Dates: 1881 – present
Official website: https://www.haroldpintertheatre.co.uk/
Owned by the Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG)
Formerly known as The Royal Comedy Theatre and The Comedy Theatre
INFORMATION COMING SOON
Selected Past Productions
- Giant (Sat 26 Apr – Sat 2 Aug 2025) starring John Lithgow
- The Years (Fri 24 Jan – Sat 19 Apr 2025)
- Slavas Snow Show (Wed 18 Dec 2024 – Sun 12 Jan 2025)
- Macbeth (1 October – 14 December 2024) by William Shakespeare, starring David Tennant and Cush Jumbo
- Your Lie In April (5 July – 11 August 2024) by Frank Wildhorn, Tracy Miller, Carly Robyn Green and Rinne B. Groff
- The Hills of California (Sat 27 Jan – Sat 15 Jun 2024) by Jez Butterworth, starring Laura Donnelly
- Lyonesse (17 October – 23 December 2023) by Penelope Skinner, starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Lily James
- Dr Semmelweis (29 June – 7 October 2023) starring Mark Rylance
- A Little Life (25 March – 18 June 2023) based on the novel by Hanya Yanagihara, starring James Norton, Luke Thompson and Omari Douglas
- Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons (18 January – 18 March 2023) by Sam Steiner, starring Jenna Coleman & Aidan Turner
- Good (6 October 2022 – 7 Jan 2023) by CP Taylor, starring David Tennant, Elliot Levey & Sharon Small
- The Seagull (29 Jun 2022 – 10 Sep 2022) starring Emilia Clarke, originally scheduled at Playhouse Theatre, postponed due to coronavirus
- Prima Facie (
- The Human Voice (17 March – 9 April 2022) starring Ruth Wilson
- Poirot and More: A Retrospective (4th
- Four Quartets (Opens Closes
- Blithe Spirit (Opened 6thstarring Jennifer Saunders
- The Watsons (8 May 2020 – 26 September 2020) transfer from the Menier Chocolate Factory & Chichester Festival Theatre. Directed by Samuel West, written by Laura Wade.
- Uncle Vanya (Previews 14 January 2020, opened 23 January 2020, Closed 2 May 2020)
- Ian McKellen On Stage: Shakespeare, Tolkien, Others and You (20 September 2019 – 5 January 2020)
- Consent (29 May 2018 – 11 August 2018)
- The Birthday Party (9 January 2018 – 14 April 2018)
- Oslo (2 October – 30 December 2017)
- Hamlet (15 June – 2 September 2017)
- Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (9 March – 27 May 2017)
- Nice Fish (25 November 2016 – 11 February 2017)
- Sunny Afternoon (28 October 2014 – 29 October 2016)
- Death and the Maiden (2011)
- Renamed The Harold Pinter Theatre (October 2011)
- Boeing-Boeing (15 February 2007 – 5 January 2008)
- The Home Place
- Whose Life Is It Anyway (2005)
- Ambassador Theatre Group takes over the theatre (2000)
- Suddenly Last Summer (1999) by Tennessee Williams, starring Sheila Gish & Rachel Weisz. Directed by Sean Mathias.
- Six Degrees of Separation (1993) starring Stockard Channing
- Talking Heads () starring Alan Bennett and Patricia Routledge
- Little Shop of Horrors (Previews October 4 1983, Opened October 12 1983, closed October 5 1985)
- Early Days (11 December 1980 – 14 February 1981) by David Storey
- The Rocky Horror Show (1979)
- Son of Oblomov (opened 2 October 1964, running Dec 11 1965) starring Spike Milligan
- 1955 – Theatre modernised.
- 15 October 1881 – The Royal Comedy Theatre opens, originally lit by gas
Equipment
1971 (from The Stage Guide)
Electrics: Strand board – clutch dimmers on SL perch. Dimmers – 120 (500W to 2kW); 1 preset; 4 groups. Circuits – FOH 26; Flies 62; Stage dips 20. Socket type 15A BESA. Total capacity available – 200A on 3 phases. Special effects supply – 15A on 2 phases. No follow spots.
Sound: No permanent installation. Loudspeakers – 4 in auditorium roof and 6 spare sockets.
1979 (from British Theatre Directory)
Switchboard: Thorn ‘Q-Master’ 2000, 120 ways (116 x 2.5kW + 4 x 5kW) dimmers sited in Box P.S. Auditorium. FOH Spots 8 x 264 on Royal Circle Front, 12 x 264 on Boes, 4 x 23N on Balcony.
