Charing Cross Theatre
| Address |
The Arches, Villiers Street Westminster, London UK |
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| Coordinates | 51°30′29″N 0°07′27″W / 51.508099°N 0.124134°W |
| Owner | Steven M. Levy & Sean Sweeney |
| Type | West End |
| Capacity | 265 |
| Current use | Theatre |
| Production | Dusty - 2015 |
| Opened | 5 June 1913 |
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Previously called New Players Theatre and founded in 1936, the Charing Cross Theatre occupied several premises in the West End before locating to its present site under The Arches off Villiers Street below Charing Cross station. The current site was a famous Victorian music hall The Players' Theatre. It was refurbished in 2005 and taken under new management in 2006 and reopened as 'The New Players Theatre'. It is one of the smallest West End Theatres, rebuilt to meet the demands of national and international producers wanting a theatre which offers a degree of intimacy and is the equivalent of an Off Broadway space. The Theatre then was taken under new management by Broadway producer Steven M. Levy and Sean Sweeney in 2011 and the theatre once again had its name changed to Charing Cross Theatre with the Players Bar & Kitchen.
Productions
Recent[1]
- Dusty - 2015
- Truth, Lies Diana - 2014
- Grim - August 2014
- Ushers: The Front of House Musical - March to June 2014
- Finian's Rainbow - April to May 2014
- Lost Boy (play) Phil Willmott [2]
- A Christmas Carol
- Wag The Musical
- Dear World
- Naked Boys Singing
- Le Boheme
- Keeler
Current production
In The Bar Of A Tokyo Hotel by Tennessee Williams, starring Linda Marlowe - 4th April - 14th May 2016
Forthcoming productions
With the appointment of Thom Southerland as Artistic Director in 2016, Charing Cross Theatre announced it was turning into a producing house launching with a number of major musicals. [3]
- Titanic - 28th May - 6th August 2016 (Return of Southwark Playhouse production)
- Radio Times - 20th August - 1st October 2016
- Ragtime - 8th October - 26th November 2016
- Death Takes A Holiday - 3rd December 2016 - 21st January 2017
