before the show, so the bag-check queue can take longer than the building's size suggests. The clean lines of the 1930 interior are a pleasant surprise after the busy street, and worth a few minutes before you sit down.
Is there a dress code at the Cambridge Theatre?
No. Come as you are — and with a family show in residence, that often means straight from a day out, which is entirely expected. Comfort is the thing worth prioritising over a long performance, and a light jacket rarely goes unused. Anyone who wants to make an evening of it will find the theatre a handsome setting for it.
Can I buy merchandise and souvenirs at the Cambridge Theatre?
Yes. Programmes and branded goods are sold at every bar and kiosk across the theatre's three levels, and there is a proper shop counter in the foyer with the fullest range. If you are buying for a child, the foyer counter before the show is easier than the interval scrum upstairs.
Does the Cambridge Theatre have a cloakroom, and is there a charge?
Yes, and the prices are published: £3 for a coat or other item of clothing, £5 for bags and suitcases. It takes the larger things you would rather not wedge under a seat, which in a full house is most of what you are carrying.
Cambridge Theatre history
From the outside
The wedge-shaped, bold Art Deco splendour of London’s Cambridge Theatre provides a dramatic visual focal point on the corner of Camden Town’s Seven Dials, on Earlham Street. Its simple lines and elegant façade led to a Grade Two listing in 1999, so its expressionist shapes and modern outlines are being preserved for future generations to enjoy. Inside is also an exercise in restrained Art Deco style with sweeping lines and typical early 1930s motifs.
London’s Cambridge Theatre architecture and history
Despite being so large, the Cambridge Theatre is comfortable and cosy, with a smaller stage than you might expect, which makes it the perfect venue for musicals with small casts and plays that demand an intimate, intense setting. Apart from being used for trade film shows in the late 1930s, and as a cinema for a short time in 1969, it has always been used to show live theatrical performances.
The theatre opened in 1930, designed by the architects Wimperis, Simpson and Guthrie in a conscious rebellion against traditional music hall and theatre style. With a splendid period interior partly by Serge Chermayeff and bronze friezes by the prestigious sculptor Anthony Gibbons Grinling, it’s a feast for the eyes if you’re a Deco fan. The entrance foyer is particularly lovely, a circular space featuring a bronze frieze by Grinling's of nudes exercising. The main foyer is superb too, with nude dancers and gorgeous marble up-lighting.
A concrete-covered steel frame building, it’s an excellent example of its kind. In 1950 it was refurbished, which involved covering over the 1930s gold and silver with scarlet and adding dramatic chandeliers. But in 1987 the theatre was reborn again in its original Deco style by Carl Toms.
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s theatre company, the Really Useful Group, bought the Cambridge Theatre in 2000.
Ghosts at the Cambridge Theatre
Over the years there have been numerous stories about poltergeist activity backstage at the Cambridge Theatre.
Past shows at the Cambridge Theatre, London
Famous Cambridge Theatre productions include the 1942 production of Heartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw’s Heartbreak House, in which Deborah Kerr made her debut. Joan Sims played in Breath of Spring during 1958, Tommy Steele starred in Half a Sixpence in ’63 and Bruce Forsyth raised the roof in Little Me during ’64. Return to the Forbidden Planet spent four years there and won an Olivier Award for Best New Musical. Jerry Springer - The Opera played there, as did Derren Brown on his Something Wicked This Way Comes tour. It hosted the original London production of Chicago in ’77 and Superman in 1983. Plus Fame, Flying Music’s Dancing in the Streets and Our House, the Madness musical.
Cambridge Theatre access
The entrance to the theatre is on the Seven Dials roundabout, and there’s access for wheelchairs and scooters.
The Cambridge Theatre tickets
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