List of theatres in the United Kingdom

The following is a list of active professional theatres and concert halls in the United Kingdom. They are organised alphabetically in name order.

0-9 Theatre Location Opened CapacityCurrent Management 53 Two Manchester 2016 in first space, 2019 into temporary space, 2023 into current space 150Creative Director - Simon Naylor

A Theatre Location Opened CapacityCurrent Management Abbey Theatre Nuneaton 1969 248Chief Executive – Tony Deeming Adelphi Theatre London 1806 1,500Owners – Nederlander Organization, Really Useful Theatres Alban Arena St Albans June 1968 856–1,200Operator – 1Life Management Solutions Ltd Aldwych Theatre London 1905 1,200Owner – Nederlander Organization Alexandra Theatre Birmingham 27 May 1901 1,347Owner – Ambassador Theatre Group Alhambra Theatre Bradford 1914 1,456Operator – Bradford Council (Theatres) Almeida Theatre London 1980 325Artistic Director – Rupert Goold Ambassadors Theatre London 5 June 1913 444Owner – Stephen Waley-Cohen Angles Theatre Wisbech c1790 c100Wisbech Angles Theatre Council The Anvil Basingstoke April 1994 1,400Owner – The Anvil Trust Ltd Apollo Theatre London 21 February 1901 658Owner – Nimax Theatres Apollo Victoria Theatre London 1930 2,328Owner – Ambassador Theatre Group Arcola Theatre London September 2000 200Artistic Director – Mehmet Ergen Arena Theatre 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 350Operator – JJ Goodman Ltd artsdepot London 23 October 2004 158–395Operator – The Arts Depot Trust Limited Ashcroft Theatre London 5 November 1962 763Owner – Croydon London Borough Council

B Theatre Location Opened CapacityCurrent ManagementBacon TheatreCheltenham1991566Theatre Manager – Debbie Godber Barbican Theatre London 1982 1,156Artistic Director – Louise Jeffreys Barons Court Theatre London 1991 57Owner – Geronimo Inns (Young & Co.’s Brewery) Barn Theatre Cirencester 2018 203 Artistic Director – Iwan Lewis Barons Court Theatre London 1991 57Owner – Geronimo Inns (Young & Co.’s Brewery) Bristol Hippodrome Bristol 1912 1,951Owner - Ambassador Theatre Group Beck Theatre Hayes 1977 600Owner – HQ TheatresBedworth Civic HallBedworth1973745Theatre Manager - Simon Farndon. Owner - Bedworth Civic Hall Charitable Incorporated Organisation Belgrade Theatre Coventry 1958 858Artistic Director – Hamish Glen Birmingham Hippodrome Birmingham 1895 1,935Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre Trust Ltd Birmingham Repertory Theatre Birmingham 1913 1,265Birmingham Rep Enterprises Limited Blackburn Empire Theatre Blackburn October 2002 332 Charity with Volunteer Board Blackfriars Arts Centre Boston 27 March 1949 230 Bloomsbury Theatre London 1968 547Owner – University College LondonThe BoningtonNottingham1979178Owner – Gedling Borough Council Boxmoor Playhouse Hemel Hempstead 1997 200 Owner - Hemel Hempstead Theatre Company Blue Orange Theatre Birmingham April 2011 107 Brangwyn Hall Swansea 23 October 1934 1070Broadway Theatre, Catford London 1932800 Brockley Jack Theatre London 1992 50 Brookside Theatre Romford 2012 140 Burnley Mechanics Burnley 1986 495 Burnley Leisure Trust Bush Theatre London 6 April 1972 180 Buxton Opera House Buxton 1903 902Operator – High Peak Theatre Trust

C Theatre Location Opened CapacityCurrent Management Camberley Theatre Camberley 408Owner – 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 1,231Owner – Really Useful Theatres Canal Cafe Theatre London 60 Carriageworks Theatre Leeds 11 November 2005 349Owner – Leeds City Council Cast Theatre Doncaster 2 September 2013 620Director – Deborah Rees Castle Theatre Wellingborough 1995 503Operator – Parkwood Theatres. Chelsea Theatre London November 2001 110 Chichester Festival Theatre Chichester 1962 1,206Artistic Director – Daniel Evans Chickenshed Theatre London 1974 300Artistic Director – Lou Stein Churchill Theatre Bromley 19 July 1977 781Operator – HQ TheatresCitizens TheatreGlasgow11 September 1878500Artistic Director – Dominic Hill City Hall Sheffield 22 September 1932 2,271 Civic Theatre Rotherham 7 March 1960 356 Cochrane Theatre London 1963–2012 314 Cockpit Theatre London 1616–1665 220 Coliseum Theatre (Aberdare) Aberdare 17 September 1938 600 Coliseum Theatre London 1904 2,558Owner – English National Opera Congress Theatre Eastbourne 1963 1,689Owner - Eastbourne Borough CouncilContact TheatreManchester1972320Operator – 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 400Artistic Director – Rufus Norris Crescent Theatre Birmingham 1932 460 Criterion Theatre (Coventry) Coventry 1961 122 Criterion Theatre London 21 March 1874 588Owner – Criterion Theatre TrustCromer Pier Pavilion Theatre Cromer, Norfolk1901500Openwide Coastal Ltd Crucible Theatre (Sheffield Theatres) Sheffield 1971 980Artistic Director – Robert Hastie Curve Leicester 11 November 2008 920Artistic Director – Nikolai FosterCaird HallDundee2000

D Theatre Location Opened CapacityCurrent Management Darlington Hippodrome Darlington 1907 1,000Owner – Darlington County Council De Montfort Hall Leicester 1913 2,000Owner – Leicester City Council Derby Theatre Derby 1975 535Artistic Director – Sarah Brigham Dominion Theatre London October 1929 2,163Owner – Nederlander Organization Little Theatre Doncaster 99 Donmar Warehouse London 18 July 1977 271Artistic Director – Josie Rourke Dorking Halls Surrey 1931 813 Duchess Theatre London 25 November 1929 494Owner – Nimax Theatres Duke of York's Theatre London 10 September 1892 640 (900 originally)Owner – Ambassador Theatre Group Dundee Rep Theatre Dundee May 1939455

E Theatre Location Opened CapacityCurrent Management Edinburgh Festival Theatre Edinburgh November 7, 1892 1,915Operator – Capital Theatres Edinburgh Playhouse Edinburgh 1929 3,059Owner – 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 2,348Owner – Ambassador Theatre Group Empire Theatre (Sunderland) Sunderland July 1, 1907 2,200Operator – Ambassador Theatre Group Epsom Playhouse Surrey 1984 406Epstein TheatreLiverpool1913 (closed 30 June 2023)380Owner - Liverpool City Council Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham Cheltenham October 1891 694 Chief Executive - Mark Goucher Everyman Theatre (Liverpool) Liverpool 1964; rebuilt in 2011–14 400Liverpool and Merseyside Theatres Trust Ltd

F Theatre Location Opened CapacityCurrent Management Finborough Theatre London June 1980 50Artistic Director – Neil McPhersonThe Fisher Theatre Bungay February 1828 115–160 Bungay Arts and Theatre SocietyFloral Pavilion TheatreWirralDecember 2008814Wirral Council Fortune Theatre London November 8, 1924 432Owner – Ambassador Theatre Group The Forum Barrow-in-Furness 1990 580 The Forum Open-air Theatre Norwich October 2001 variableThe Forum Studio TheatreChester1998100The Frazer TheatreKnaresborough1968127 Futurist Theatre Scarborough 1967 2,155

G Theatre Location Opened CapacityCurrent ManagementG LiveGuildfordSeptember 20111031Owner – HQ Theatres Garrick Theatre London 24 April 1889 718 (current); 800 (original)Owner – Nimax Theatres Gatehouse Theatre Stafford 535 Freedom LeisureGate Theatre (London)London197975Artistic Director – Ellen McDougall Georgian Theatre Royal Richmond (Yorkshire) 1788; rebuilt 1963 214 Gielgud Theatre London 27 December 1906 986Owner – Delfont Mackintosh Theatres Gillian Lynne Theatre London 02 January 1973 1294 Owner - LW 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 1028Operator – Ambassador Theatre Group Grand Pavilion Porthcawl 1932 643 Grand Theatre, Blackpool Blackpool 1894; reopened 23 March 1981 1,100Owner - Blackpool Grand Theatre Trust Ltd Grand Theatre, Lancaster Lancaster 1792; 1848–1978 457 Greenwich Theatre Greenwich 1864, rebuilt 1969 430 The Grand Clitheroe 1874; 2008 400 (standing)240 (fully seated, theatre-style)140 (cabaret) Owned by The Lancaster FoundationGrand Theatre, LeedsLeeds18 November 18781,550Home of Opera North Grand Theatre, Swansea Swansea 1897 1,014 Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton Wolverhampton 1894; rebuilt in 1982 1,200 Grimsby Auditorium Grimsby 1995 1,200–2,000Guildhall of St GeorgeKing's Lynn1445320Shakespear's Guildhall Trust

H Theatre Current Location Opened CapacityCurrent Operator Hall for Cornwall Truro 1846 969 Hall Green Little Theatre Birmingham 1951 180 Hall Green Little Theatre LtdHarlow PlayhouseHarlow1971409Harlow District Council - Artistic Director - Rory Davies Harrogate Theatre Harrogate1900500Managed by Harrogate (White Rose) Theatre Trust LtdHarold Pinter TheatreLondon15 October 1881796 (1,180 originally)Owner – Ambassador Theatre Group Haymarket Theatre Basingstoke 1865; as theatre 1951, refurbished 2007 380 Her Majesty's Theatre London 1705 1,216Owner – Really Useful Group The Hexagon Reading 1977 1,686 Highbury Theatre Birmingham 1942 140 Highbury Theatre Centre LtdHope Mill TheatreManchester2015 145William Whelton - Executive Director, Joseph Houston - Artistic Director Hull New Theatre Hull 1939 1,330Hull Culture & Leisure Hull City HallHull19091200 - 1800Hull Culture & Leisure Hull Truck Theatre Hull 1971 435Artistic Director – Mark Babych

I Theatre Location Opened CapacityCurrent Management Incognito Theatre London 1938 65 The Incognito Theatre Group J Theatre Location Opened CapacityCurrent Management Jacksons Lane London 1975 166 Executive Director – Isobel Smith Jigsaw Youth Theatre Halesowen, Dudley 2017 Jigsaw Youth Theatre

K Theatre Location Opened CapacityCurrent Management Key Theatre, Peterborough Peterborough 1973 360 Landmark Theatres (part of Selladoor Worldwide) King's Lynn Corn Exchange King's Lynn 1854 733 King's Hall Herne Bay, Kent 4 April 1904 250–500 The King's Theatre Newmarket 1955 123 Newmarket Operatic Musical And Dramatic Society Ltd (NOMADS) Kings Theatre, Southsea Portsmouth/Southsea 30 September 1907 1,600

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