Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AP
Royal Albert Hall Tickets
Sylvia
Royal Albert Hall
Tickets from £42.00Kate Prince's electrifying, powerful musical about the life and career of feminist activist Sylvia Pankhurst returns to London. Set to a sizzling soundtrack that fuses hip hop, funk, and soul, it chronicles Sylvia's childhood, her complicated relationship with her mother and sister, fellow activists Emmeline and Christrabel, and her struggle to reconcile her pacifism with her activism. Fans of Hamilton will love this bold new musical about revolution and loyalty.
- Opens: Friday, 13 November 2026
Booking until: Sunday, 15 November 2026 - Running time: 2hr 30min. Including 1 interval.
- Starring: Beverley Knight, Naomi Katiyo
- Playing at: Royal Albert Hall
- Booking until: Sunday, 15 November 2026
KURIOS by Cirque du Soleil
Royal Albert Hall
5 2 reviews 5 2 reviews Tickets from £56.00Cirque du Soleil returns to the Royal Albert Hall with this critically acclaimed smash-hit steampunk spectacle. Step into an alternative steampunk past where a genius inventor unlocks the door to a world of wonders and takes you on an unforgettable journey of discovery and imagination. Audiences will be dazzled and amazed by this stunning mix of gravity-defying acrobatics and jaw-dropping contortions, along with a touch of poetry, humour, and storytelling.
- Opens: Wednesday, 13 January 2027
Booking until: Sunday, 28 February 2027 - Running time: 2 Hours
- Playing at: Royal Albert Hall
- Booking until: Sunday, 28 February 2027
Royal Albert Hall Facilities
- Air conditioned
- Bar
- Disabled toilets
- Infrared hearing loop
- Restaurant
- Toilets
- Wheelchair/scooter access
Royal Albert Hall Access Tickets
Disabled theatregoers and their carers can get discount tickets. Please phone the Royal Albert Hall access line on +44 (02)0 7070 4410.
Royal Albert Hall Location
Travel Information
Nearest Tube station
- South Kensington
- Gloucester Road
Tube lines
- Piccadilly
- Circle
- District
Day buses
- (Hyde Park Gate) 9, 10, 52, 70, 360
Night buses
- (Hyde Park Gate) 10, 452, N9, N52
Royal Albert Hall Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get to the Royal Albert Hall?
The Hall stands on Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP, facing the Albert Memorial across the road. South Kensington, on the District, Circle and Piccadilly lines, is about twelve minutes' walk — much of it through the pedestrian subway and past the museums — while High Street Kensington and Gloucester Road are a similar distance. The building is circular and entered by numbered doors, so check which door your ticket names before you set off.
Is the Royal Albert Hall an accessible space?
Yes, and the door numbers are the key to it. Public lifts are at Doors 1 and 8, and the Arena foyers are reached by a platform lift from basement level at Door 1. Unisex wheelchair-accessible toilets are spread through the building: ground floor at the Door 8 porch and at Door 12, Grand Tier at Door 4, Rausing Circle at Door 8, Arena foyers at Door 1 and Gallery at Door 1. Box doors on the Grand Tier are usually 66cm wide, though some open to 140cm, so wheelchair users can generally reach the back row of a box. Stewards can bring an attendant wheelchair to help you round the building and to your seat. A Sennheiser hearing system is available — ask at Door 6 on the ground floor. Because provision varies by door and by level, tell the box office what you need when you book.
What time should I arrive at the Royal Albert Hall?
Give yourself more than the usual half hour — forty-five minutes is sensible on a first visit. The Hall seats over five thousand, everyone arrives through numbered doors set around a circular building, and finding the right one from the wrong side means walking the whole way round. Check your door number before you leave, and use the extra time for the bars and the corridors, which are worth seeing.
Can I take a bag into the Royal Albert Hall, and is there a cloakroom?
One bag per person may go into the auditorium, and it has to fit under your seat — up to about 25 litres, roughly 40 x 30 x 20cm, so a handbag, a briefcase or a small rucksack is fine. Anything larger is best left at home. A ground-floor cloakroom takes coats, umbrellas and bags for a small charge per item, but it opens only before main auditorium events, so do not count on it at other times. Bags are checked on the way in.
Is there a dress code at the Royal Albert Hall?
No. The building is grand, but the audience is not required to match it — come as you are comfortable, whether that is a suit for a gala or jeans for a rock night. The only exceptions are the occasional gala or private function that sets its own dress code, and that will be stated when you book. Bring a layer: the auditorium can feel warm once five thousand people are in it.
Royal Albert Hall history
From the outside
A beautiful sight from the outside with its intricate friezes and arched windows, this is one of Queen Victoria’s reign’s greatest architectural achievements. The Royal Albert Hall is a magnificent circular building inside and out, with curious suspended plates on the ceiling to marvel at.
Royal Albert Hall architecture and history
The Royal Albert Hall must be one of London’ most famous landmarks, as well as being one of the city’s most diverse venues. Dreamed up after the roaring success of the Great Exhibition in 1851 by its namesake Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s beloved husband, it was built using the profits from the exhibition itself. The crown bought the so-called Gore Estates to create this permanent public space for culture. But the Prince died before the building was completed. Opened by Victoria in 1871, it has played a vital part in the capital’s entertainment calendar ever since.
Sadly, while it was a gorgeous space to look at, based on a Roman amphitheatre, the acoustics at the Albert Hall were terrible and took a century to put right. Even so, it has hosted a startling number of amazing performances of every kind, from Wagner’s music to Greco-Roman wrestling, an indoor marathon, the Ford Motor Show and a speech by scientist Albert Einstein about the benefits of freedom.
In the 1900s the venue’s fame as a variety venue continued and it hosted odd, weird and wonderful performances and events including mass baptisms, the Miss World pageant, sumo tournaments, countless live music gigs from internationally renowned pop stars like Eric Clapton, who plays there every year, and The Beatles. It even saw the launch of the fifth Harry Potter novel.
Luckily, unlike many London theatre venues, the Royal Albert Hall remained undamaged throughout the second World War Blitz, mainly because German pilots used it as a handy landmark.
Plenty of famous speakers have made a lasting impression there, including Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela, Stephen Hawking, the Dalai Lama and Bill Clinton.
Today the Royal Albert Hall is probably most famous for the annual BBC Proms, which have used it as their home since 1941. The building recently enjoyed a comprehensive renovation and today is one of the country’s best known and loved venues.
Past shows at Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall has been home to some of the world’s most famous, plays, dance, live music, classical concerts, speeches, events, exhibitions, contests and more. Wagner, Verdi, Elgar and Rachmaninov, Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Oscar Peterson, The Who, Jay Z, Kaiser Chiefs, the Killers…. The list goes on and on!
Royal Albert Hall access
There are 14 wheelchair spaces plus seats for companions in the ground floor stalls and a few elevator chairs at the back of the stalls. There are also six spaces for wheelchairs in the circle in sections P, R, V and X, plus 4 more in the gallery’s unreserved standing area.
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