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Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Catherine Street, London, WC2B 5JF GB

Theatre Royal Drury Lane Tickets

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Wild About You tickets Opens 25 Mar 2024 Opens 25 March 2024 Wild About You

Wild About You

Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Tickets from £15.00

WILD ABOUT YOU, a New Musical in Concert, with music and lyrics by Broadway star, Chilina Kennedy (Paradise Square, Beautiful the Carole King Musical), is coming to the West End.

  • Opens: Monday,25 March 2024
    Booking until: Tuesday,26 March 2024
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Frozen the Musical

Theatre Royal Drury Lane

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Disney's animated movie Frozen has been brought to life in a spectacular musical at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Opening in September 2021, the stage show is just as popular as the film earning it many awards. The musical version of this movie is an unforgettable experience for all of the family to enjoy.

  • Booking until: Sunday, 8 September 2024
  • Running time: 2 hours and 15 minutes (incl. interval)
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Theatre Royal Drury Lane Facilities

  • Air conditioned
  • Bar
  • Disabled toilets
  • Infrared hearing loop
  • Member of Q-Park scheme
  • Toilets
  • Wheelchair/scooter access

Theatre Royal Drury Lane Access Tickets

Disabled theatregoers and their carers can get discount tickets. Please phone the Theatre Royal Drury Lane access line on 020 3925 2998.

Theatre Royal Drury Lane Location

Travel Information

Nearest Tube station
  • Covent Garden
  • Temple
Nearest Rail Station
  • Charing Cross
Tube lines
  • Piccadilly
  • Circle
  • District
Day buses
  • (Aldwych) 6, 11, 13, 23, 59, 68, 87, 171, 172, 188, RV1, X68
Night buses
  • (Aldwych) 6, 23, 188, N11, N13, N26, N47, N68, N87, N89, N155, N171, N551
Theatre Royal Drury Lane history

From the outside

Large, pale and impressive from the outside, with beautiful columns inspired by ancient Greece, the interior of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane is intricately and ornately decorated, with plush scarlet velvet seating for a superb traditional-style theatre experience.

Theatre Royal, Drury Lane architecture and history

The Theatre Royal Drury Lane is something really special. It’s over three centuries old, the oldest theatre site in the West End, and apparently it’s one of the most haunted buildings in the whole of London – more about that later!

Four different theatres have stood on the site. Nell Gwynne made her stage debut in 1665 and, although unharmed by the Great Fire of London in 1666, the venue eventually burned down six years later. The second theatre was built in 1674 by a Mr Thomas Killigrew and lasted an impressive 117 years. The third theatre on the site, built in 1764, was a monster that seated a remarkable 3,600 people.

The current building, which has the world’s first ever safety curtain, was built in 1812, with the distinction of having every monarch on the throne since then paying a visit. In the early days the theatre was one of just two in the capital given permission by the monarchy to stage dramas. By the mid 1800s, when the law was changed and a drama free-for-all ensued, it was a roaring success, managed by Augustus Harris, a clever man who knew exactly what the crowds wanted… and delivered it in spades.

Bear in mind that the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane is a different venue from the Theatre Royal, Haymarket and you’ll be fine!

These days the Theatre Royal Drury Lane is owned by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Theatre Group.

Hauntings at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

The Theatre Royal Drury Lane is apparently the city’s most haunted building. There’s Charles Macklin, an actor who accidentally killed a fellow actor on stage during an altercation about a wig! The comedian Dan Leno haunts the place, as does the ghost of the world famous clown Joe Grimaldi. A mysterious Man in Grey has been seen often during rehearsals, in broad daylight. And a skeleton with a knife in its chest was found in a spooky concealed room in the 1870s.

Past shows at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

Spectacular productions have long been the theatre’s stock-in-trade, with the composers Rodgers and Hammerstein creating waves with the massive hits Oklahoma, Carousel, South Pacific and The King and I. My Fair Lady, Hello, Dolly and A Chorus Line have graced the Theatre Royal’s historic Drury Lane stage. 42nd Street filled the house for five years and Miss Saigon saw a run of more than 4,000 performances. Oliver! and The Producers were also huge hits.

Theatre Royal, Drury Lane access

The disabled entrance is in Russell Street. There are 4 spaces for wheelchairs, L1 and 35, K1 and 35, with seating for companions in the same row. There’s transfer seating to the aisle seats, and you can store your wheelchair in the Stalls storeroom. There’s also a stair lift for transfers.

Theatre Royal, Drury Lane tickets

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Catherine Street, London, WC2B 5JF GB