In the buildings original design, a spacious entrance hall on the dress circle level led to wide staircases down into the stalls. The Ambassador Theatre Group bought the theatre in 1992; this coincided with the successful Royal Court production of Ariel Dorfman's Death and the Maiden. A host of successes followed including the 21st anniversary performance of Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show and the Royal Court Classics Season in 1995. Starring Paul Keating and Sheridan Smith, the production enjoyed a four month run here at the Duke of York's Theatre before transferring to the Ambassadors Theatre in June 2007. . It's gorgeous, touching, slightly rough, slightly jokey, as though the score is being made love to and ever so gently sent up. | E&EO | Privacy Policy | Updated 1 November 2021, The Nether in London 2015 - theatre tickets and information. Sean Foley's revival of Ronald Harwood's play The Dresser starring Reece Shearsmith and Ken Stott and Reece Shearsmith opened here at the Duke of York's Theatre in October 2016 and was then followed in February 2017 by a revival of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie starring Cherry Jones as the mother 'Amanda Wingfield'. Also returning to London, following an earlier season at the Wyndham's Theatre, was Florian Zeller black comedy The Father starring Kenneth Cranham which played here during February and March 2016. Over 5,000 tons of bombs fell weekly. Dealing with the recent history of Czechoslovakia between the Prague Spring in 1968 and the Velvet Revolution in 1990, the play was directed by Trevor Nunn.
In October 2013 a new comedy Perfect Nonsense written by Bobby and David Goodale opened. It reopened in February 1980 and the first production under the aegis of Capital Radio was Rose, starring Glenda Jackson. "They play. It was my mother who saw to it me and my sisters, six of us, didn't grow up inside the Italian-American community, that we could be who we were." A lively portrayal of James Joyce, his wife, his disturbed daughter, and his secretary, Samuel Beckett, the play featured Imelda Staunton as James Joyce's wife, Nora Barnacle. It can feel like standing on the sidelines watching this constant turnover of young potential."
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Portraits of famous actresses hung in the corridors with the overall effect described as chaste and refined. "It's a very humanist play about how different passions and ideas influence each other," Brian Cox said. The following year, in honour of the future King George V, the theatre finally became the Duke of Yorks the name by which it is known today. Between October 1995 and March 1996 the Royal Court presented Ron Hutchinsons, as part of a Royal Court Classics season here at the Duke of Yorks. In May of the same year, new management took over the theatre but their arrival unfortunately heralded two of the theatres and theatre worlds shortest ever runs; All The Year Round opened in October 1951 and ran for just three nights and then, on 17th December 1953 Thirteen for Dinner opened and closed on the same night. This was followed in September 2011 by Backbeat, a play with songs, that told the story of how the Beatles from Liverpool became the world famous Beatles as they journeyed from the famous docks of Liverpool to search for success in the seedy red light district of Hamburg. Follow spots none. The Royal Circle overhangs at Row K. Legroom isnt ideal in the Royal Circle, but there is no visual obstruction from the Upper Circle above. The third play was Nick Payne's Constellations in November 2012. Good ventilation and sanitation along with electricity (with a backup gas supply in the event of power outages) throughout the building ensured that despite its Victorian roots, the venue was already looking to a more modern era with the safety of its patrons a priority. The Royal Courts production of Death and the Maiden also played here in 1992. Car park: Chinatown (5mins) Channel your inner Miss Marple as we expose murderous actors and secret royal romps!
Re-opening on 26th September 1895 under lease to Cartwright and Dana, the first new production was Her Advocate. The building housed the production offices of ATGs subsidiary Sonia Friedman Productions. This production was then followed in June 2009 by the first West End revival of Tom Stoppard's 1993 play Arcadia. Described as 'A story of love, honey, and a quantum multiverse' the play was focused on the relationship between Roland and Marianne and showed the myriad possible paths that the relationship could take. This was then followed by the thriller Ghost Stories written by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman. Following acclaimed runs in Edinburgh and at London's National Theatre, Lee Hall's new musical play Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour opened here in May 2017. In the late 1970s the freehold of the theatre was purchased by Capital Radio and in 1979 closed for a major refurbishment with the aim of cutting the number of pillars holding up the royal and upper circles. featuring the colourful writer, raconteur and actor. In 2010, the hugely entertaining jump-fest Ghost Stories by Jeremy Dyson/Andy Nyman enjoyed a year-long residency and in 2013, The Judas Kiss featured Rupert Everett as Oscar Wilde. Society of London Theatre also offers useful information for visitors with a disability or specific access need. The final production of 2008 here at the Duke of York's Theatre was Rupert Goold's revival of Harold Pinter's classic play No Man's Land starring Michael Gambon and David Walliams. Kit Harington starred in Jamie Lloyd's revival of Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus for an eight week season, this was followed by a transfer in July 2016 from the Haymarket Theatre of Alan Strachan's revival of Alan Ayckbourn's comedy How The Other Half Loves. In the same year, the theatre became known as the Trafalgar Theatre although the new name didnt last long. It was Friedmans production. Initially called the Trafalgar Square, the name was shortened to Trafalgar in 1894 and the following year became the Duke of Yorks to honour the future King George V. In 1900, Jerome K Jeromes Miss Hobbs was staged as well as David Belascos Madame Butterfly, which was seen by Puccini, who later turned it into what is probably his most famous opera; it was ultimately performed at the Duke of Yorks in 1932 by the Carl Rosa Opera Company. "My character, Beatrice, has tremendous instincts, leading her to tremendous insight. Adapted from the novel by Sandor Marai, the stage production which was directed by Michael Blakemore run for four months. A short play running for just 30 minutes it was performed a number of times each evening.
The next production here at the Duke of York's Theatre was a three month run of Polly Teale's After Mrs Rochester. Toby Frow's production of Australian playwright Andrew Bovell's thriller Speaking in Tongues about the disappearance of a leading psychiatrist opened here in September 2009 for an eleven week season starring John Simm, Ian Hart, Lucy Cohu and Kerry Fox.
Following a sell-out season at the Almeida Theatre in North London earlier in 2005, Richard Eyre's revival of Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler transferred here from May 2005 for an eleven week season. Guides working professionally in the London theatre scene, We limit our group sizes to a maximum of 14 per tour, We respond to all phone & email messages within 24 hours, Book securely online using all major credit & debit cards. This was also the theatre where J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up debuted on 27 December 1904. Playing a very short 11 day concert season in January 2009 was the Tony Award winning actor Mandy Patinkin.
Directions from tube: (5mins) Take Charing Cross Road to St Martins Court, head down until the end and then take a right onto St Martins Lane until you reach the theatre on your right. The Times praised the adherence to tradition of Beatons work as a job of restoration and conservation[Beaton] has restored the red plush, the gilding, and the debased rococo ornaments so that they glow and glitter exactly as they must have done to those who came to the theatre in hansom cabs.. It was Friedmans production, In Celebration, which in 2007 attracted Hollywood A-lister Orlando Bloom to the Duke of Yorks stage. In Czechoslovakia rock'n'roll was a genuinely potent force. [2] In the late 1970s the freehold of the theatre was purchased by Capital Radio and it closed in 1979 for refurbishment. The final two rows are bench seats rather than individual ones. 2013 opened with another transfer, this time from the Hampstead Theatre of Neil Armfield revival of David Hare's 1998 play The Judas Kiss about Oscar Wilde's imprisonment and relationship with Bosie. The Stalls offer good legroom throughout, and the raking of the seats is very good, noticeably from Row D onwards. There's no time to get nervous. Famous productions to have played the Duke Of Yorks Theatre include David Belascos Madame Butterfly in 1900 Puccini was in the audience and famously turned the story into an opera and J. M. Barrie's famous creation Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldnt Grow Up which played at the theatre on 27 Dec. 1904. The play, about three brothers who return home to the northern roots of their childhood for a family reunion also featured Gareth Farr and Paul Hilton as the two other brothers along with Tim Healy and Dearbhla Molloy as their parents. | Assistance , that it returned each Christmas until December 1914, after which it was staged at the New Theatre (now the Nol Coward Theatre) from December 1915. The faade is currently missing its original crowning balustrade above the main cornice but an ornamental iron and glass canopy over the entrances still ensure that theatregoers are protected from the elements as they arrive and depart.
And then you have to ask yourself: 'Why am I in tears?'" The Ambassador Theatre Group bought the Duke of Yorks in 1992; this coincided with the successful Royal Court production of Ariel Dorfmans Death and the Maiden, which transferred here in February 1992. The theatre's opening show was comic opera The Wedding Eve by Frdric Toulmouche. She was still quite nervous though about accepting the role saying "I am pretty much down to my underwear for much of the show, so I'm dreading my father coming to see this. If you would like more information, or are aware of any errors, pleasecontact us here.
Although starring Michael Gambon, he didn't actually say anything out loud, but rather just listened to and, in some ways, reacted to to the pre-recorded voice of Penelope Wilton while a live camera projection of him was projected on to the front of the stage. Christopher Hampton's new play Embers in March 2006 brought Jeremy Irons back to the London stage. Originally called The Trafalgar Square Theatre, then The Trafalgar in 1894. The Theatres Trustoffers information and support for our nations theatres. A transfer from the Royal Court Theatre of Jennifer Haley's new play The Nether in London 2015 - theatre tickets and information opened in January 2015 for a three month season which was followed by a three month run of Lindsay Posner revival of Noel Coward's comedy Hay Fever starring Felicity Kendal and Simon Shepherd in the Judith and David Bliss roles. The production featured Eve Best in the title role along with Iain Glen as 'Judge Brack'.
Running for a limited two month season, the show closed in April 2008 to be replaced the following month by another transfer, this time from the Royal Court Theatre of Polly Stenham's multi award-winning debut play The Face featuring Lindsay Duncan and Matt Smith with Julian Wadham which played here for a ten week season. Official website: http://www.atgtickets.com/venues/duke-of-yorks/. Arthur Earnshaw was a theatre electrician here when he founded Strand Electric with Phillip Sheridan in 1914.
After acquiring the Duke of Yorks, the Ambassador Theatre Group also made the theatre its London headquarters.
In May of the same year, new management took over the theatre but their arrival unfortunately heralded two of the theatres and theatre worlds shortest ever runs; opened in October 1951 and ran for just three nights and then, on 17, In September 1960, the theatre was Grade II listed by English Heritage. So popular was. Bus numbers: (Charing Cross Road) 24, 29, 176; (Strand) 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 23, 87, 91, 139 The first new production of 2004 was Michael Hastings' new play Calico which opened in March 2004. The auditorium has three levels Stalls, Royal Circle and Upper Circle. The Duke of Yorks remained a home of The Royal Court for the next four years and was renamed The Royal Court Theatre Downstairs for the duration of their stay. The production was a towering success, closing on its 150th performance on Saturday 1, April 1905 with the promise that it would return for another Christmas season the following December. The Trafalgar Square theatre (as theDuke of Yorks then was) opened on Saturday 10th September 1892 with the comic opera The Wedding Eve adapted from the FrenchLe Moutier de Saint-Guignolet/La Veillee de Noces. So popular was Peter Pan, that it returned each Christmas until December 1914, after which it was staged at the New Theatre (now the Nol Coward Theatre) from December 1915. Starring Jefferson Mays who was reprising his Tony award-winning role from Broadway, the production played for a short five week run which left the theatre dark over Christmas and New Year period. The theatre reopened in February 1980 under the patronage of Capital with the play, , starring Glenda Jackson. 3 amplifiers installed in the theatre, but all other equipment has to be hired for each production.
There are enormous numbers of children, especially boys, with huge difficulties in reading, learning and expressing their emotions. In the same year, the theatre became known as the Trafalgar Theatre although the new name didnt last long. The oldest and first dedicated online London theatre guide News and tickets for over 250 West End & off-West End showsFollow us for the latest theatre news Twitter. He's not untypical of a certain sort of man - he's unable to commit to a married state, so he creates triangular relationships. The second transfer from the Royal Court, in August 2012, was April De Angelis' play Jumpy about a fifty-something wife and mother who had once protested at Greenham Common but who was now trying to adjust to having her own teenage daughter in a changing world. Although a new play, Stephen Poliakoff conceived the play seven years previously, when his own children were just five and eleven, while earlier in 2003 he had written the screenplay for the television drama The Lost Prince, about the youngest child of King George V and Queen Mary, who died at the age of 13 in 1919 having suffered from epileptic seizures and an autism-like developmental disorder. Many famous British actors have appeared here, including Basil Rathbone in, in June 1920 and as the Unknown Gentleman in, in November 1932. This also effected the following productions here: a transfer from London's Almeida Theatre of Robert Icke's production of The Doctor in London starring Juliet Stevenson - which was due to run here for an 11-week season from the end of April 2020 - was cancelled; while a new revival of Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman - which was due to run here for a 12-week season from July 2020 - was postponed, and is hoping to be staged here in early 2021. 1971 (from The Stage Guide) Special effects supply 2 x 60A on 1 phase. That and the pride of these men. Records prior to internet age can be difficult to verify so we only list productions back as far as the year 2000, however we hold some records prior to this date offline. This was followed by a drastically-rewritten revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Alan Ayckbourn musical, By Jeeves, which opened on 2nd July 1996 and closed on 28th September 1996, transferring to the Lyric Theatre. The director, Mark Dornford-May, in search of a musical director, heard about him at the church that his wife, Pauline Malefane, attends - 'we know a guy who knows a guy who knows something about music' And here Dyantyis is, fresh out of music school, recreating bar by bar the original orchestral parts for eight marimbas, a pair each of soprano, alto, baritone, and bass," explained the Artistic Director of the Young Vic, David Lan. After he did national service my father could have gone to college, but he was a Mastrantonio, the first son, so he went to work in a foundry to give his parents money. Yet Brack's feelings for both Hedda and her husband are in earnest. | Contact After a seven month run the play closed in February 2007 to be replaced the following month by a transfer from the Menier Chocolate Factory of Matthew White's revival of the Alan Menken and Howard Ashman musical Little Shop of Horrors. 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The Duke of Yorks is most closely associated with JM Barries classic playPeter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldnt Grow Upwhich opened here on Tuesday 27th December 1904 starring Nina Boucicault as Peter Pan, Gerald du Maurier as Mr Darling/Captain Hook and George Shelton as Smee. In September 1960, the theatre was Grade II listed by English Heritage. Opening in October, the production played through to early January 2009. Location: West End In the decade which followed, successful productions included Goodnight Mrs Puffin starring Irene Handl, The Anniversary, featuring Sheila Hancock and Michael Crawford, The Killing of Sister George with Beryl Reid and Eileen Atkins and The Hotel in Amsterdam with Paul Scofield. In October 2021 Joel Horwood's The Ocean at the End of the Lane, presented in a stage adaptation by Neil Gaiman, is scheduled to transfer here from a sell-out run at the National Theatre. The Duke of York's Theatre is a West End theatre in St Martin's Lane, in the City of Westminster, London. The dressing rooms are in another building at the rear connected by a short, covered iron bridge. Current Show: The acclaimed stage adaptation of Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane from 23 October 2021 through to 23 April 2022, followed by Amy Adams in the Tennessee Williams play The Glass Menagerie from 23 May through to 27 August 2022, Having opened in London's West End at the Ambassadors Theatre just three months previous, Marie Jones' two-hander comedy Stones in his Pockets proved to be such a hit that it moved here to the larger Duke of York's Theatre in August 2000 where it enjoyed a successful run of just under three years before it transferred back to the Ambassadors Theatre in July 2003. Blithe Spirits and operatic phantoms. The detached building has a frontage of Grimshill and Portland stone with narrow passageways to the left and right, each with wrought iron gate, overthrow and lantern. Company Number: 2761052. Actually, my manager's going to be just as shocked. | transferred from New York and was attended by Puccini. In 1950 the theatre underwent complete redecoration to designs by photographer and Oscarwinning stage, film and costume designer Cecil Beaton. This was followed by the new David Hare play The Moderate Soprano from April 2018, which was then followed by revivals of Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke from March 2018, and Shakespeare's King Lear starring Ian McKellen from July 2018. It's very subtle and complex.".
"I loved the show but the music wasn't really my kind of thing. The production transferred here following a short run at the Liverpool Playhouse and the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith in London. That sort of feistiness is peculiarly Irish. Mic sockets 1 in floats. It's extraordinary. At the beginning of a new millennium, one of the theatres most successful productions arrived, with Marie Jones hit comedy Stones in his Pockets running for almost three years. All rights reserved. Two years later, in 1897, the American theatrical manager Charles Frohman, took over the running of the theatre staging successful productions employing American Actors who he exchanged for British ones performing there. almost came a cropper when, on opening night, the backstage crew went on strike mid-way through the performance, leaving the actors to shift scenery for themselves. The revival starred Rupert Everett as 'Oscar Wilde' and Freddie Fox as 'Lord Alfred Douglas' ('Bosie') and enjoyed a thirteen week run here in the West End. Based on the Jeeves and Wooster characters devised by PG Woodhouse, the original cast for this stage comedy featured Stephen Mangan as 'Bertie Wooster' and Matthew Macfadyen as 'Jeeves'. Fortunately the next show at the Duke of York's Theatre fared better - arriving in London's West End following a ten month run on Broadway, the play Dirty Blonde opened here in June 2004. The auditorium originally accommodated around 1266 people, albeit to varying degrees of comfort, and was decorated in the French Renaissance style. It reopened in February 1980 and the first production under the patronage of Capital was Rose, starring Glenda Jackson. They're smart and charming, and I wanted us to enjoy being in there with them and for us still to be there when things get much darker so that to some extent we are then implicated." The Duke Of Yorks Theatre opened in 1892, but was first called the Trafalgar Square Theatre, due to its central London location. The production was notable for featuring Richard Wilson - best remembered for playing 'Victor Meldrew' in TV's One Foot in the Grave - who was making his well-received RSC debut playing the role of 'Malvolio'.
She's no longer a stripper in a sleazy bar exactly, she's more of a burlesque performer. Over the school holidays the touring production of Jacqueline Wilson's Hetty Feather returned to London for a four week run. by Jeremy Dyson/Andy Nyman enjoyed a year-long residency and in 2013, The Theatres facade was renovated and repainted in October 2014 when new gold leaf was added, and the signwriting was replaced. There's no dressing-room time at all. Braff, who played Charlie the suicidal hero in the play said: "I definitely am not, nor have ever been, suicidal, thank God, but I think I wrestle with the themes of the play, which are isolation and loneliness and the search for companionship." She's someone who wears a happy mask, but it's fairly obvious early on that she's a tragic character and we are going to watch her gradual demise throughout the show." One of the earliest successes was also one of the West Ends first musical comedies, Go-Bang, playing here in 1894.
The theatre reopened in February 1980 under the patronage of Capital with the playRose, starring Glenda Jackson. The first new show here in 2020 was a transfer from the Bath Theatre Royal of Richard Eyre's revival of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit starring Jennifer Saunders. Circuits FOH 10 (on Circle); Flies 44 (with patch to FOH boxes); Stage dips 12 (with additional 7 in the floats). Arthur Lloyds Theatre Websiteoffers an encyclopaedic insight into the history of the West Ends theatres. Classic drama then returned here at the Duke of York's Theatre in February 2009 with Lindsay Posner's revival of Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge starring Ken Stott and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as the central married couple, Eddie and Beatrice. I was drawn to the idea of creating a club from scratch, rather than trying to replicate real-life events.
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The decade brought a number of interesting seasons, amongst them, The Ballet Rambert and the notable appearances of Alicia Markova and Andre Dolin which greatly helped to popularise ballet in England, and a season by Paris macabre and frequently shockingGrand Guignol. In February 2008 the Duke of York's Theatre welcomed from South Africa a special stage adaptation of the Mozart classic Impempe Yomlingo (The Magic Flute) which transferred here following a hugely successful Christmas season at the Young Vic Theatre. Now starring Simon Callow in the central role of 'Mark Melon', an arrogant, manipulative, cunning and ruthless book publisher, the play closed early after a run of just four weeks. Theatricaliais a database of past & future theatre productions. 104 St Martin's Lane , London, , WC2N 4BG. Primarily based on Jean Rhys' prequel to Charlotte Bront's Jane Eyre called Wide Sargasso Sea, the play also retold Jean's own life and revealing how her obsession with Jane Eyre resulted in her own critically acclaimed novel. One of the earliest musical comedies, Go-Bang, was a success at the theatre in 1894. Despite many clever features, architect Walter Emdens original design created as many problems as it solved, particularly the difficult sight-lines of such a long and narrow theatre. Within weeks, bombing raids would become a nightly feature of life in London. Obviously there is more humanity today in the way we treat them and talk to them.
A year later, Mark Rylance opened in, with success continuing throughout the decade in productions such as, www.atgtickets.com/venues/duke-of-yorks-theatre/, information for visitors with a disability or specific access need.
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