Cambridge Theatre
Cambridge Theatre Earlham Street, London WC2 9HH
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| Venue: | Cambridge Theatre |
| Address: | Earlham Street, London WC2 9HH |
| Seating Plan: | View Seating Plan |
| Location Map: | View Location Map |
| Underground: | Covent Garden |
| Total Seats: | 1283 |
| Parking Instrctions: | National Car Parks in St Martins Lane but would advise public transport. |
| Guide Dogs: | Guide dogs are not allowed inside the auditorium, but staff can dog-sit for 4 dogs per performance in the manager’s office. |
| Infra Red: | Infra-red system with 8 headsets. You will be asked to sign a receipt. Induction loop at the Box Office. |
| Wheelchair Access: | Entrance to the foyer through 2 sets of double swing doors. Please let Box Office staff know that you have arrived. Entrance into the Stalls corridor through the third double EXIT door on Earlham Street. From here there is a slight slope down into the stalls, to 2 spaces for wheelchair users at N1 and N34. Transfer seats for up to 4 wheelchair users and 2 scooter users. The wheelchairs and scooters can be stored and will be retrieved by an usher. |
| Toilet: | Adapted toilet in stalls corridor. Ushers have keys. |
| Steps: | No steps to the foyer through 2 sets of double swing doors. Box Office counter on right. Staircases between levels have 2 handrails and steps are highlighted. 5 steps down from the main foyer to the Stalls, 31 up to the back of the Royal Circle (2 steps between rows). Over 60 steps up to the Upper Circle. |
| Air Conditioning: | No |
| Owner: | Stoll Moss |
A modern theatre, facing Seven Dials, built using steel and concrete and is notable for it's elegant and clean lines of design. The theatre was refurbished in 1950 - the original gold and silver decor was painted over in red and candelabras and chandeliers were added! Thankfully in 1987 the theatre was once again refurbished, this time by Carl Toms, and much of the original was restored. Productions at the Cambridge Theatre have been characterised by relatively short runs interspered with several dark periods and the theatre was used for trade film shows in the late 1930s and again in 1969 as a cinema. Amongst the short runs at the theatre, notable productions include Tommy Steele in
Half a Sixpence in 1963 and in the late 1970s the Kander and Ebb musical
Chicago run for 590 performances. More recently the 'rock'n'roll' musical
Return to the Forbidden Planet which was based Shakespeare's The Tempest and used 1950s and 1960s songs opened in September 1989 and lasted until early 1993, winning the Olivier Award for Best New Musical - beating the favourite,
Miss Saigon.
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