Best places: Performing arts theaters in London, United Kingdom

Music hall with original cast iron pillars, balcony and decor, staging an eclectic event programme.

Huge theatre with original features and ornate foyer, renowned for variety shows and musical revues.

1929 art deco theatre with Portland stone facade, showing top West End & Broadway shows.

Lavish Georgian theatre that favours crowd-pulling mainstream musicals.

A theatre with an art deco interior that stages comedies and long-running musicals.

Home to prominent theatre company presenting new plays, classic drama and Shakespeare productions.

Ornate, restored Edwardian theatre with an 80ft stage for opera productions, plus bars and dining.

Edwardian theatre that hosts large drama productions and big-name musicals, plus some Shakespeare.

Modern theatre with moveable stage and seating, allowing all seats to have uninterrupted views.

Classic facade hides cutting-edge interior hosting ballet, modern dance and children's shows.

Long-running theatre staging classic & modern productions, many with well known actors & directors.

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Small local theatre with a big reputation, for both new and classic drama.

Intimate 100-seat theatre for puppet shows and plays, with puppets made in adjoining workshops.

Indoor theatre built using 17th-century plans and presenting traditional English works.

Oak-&-thatch replica of the original Elizabethan theatre, showing Shakespeare plays in the open air.

Southbank Centre landmark hosting concerts and performing arts in a variety of spaces.

Grand Victorian redbrick theatre, built for opera, now hosting long-running musicals.

Distinctive former Victorian railway shed, now hosts live music, circus and alternative theatre.

Classically designed theatre with tiered, Beaux-Arts auditorium, hosts plays, comedies and musicals.