Savoy Theatre
Book Carousel at the Savoy Theatre
Theatre build date:
1929
History:
Originally built in 1881 by Richard D’Oyly Carte after the success his opera company had had performing the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan at Soho’s Royalty Theatre. The theatre that was originally built with its entrance on the embankment, an opulent structure with four seating levels that was the first building in the world to have electric lighting throughout. The venture proved such a financial success that D’Oyly Carte built the Savoy Hotel next door with the theatre’s proceeds, moving the entrance to the new hotel’s entrance courtyard, just off the Strand. The interior was rebuilt in 1929 and although this would ultimately be the three level theatre we know today, a fire in 1990 meant the Savoy theatre closed for three years during painstaking reconstruction.
Apart from the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas and the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company’s productions the Savoy is famous for, other notable productions have included Noises Off (1982) and Blithe Spirit (1941) which transferred to the St James and Duchess Theatres, notching up 1,997 performances.
Hauntings:
For decades, the wardrobe department of the Savoy Theatre has been subject to some lively, sometimes violent, poltergeist activity.
Previously showing:
Fiddler On The Roof (2007)
Porgy and Bess (2006)
The Rat Pack: Live From Las Vegas (2005)
Blithe Spirit (2004)
Murderous Instincts (2004)
Close to:
Charing Cross
Trafalgar Square
Waterloo Bridge
Contact Details
Savoy Theatre
Strand
WC2R 0ET
For all ticket enquiries, call:
0871 789 1004
Map
Facilities
Theatre capacity:
1,158
Stage door location:
The Savoy Theatre’s stage door is situated to the rear of the building, just off Carting Lane.
Theatre layout:
In the traditional three tier arrangement, the Savoy theatre’s seating consists of stalls, Dress Circle and Upper Circle. The stalls and Dress Circle offer mainly clear views and so consist mainly of top price seats. However, over hang restriction affects the last three rows in both sections, U-W in the stalls and M-O in the Dress Circle.
The Upper Circle is high and set back but generally, the seats still offer good value for money. However, the last two rows (K and L), the view is quite severely restricted.
When Carousel begins at the Savoy on 21 or 22 November 2008, the Upper Circle will become known as the Grand Circle.
Air-conditioned:
Yes
