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The following is a list of active professional theatres and concert halls in the United Kingdom. They are organised alphabetically in name order.
A
Theatre
|
Location
|
Opened
|
Capacity
|
Current Management
|
Abbey Theatre
|
Nuneaton
|
1969
|
248
|
Chief Executive – Tony Deeming
|
Adelphi Theatre
|
London
|
1806
|
1,500
|
Owners – Nederlander Organization, Really Useful Theatres
|
Alban Arena
|
St Albans
|
June 1968
|
856–1,200
|
Operator – 1Life Management Solutions Ltd
|
Aldwych Theatre
|
London
|
1905
|
1,200
|
Owner – Nederlander Organization
|
Alexandra Theatre
|
Birmingham
|
27 May 1901
|
1,347
|
Owner – Ambassador Theatre Group
|
Alhambra Theatre
|
Bradford
|
1914
|
1,456
|
Operator – Bradford Council (Theatres)
|
Almeida Theatre
|
London
|
1980
|
325
|
Artistic Director – Rupert Goold
|
Ambassadors Theatre
|
London
|
5 June 1913
|
444
|
Owner – Stephen Waley-Cohen
|
Angles Theatre
|
Wisbech
|
c1790
|
c100
|
Wisbech Angles Theatre Council
|
The Anvil
|
Basingstoke
|
April 1994
|
1,400
|
Owner – The Anvil Trust Ltd
|
Apollo Theatre
|
London
|
21 February 1901
|
658
|
Owner – Nimax Theatres
|
Apollo Victoria Theatre
|
London
|
1930
|
2,328
|
Owner – Ambassador Theatre Group
|
Arcola Theatre
|
London
|
September 2000
|
200
|
Artistic Director – Mehmet Ergen
|
Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton
|
Wolverhampton
|
1967; refurbished 1999
|
150
|
Owner – University of Wolverhampton
|
Artrix
|
Bromsgrove, Worcs.
|
2005
|
301
|
Operator – Bromsgrove Arts Centre Trust
|
Arts Theatre
|
London
|
5 June 1913
|
350
|
Operator – JJ Goodman Ltd
|
artsdepot
|
London
|
23 October 2004
|
158–395
|
Operator – The Arts Depot Trust Limited
|
Ashcroft Theatre
|
London
|
5 November 1962
|
763
|
Owner – Croydon London Borough Council
|
B
C
Theatre
|
Location
|
Opened
|
Capacity
|
Current Management
|
Camberley Theatre
|
Camberley
|
|
408
|
Owner – Surrey Heath Borough Council
|
Cambridge Arts Theatre
|
Cambridge
|
1 February 1936
|
666
|
|
Cambridge Corn Exchange
|
Cambridge
|
1875
|
1,849
|
|
Cambridge Theatre
|
London
|
4 September 1930
|
1,231
|
Owner – Really Useful Theatres
|
Canal Cafe Theatre
|
London
|
|
60
|
|
Cast Theatre
|
Doncaster
|
2 September 2013
|
620
|
Director – Deborah Rees
|
Castle Theatre
|
Wellingborough
|
1995
|
503
|
Operator – Parkwood Theatres.
|
Chelsea Theatre
|
London
|
November 2001
|
110
|
|
Chichester Festival Theatre
|
Chichester
|
1962
|
1,206
|
Artistic Director – Daniel Evans
|
Chickenshed Theatre
|
London
|
1974
|
300
|
Artistic Director – Lou Stein
|
Churchill Theatre
|
Bromley
|
19 July 1977
|
781
|
Operator – HQ Theatres
|
Citizens Theatre
|
Glasgow
|
11 September 1878
|
500
|
Artistic Director – Dominic Hill
|
City Hall
|
Sheffield
|
22 September 1932
|
2,271
|
|
Civic Theatre
|
Rotherham
|
7 March 1960
|
|
|
Cochrane Theatre
|
London
|
1963–2012
|
314
|
|
Cockpit Theatre
|
London
|
1616–1665
|
|
|
Coliseum Theatre (Aberdare)
|
Aberdare
|
17 September 1938
|
600
|
|
Coliseum Theatre
|
London
|
1904
|
2,558
|
Owner – English National Opera
|
Congress Theatre
|
Eastbourne
|
1963
|
1,689
|
Owner - Eastbourne Borough Council
|
Contact Theatre
|
Manchester
|
1972
|
320
|
Operator – The Manchester Young People's Theatre Ltd
|
Corn Exchange, Newbury
|
Newbury
|
1993
|
400
|
The Corn Exchange (Newbury) Trust
|
Court Theatre
|
Tring, Hertfordshire
|
1978
|
220
|
Operator – Court Theatre Ltd
|
Courtyard Theatre (Hereford)
|
Hereford
|
1998
|
520
|
Operator – The Courtyard Trust Ltd
|
Courtyard Theatre (Royal Shakespeare Company)
|
Stratford-on-Avon
|
2006–2010
|
1,048
|
|
Cottesloe (Royal National Theatre)
|
London
|
1976
|
400
|
Artistic Director – Rufus Norris
|
Crescent Theatre
|
Birmingham
|
1932
|
460
|
|
Criterion Theatre (Coventry)
|
Coventry
|
1961
|
|
|
Criterion Theatre
|
London
|
21 March 1874
|
588
|
Owner – Criterion Theatre Trust
|
Cromer Pier Pavilion Theatre
|
Cromer, Norfolk
|
1901
|
500
|
Openwide Coastal Ltd
|
Crucible Theatre (Sheffield Theatres)
|
Sheffield
|
1971
|
980
|
Artistic Director – Robert Hastie
|
Curve
|
Leicester
|
11 November 2008
|
920
|
Artistic Director – Nikolai Foster
|
Caird Hall
|
Dundee
|
|
2000
|
|
D
E
Theatre
|
Location
|
Opened
|
Capacity
|
Current Management
|
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
|
Edinburgh
|
November 7, 1892
|
1,915
|
Operator – Capital Theatres
|
Edinburgh Playhouse
|
Edinburgh
|
1929
|
3,059
|
Owner – Ambassador Theatre Group
|
Empire Theatre (Glasgow)
|
Glasgow
|
1897–1963
|
2,100
|
|
Empire Theatre (Hackney)
|
Hackney
|
1901; rebuilt in 2004
|
1,275
|
|
Empire Theatre (Liverpool)
|
Liverpool
|
March 9, 1925
|
2,348
|
Owner – Ambassador Theatre Group
|
Empire Theatre (Sunderland)
|
Sunderland
|
July 1, 1907
|
2,200
|
Operator – Ambassador Theatre Group
|
Epsom Playhouse
|
Surrey
|
1984
|
406
|
|
Epstein Theatre
|
Liverpool
|
1913
|
380
|
Owner - Liverpool City Council
|
Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
|
Cheltenham
|
October 1891
|
694
|
Chief Executive - Mark Goucher
|
Everyman Theatre (Liverpool)
|
Liverpool
|
1964; rebuilt in 2011–14
|
400
|
Artistic Director – Gemma Bodinetz
|
F
G
Theatre
|
Location
|
Opened
|
Capacity
|
Current Management
|
G Live
|
Guildford
|
September 2011
|
1031
|
Owner – HQ Theatres
|
Garrick Theatre
|
London
|
24 April 1889
|
718 (current); 800 (original)
|
Owner – Nimax Theatres
|
Gatehouse Theatre
|
Stafford
|
|
|
|
Gate Theatre (London)
|
London
|
1979
|
75
|
Artistic Director – Ellen McDougall
|
Georgian Theatre Royal
|
Richmond (Yorkshire)
|
1788; rebuilt 1963
|
214
|
|
Gielgud Theatre
|
London
|
27 December 1906
|
986
|
Owner – Delfont Mackintosh Theatres
|
Globe Theatre
|
London
|
1599; rebuilt 1997
|
1,400 (current); 3,000 (original)
|
Artistic Director – Michelle Terry
|
Gordon Craig Theatre
|
Stevenage
|
1976
|
1,701
|
|
Grand Opera House (Belfast)
|
Belfast
|
23 December 1895; 1980–present
|
1,063
|
|
Grand Opera House (York)
|
York
|
20 January 1902
|
|
Operator – Ambassador Theatre Group
|
Grand Pavilion
|
Porthcawl
|
1932
|
643
|
|
Grand Theatre, Blackpool
|
Blackpool
|
1894; rebuilt 23 March 1981
|
1,100
|
Owner - Blackpool Grand Theatre Trust Ltd
|
Grand Theatre, Lancaster
|
Lancaster
|
1792; 1848–1978
|
457
|
|
Greenwich Theatre
|
Greenwich
|
1864, rebuilt 1969
|
430
|
|
Grand Theatre, Leeds
|
Leeds
|
18 November 1878
|
1,550
|
|
Grand Theatre, Swansea
|
Swansea
|
1897
|
1,014
|
|
Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton
|
Wolverhampton
|
1894; rebuilt in 1982
|
1,200
|
|
Grimsby Auditorium
|
Grimsby
|
1995
|
1,200–2,000
|
|
H
J
Theatre
|
Location
|
Opened
|
Capacity
|
Current Management
|
Jacksons Lane
|
London
|
1975
|
166
|
Executive Director – Isobel Smith
|
Jigsaw Youth Theatre
|
Netherton Dudley
|
|
|
|
K
L
Theatre
|
Location
|
Opened
|
Capacity
|
Current Management
|
Lace Market Theatre
|
Nottingham
|
1972
|
118
|
|
Lakeside Theatre (University of Essex)
|
Colchester, Essex
|
1971
|
200
|
|
Lamproom Theatre
|
Barnsley
|
|
|
|
Lantern Theatre
|
Liverpool
|
|
|
|
Lantern Theatre
|
Sheffield
|
1893
|
|
|
Lawrence Batley Theatre
|
Huddersfield
|
9 July 1819
|
477[1]
|
|
Leatherhead Theatre
|
Surrey
|
|
|
|
Leeds City Varieties
|
Leeds
|
1865; reopened September 2011
|
467
|
|
Leeds Playhouse
|
Leeds
|
March 1990
|
1,100
|
|
Leighton Buzzard Library Theatre
|
Leighton Buzzard
|
October 5, 1979
|
170
|
|
Library Theatre (Manchester)
|
Manchester
|
17 July 1934; reopened 22 March 2014
|
|
|
Library Theatre (Sheffield)[2]
|
Sheffield
|
|
|
|
Lichfield Garrick Theatre & Studio[3]
|
Lichfield, Staffordshire
|
2003
|
562
|
|
Bolton Little Theatre
|
Bolton
|
1931
|
165
|
|
Little Theatre (Chester)
|
Chester
|
1962
|
126
|
|
Little Theatre (Leicester)
|
Leicester
|
1932
|
349
|
|
Live Theatre[4]
|
Newcastle upon Tyne
|
|
|
|
Liverpool Actors Studio Theatre
|
Liverpool
|
|
|
|
London Coliseum
|
London
|
1904
|
2,558
|
|
London Palladium
|
London
|
26 December 1910
|
2,286
|
|
The Lowry
|
Salford
|
12 October 2000
|
2,196
|
|
Lyceum Theatre (Crewe)
|
Crewe, Cheshire
|
21 November 1887; rebuilt 6 October 1911
|
1,250 (original); 850 (currently)
|
|
Lyceum Theatre, London
|
London
|
14 July 1834
|
2,100
|
|
Lyceum Theatre (Sheffield Theatres)
|
Sheffield
|
1897; rebuilt 1991
|
1,068
|
|
Lyric Theatre (Belfast)
|
Belfast
|
1951; reopened 1 May 2011
|
400
|
|
Lyric Theatre, London
|
London
|
17 December 1888
|
915 (currently); 1,258 (original)
|
|
Lyric Theatre (Lowry)
|
Salford
|
12 October 2000
|
1,730
|
|
Lyric Hammersmith
|
London
|
1895
|
550
|
|
Lyttelton (Royal National Theatre)
|
London
|
1976
|
890
|
|
M
N
O
P
Theatre
|
Location
|
Opened
|
Capacity
|
Current Management
|
Palace theatre, Kilmarnock
|
Kilmarnock
|
1860
|
498
|
|
Palace Theatre, London
|
London
|
January 1891
|
1,400
|
|
Palace Theatre, Manchester
|
Manchester
|
18 May 1891
|
1,955
|
|
Palace Theatre, Mansfield
|
Mansfield
|
1910
|
534
|
|
Palace Theatre, Newark
|
Newark-on-Trent
|
1920
|
638
|
Newark and Sherwood District Council
|
Palace Theatre, Redditch
|
Redditch
|
1913
|
|
|
Palace Theatre, Swansea
|
Swansea
|
1888
|
|
|
Palace Theatre, Watford
|
Watford
|
14 December 1908
|
600
|
|
Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea
|
Westcliff-on-Sea
|
21 October 1912
|
603 (current); 1,500 (original)
|
|
Parc and Dare Hall
|
Treorchy
|
1892
|
|
|
Pavilion Theatre (Bournemouth)
|
Bournemouth
|
19 March 1929
|
1,448
|
|
Pavilion Theatre (Rhyl)
|
Rhyl
|
1891
|
1,061
|
|
Pavilion Theatre (Weymouth)
|
Weymouth
|
21 December 1908
|
988
|
|
Peacock Theatre
|
London
|
13 November 1911
|
999 (current); 2,600 (original)
|
|
Peepul Theatre
|
Leicester
|
2005
|
314
|
|
Pendle Hippodrome Theatre
|
Colne
|
21 September 1914
|
489
|
|
Penistone Paramount Cinema
|
Penistone
|
|
|
|
The Peterborough Theatre
|
Peterborough
|
|
|
|
Phoenix Theatre (London)
|
London
|
24 September 1930
|
1,012
|
|
Phoenix Theatre (Ross-on-Wye)
|
Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire
|
|
|
|
Piccadilly Theatre
|
London
|
27 April 1928
|
1,282 (current); 1,400 (original)
|
|
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
|
Perthshire
|
19 May 1951
|
544
|
|
Platform Theatre
|
Norwich
|
|
|
|
Playbox Theatre
|
Warwick
|
1986
|
|
|
The Players Theatre
|
Lowestoft
|
2012
|
200
|
The Lowestoft Players Ltd
|
Liverpool Playhouse
|
Liverpool
|
1866
|
|
|
The Playhouse
|
Sleaford
|
1825
|
120
|
Sleaford Little Theatre CIO
|
London Playhouse
|
London
|
11 March 1882
|
786
|
Playhouse harlow
|
Pleasance Islington
|
London
|
1995
|
|
|
Plowright Theatre
|
Scunthorpe
|
1958
|
354
|
|
Polka Theatre
|
Wimbledon, London – children's theatre
|
20 November 1979
|
370
|
|
Prince Edward Theatre
|
London
|
3 April 1930
|
1,716
|
Owner – Delfont Mackintosh Theatres
|
Prince of Wales Theatre
|
London
|
January 1884
|
1,160
|
Owner – Delfont Mackintosh Theatres
|
Princes Hall
|
Aldershot
|
1972
|
690
|
|
Princes Theatre
|
Clacton
|
14 April 1931
|
1,400
|
Owner - Tendring District Council
|
Priory Theatre
|
Kenilworth
|
8 April 1946
|
120
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q
R
S
Theatre |
Location |
Opened |
Capacity
|
Current Management
|
Sadler's Wells
|
London
|
1683
|
1,560
|
|
Savoy Theatre
|
London
|
10 October 1881
|
1,150
|
Owner – Ambassador Theatre Group
|
Secombe Theatre
|
London
|
1984
|
343–396
|
|
Scarborough Open Air Theatre
|
Scarborough
|
1932; reopened 20 May 2010
|
6,500
|
|
Sewell Barn Theatre
|
Norwich
|
1980
|
100
|
|
Sherman Theatre
|
Cardiff
|
1973
|
|
|
Shoebox Theatre
|
Swindon
|
|
|
|
Sinden Theatre
|
Tenterden, Kent
|
2004
|
|
|
The Spa Theatre
|
Bridlington
|
|
|
|
St David's Hall
|
Cardiff
|
30 August 1982
|
2,000
|
|
St George's Hall
|
Bradford
|
29 August 1853
|
1,500 (current); 3,500 (original)
|
|
St Helens Theatre Royal
|
St. Helens
|
1895, rebuilt 1901
|
700
|
Operator - Regal Entertainments Ltd
|
St. Martin's Theatre
|
London
|
26 November 1916
|
550
|
|
Stables Theatre
|
Hastings, East Sussex
|
16 June 1959
|
126
|
The Stables Trust
|
Stephen Joseph Theatre
|
Scarborough
|
30 April 1996
|
404
|
Artistic Director – Alan Ayckbourn
|
Storyhouse
|
Chester
|
May 2017
|
500 (Thrust), 800 (Touring)
|
|
Studio Theatre
|
Sheffield
|
1971
|
400
|
|
Sue Townsend Theatre[5]
|
Leicester
|
1963
|
266
|
|
Summerhall Anatomy Theatre[6]
|
Edinburgh
|
2011
|
70
|
|
Summerhall Cairns Theatre[7]
|
Edinburgh
|
2011
|
120
|
|
Summerhall Demonstration Theatre[8]
|
Edinburgh
|
2011
|
60
|
|
Summerhall Dissection Room Theatre[9]
|
Edinburgh
|
2011
|
350
|
|
Summerhall Main Hall Theatre[10]
|
Edinburgh
|
2011
|
200
|
|
Summerhall Red Lecture Theatre[11]
|
Edinburgh
|
2011
|
90
|
|
Sutton Arts Theatre
|
Birmingham
|
|
|
|
Swan Theatre (High Wycombe)
|
High Wycombe
|
November 1992
|
1,076
|
|
Swan Theatre (Stratford)
|
Stratford-on-Avon
|
1986
|
450
|
|
Swan Theatre (Worcester)
|
Worcester
|
1965
|
352
|
Artistic Director – Ben Humphrey
|
T
Theatre |
Location |
Opened |
Capacity
|
Current Management
|
The Apex
|
Bury St. Edmunds
|
|
|
|
Theatre of Small Convenience
|
Malvern, Worcestershire
|
November 1999; closed 25 February 2017
|
12
|
|
Theatre Royal, Bath
|
Bath
|
1805
|
888
|
|
Theatre Royal, Brighton
|
Brighton
|
27 June 1807
|
952
|
|
Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds
|
Bury St. Edmunds
|
11 October 1819
|
360
|
|
Theatre Royal, Dumfries
|
Dumfries
|
29 September 1792
|
500–600
|
|
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
|
Drury Lane, London
|
1660
|
2,196
|
Owner – Really Useful Theatres
|
Theatre Royal, Edinburgh
|
Edinburgh
|
1769–1946
|
|
|
Theatre Royal, Exeter
|
Exeter
|
1889–1962
|
|
|
Theatre Royal, Glasgow
|
Glasgow
|
1867
|
1,541
|
|
Theatre Royal, Haymarket
|
Haymarket, London
|
4 July 1821
|
888
|
Owner – Leonard Blavatnik
|
Theatre Royal, Lincoln
|
Lincoln
|
1893
|
475
|
|
Theatre Royal, Newcastle
|
Newcastle upon Tyne
|
20 February 1837
|
1,249
|
|
Theatre Royal, Norwich
|
Norwich
|
1758
|
1,308
|
|
Theatre Royal, Nottingham
|
Nottingham
|
1856
|
1,186
|
|
Theatre Royal, Plymouth
|
Plymouth
|
5 May 1982
|
1,320
|
|
Theatre Royal, Stratford East
|
Stratford, London
|
17 December 1884
|
460
|
|
Theatre Royal, Wakefield
|
Wakefield
|
1894
|
499
|
|
Theatre Royal, Windsor
|
Windsor
|
1930
|
633
|
Operator – Bill Kenwright
|
Theatre Royal, York
|
York
|
1744
|
847
|
Artistic Director – Damian Cruden
|
Torch Theatre
|
Milford Haven
|
1977
|
399
|
|
Town Hall Theatre
|
Birmingham
|
|
|
|
Trafalgar Studios
|
London
|
29 September 1930
|
480
|
Owner – Trafalgar Entertainment Group
|
Traverse Theatre
|
Edinburgh
|
1963
|
356
|
Artistic Director – Orla O'Loughlin
|
|
Trinity Theatre
|
Tunbridge Wells
|
1982
|
290
|
Artistic Director - Sean Turner
|
U
Theatre |
Location |
Opened |
Capacity
|
Current Management
|
Unity Theatre
|
Liverpool
|
|
|
|
Usher Hall
|
Edinburgh
|
16 March 1914
|
2,200
|
|
V
W
Y
Theatre |
Location |
Opened |
Capacity
|
Current Management
|
The Y – Theatre
|
Leicester
|
1900
|
300
|
Owner – Leicester YMCA
|
York Theatre Royal
|
York
|
1744
|
847
|
Artistic Director – Damian Cruden
|
Young Vic
|
London
|
11 September 1970
|
420
|
Artistic Director – Kwame Kwei-Armah
|
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
|
Guildford
|
1963
|
586
|
Operator – Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Management Limited
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Z
Theatre |
Location |
Opened |
Capacity
|
Current Management
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Z-Arts
|
Manchester
|
2000
|
222
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Operator – Zion Arts Centre Limited
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References
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