Arts Theatre

The magnificent Arts Theatre is located at the Theatreland amidst Covent Garden and Leicester Square at the 6-7 Great Newport Street, London, Wc2H 7JB. The venue is full of restaurants, bars and cafes. The stunning theatre is located at an accessible location and can be visited via various modes of commutations such as buses, tubes, cars and taxis. You can visit the theatre via bus route numbers 14, 19, 24, 29, 38 and 176.

This is a small Off Westend venue which is positioned in the heart of Leicester Square. The theatre is known for offering varied range of plays, reading and smaller intimate shows. With occupancy of 351, the auditorium is categorised into Stalls and Circle. For the Wheelchair users, theatre offers discounted tickets. Arts Theatre does not have an induction loop or infra-red system installed.

The small capacity of the theatre makes it bit unique from others. Arts theatre is an ideal base for independent theatre companies who are looking for short runs. The theatre made its debut in the year 1927 and was opened as a revue show named as Picnic. The major production of the theatre was Young Woodley in the year 1928.

There was a month long revival of Oscar Wilde in the year 1938, whereas it was renowned as pocket national theatre under the management of Alec Clunes and John Hanau. In the year 1955, 24 year old Peter Hall, directed the Beckett’s seminal work Waiting for Godot which was the first English language production. Some other notable productions at the Arts Theatre are Another Country and The Vagina Monologues, Closer to Heaven, the Pet Shop Boys musical.