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Harold Pinter Theatre
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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

Selected Past Productions

High Noon (17 December 2025 - ) starring Billy Crudup and Denise Gough, directed by Thea Sharrock, design by Tim Hatley, lighting by Neil Austin
The Weir (to 6 December 2025) starring Brendan Gleeson
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 ( 15th April 2022 - 18 June 2022) starring Jodie Comer
The Human Voice (17 March - 9 April 2022) starring Ruth Wilson
Poirot and More: A Retrospective (4th - 22nd January 2022) starring David Suchet
Four Quartets (Opens 18th November 2021 Closes 18th December 2021) starring Ralph Fiennes
Blithe Spirit (Opened 16th September 2021, Closes 6th November 2021) starring 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.