Charing Cross Theatre
The Arches, Villiers Street, London, WC2N 6NL
Charing Cross Theatre Tickets
Franz & Marie
Charing Cross Theatre
5 2 reviews 5 2 reviews Tickets from £25.00Georg Büchner's famously unfinished and timely classic German working class tragedy Woyzeck returns in this powerful, harrowing, and heartbreaking musical featuring music by Kentish underground cult band, The Singing Loins. Now updated for modern audiences, Franz & Marie uses soul-rattling Indie raw folk to explore a story of class prejudice and toxic masculinity, infused with sharp dark humour, in which traumatised soldier Franz goes to extreme lengths to protect his girlfriend Marie and their baby, while struggling with war-induced hallucinations.
- Booking until: Saturday, 14 November 2026
- Running time: 2hr 20min. Incl. Interval.
- Playing at: Charing Cross Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 14 November 2026
Wild About You
Charing Cross Theatre
Tickets from £25.00After charming audiences with sell-out concert performances, Wild About You is coming to the Charing Cross Theatre with its first fully staged production. In this heartbreaking story about finding yourself, Billy, a young man feeling lost about his future before it has even begun, finds a trunk of letters written to him by his late mother, whom he'd been told abandoned him as a child. Get ready for a musical experience packed with a rich palette of contemporary music that feels both fresh and deeply human.
- Opens: Monday, 18 January 2027
Booking until: Saturday, 10 April 2027
- Playing at: Charing Cross Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 10 April 2027
Nevermore
Charing Cross Theatre
Tickets from £25.00Nevermore is a fictionalised retelling of the life of the great poet and writer of gothic fiction, Edgar Allan Poe. Filled with references to his poems and short stories, it explores the tragedies of his life, from death to poverty to abandonment to addiction. After sell-out runs around the world, Jonathan Christenson's hauntingly beautiful and heartbreakingly devastating musical comes to London with an eclectic operatic score that ranges from cabaret to rock power ballads and a gorgeous, grotesque look into the macabre mind of Poe.
- Opens: Monday, 19 July 2027
Booking until: Saturday, 9 October 2027
- Playing at: Charing Cross Theatre
- Booking until: Saturday, 9 October 2027
Charing Cross Theatre Facilities
- Air conditioned
- Bar
- Disabled toilets
- Restaurant
- Toilets
- Wheelchair/scooter access
Charing Cross Theatre Access Tickets
Disabled theatregoers and their carers can get discount tickets. Please phone the Charing Cross Theatre access line on 0207 925 8040.
Charing Cross Theatre Location
Travel Information
Nearest Tube station
- Charing Cross
- Embankment
Nearest Rail Station
- Charing Cross
Tube lines
- Bakerloo
- Circle
- District
- Northern
Day buses
- (Strand) 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 23, 87, 91, 139, 176
Night buses
- (Strand) 6, 23, 139, 176, N9, N11, N13, N15, N21, N26, N44, N47, N87, N89, N91, N155, N343, N551
Charing Cross Theatre Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find the Charing Cross Theatre?
It hides under the railway. The address is The Arches, Villiers Street, WC2N 6NL, and the auditorium sits beneath Charing Cross station itself. From the mainline station turn right, take the steps down to Villiers Street, walk about forty yards and turn right into Craven Passage. From Embankment it is straight up Villiers Street and the first left into Craven Passage. The box office opens two hours before the performance.
Is there step-free access at the Charing Cross Theatre?
Yes, to the foyer and to one part of the auditorium. The entrance on Villiers Street is step-free, and from the foyer there is level access to the box office, the bar and restaurant, the unisex toilets and Balcony One — where seats can be removed to make room for up to four wheelchairs, with a good view of the stage. The Stalls are the level you cannot reach without steps: sixteen of them, and there is no lift. Ring ahead so the balcony spaces can be held for you.
Can I get a drink or a meal at the Charing Cross Theatre?
Yes — the theatre has both a bar and a restaurant off the foyer, both on the level, so you need not go back out into Villiers Street between arriving and curtain up. Since the box office opens two hours before the performance, there is time to sit down properly rather than drink standing up in the interval. Villiers Street outside is lined with places to eat as well, if the restaurant is full.
Charing Cross Theatre history
From the outside
Formerly known as the Players Theatre, the Charing Cross Theatre nestles neatly under the brick arches on Villiers Street near Charing Cross railway station. The graceful curved entrance leads to a space that’s cosy and intimate, with a lovely original Victorian bar and stunning Victorian stained glass panelling.
Charing Cross Theatre architecture and history
The Charing Cross Theatre sits under The Arches at Charing Cross station, a venue famous for hosting a truly eclectic mix of comedy, drama, musicals, cabaret and Sunday Evening Music Hall. One of the smallest theatres in the West End, it is also home to an in-house restaurant with tasty modern British cuisine.
The site was originally a pub and music hall rolled into one called The Arches, run by the Gatti family in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The space was eventually converted into a cinema, The Forum, and played films for more than thirty years before the famous theatre troupe ‘The Players’ took it over, just after the Second World War.
They renamed it The Players’ Theatre. Providing the inspiration for the TV series The Good Old Days, it also played host to the first ever showing of the The Boy Friend, which subsequently went on to become a massive 1950s West End and Broadway hit, shooting Julie Andrews to fame.
In the 1980s the theatre was bought by an accountancy firm, who still occupy part of the building to this day. Today the Charing Cross Theatre lives in a replica arch built just along the road.
In 2002 The Players left. The arch was eventually bought by the owners of the nightclub, Heaven, but The Players still hire the space occasionally to put on their shows.
Recently renovated, the Charing Cross Theatre is already a popular and well-known venue, loved by its audiences who enjoy a fantastic variety of top Off-Broadway-style entertainment.
The Charing Cross Theatre is one of the few West End theatre venues to serve alcohol.
Past shows at Charing Cross Theatre
There’s an impressive list of past shows to relate, including The Exonerated, The Vaudevillians, Thrill Me, Recipe for A Perfect Wife and The Magic of the Magic Circle. Crowds have been thrilled by Confessions of a Mormon Boy, Up Close - Ardal O'Hanlon and Cabaret New Burlesque, Ghetto Klown and a variety of Comedy Up Close performances. It has hosted Patricia Routledge in the marvellous Facing the Music and Fascinating Aida’s Cheap Flights, Pajama Men and more.
Charing Cross Theatre access
Guide dogs are welcome in the auditorium. There’s a balcony at ground floor level with space for five wheelchair users. The stalls are down sixteen steps.
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