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Theatre Royal Haymarket
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Dates: 1720 - present

Official website: http://www.trh.co.uk/

Theatre Royal Haymarket (from the Theatre Royal Haymarket Flickr page)
Theatre Royal Haymarket (from the Theatre Royal Haymarket Flickr page)
Theatre Royal Haymarket (from the Theatre Royal Haymarket Flickr page)
Theatre Royal Haymarket (from the Theatre Royal Haymarket Flickr page)
Theatre Royal Haymarket (from the Theatre Royal Haymarket Flickr page)
Theatre Royal Haymarket (from the Theatre Royal Haymarket Flickr page)
Theatre Royal Haymarket, January 2017 (c) Theatrecrafts.com
Theatre Royal Haymarket, January 2017 (c) Theatrecrafts.com
Theatre Royal Haymarket, January 2017 (c) Theatrecrafts.com
Theatre Royal Haymarket, January 2017 (c) Theatrecrafts.com
Theatre Royal Haymarket, January 2017 (c) Theatrecrafts.com

News

24 January 2018: The Guardian "London's Theatre Royal Haymarket goes up for sale"
10 February 2018: The Guardian "Women bid to buy Haymarket theatre as a female-led arts space"

Equipment

1971 (from The Stage Guide)
Electrics: Strand IDM on SL perch. Dimmers - 120 (110 x 2kW, 10 x 5kW); 250 preset memories.
Circuits - FOH 32; Flies 60; Stage dips 24. Socket type - 15A BESA.
Total capacity available - 1100A on 3 phases. 

 

Links to information about equipment at Theatre Royal Haymarket over the years

Documents

Mentions of Theatre Royal Haymarket in indexed documents


Lighting Control II (1956)

The Georgian Playhouse (1975)

Selected Past Productions / History

  • Grace Pervades (24 April 2026 - )
  • The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry ( - 18 April 2026)
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  • ?Othello ?starring David Harewood, Toby Jones, Caitlin Fitzgerald.
  • The Deep Blue Sea (2025) starring Tamsin Greig
  • The Score (2025) starring Brian Cox
  • Bill Bailey - Thoughtifier (2025)
  • Waiting for Godot (September - December 2024) starring Lucian Msamati & Ben Whishaw
  • A View from the Bridge (May 2024 - ) starring Dominic West
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray (February 2024 - ) starring Sarah Snook
  • Noises Off (September 2023) starring Felicity Kendal
  • Accidental Death of an Anarchist (2023) starring Daniel Rigby
  • Heathers (21 June - late July 2021) [on UK tour from 28 July)
  • Only Fools and Horses: The Musical (9 February 2019 - April 2023)
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  • The Band (1 December 2018 - 12 January 2019)
  • Heathers (3 September 2018 - 24 November 2018)
  • Broken Wings ( - 4 August 2018)
  • Tartuffe ( - 28 July 2018)
  • June 2018 - Theatre Royal Haymarket acquired by Access Entertainment
  • Frozen by Bryony Lavery ( - 5 May 2018)
  • The Rat Pack Live From Las Vegas (13 December 2017 - 3 February 2018)
  • RSC: Queen Anne (30 June - 30 September 2017)
  • The Goat ( - 24 June 2017)
  • RSC: Much Ado About Nothing/Love's Labours Lost (9 December 2016 - 18 March 2017)
  • The Libertine ( - 3 December 2016)
  • Breakfast at Tiffany's ( - 17 September 2016)
  • How the Other Half Loves ( - 25 June 2016)
  • Bad Jews ( - 19 March 2016)
  • Mr Foote's Other Leg ( - 23 January 2016)
  • McQueen ( - 17 October 2015)
  • The Elephant Man ( - 8 August 2015)
  • Harvey ( - 2 May 2015)
  • Taken At Midnight (15 January - 14 March 2015)
  • Great Britain (9 September 2014 - 10 January 2015) Transferred from the National Theatre
  • Daytona (30 June - 23 August 2014)
  • Fatal Attraction (11 March - 21 June 2014)
  • One Man Two Guv'nors ( - 1 March 2014)
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  • The Rat Pack Live From Las Vegas (April 2003 - ) transfer to the Strand Theatre
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  • The Importance of Being Earnest () starring Patricia Routledge
  • Love Letters () starring Charlton Heston
  • The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1999) by Neil Simon, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason. 
  • The Invention of Love (1998) transfer from National Theatre, starring John Wood
  • Shakespeare's Villains (1998) created and performed by Steven Berkoff
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  • Burning Blue (1995)
  • Arcadia (1994) by Tom Stoppard
  • An Evening with Peter Ustinov (1994)
  • 1994 - £1.3m refurbishment
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  • Cyrano de Bergerac (14 December 1992 - ?)
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  • Silly Cow (1991) starring Dawn French, written by Ben Elton
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  • Veterans Day (1989) starring Jack Lemmon & Michael Gambon. Directed by Kevin Billington. Designed by Eileen Bliss. Lighting by Mick Hughes. Costumes by Jane Robinson. Sound concept by Dominic Muldowney. 
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  • Melon (Previews 17 June, Opened 23 June 1987) starring Alan Bates. Directed by Christopher Morahan. By Simon Gray. 
  • Breaking the Code (Previews 15 October 1986, Opened 21 October 1986, Closed 12 June 1987) starring Derek Jacobi, Joanna David, Isabel Dean, Michael Gough. Directed by Clifford Williams. Written by Hugh Whitemore.  Transferred to Comedy Theatre. 
  • Long Days Journey Into Night (Previews 31 July 1986, Opened 4 August 1986, Closed 4 October 1986) starring Jack Lemmon
  • Antony & Cleopatra in rep (Previews from 21 May 1986, Opened 26 May 1986, Closed 26 July 1986) starring Vanessa Redgrave, Timothy Dalton 
  • The Taming of the Shrew in rep ( Previews from 4 June 1986, Opened 10 June 1986, Closed 23 July 1986) starring Vanessa Redgrave, Timothy Dalton
  • The Apple Cart (Previews 18 February 1986, Opened 20 February 1986, Closed 17 May 1986) starring Peter O'Toole, Bernard Braden, Dora Bryan, Michael Denison, Marius Goring, Geoffrey Keen, Moira Lister, Brewster Mason, Paul Rogers, Dinah Sheridan, David Waller, Susannah York.  
  • Fatal Attraction (Previews 20 November 1985, Opened 26 November 1985, Closed 8 February 1986) starring Susannah York, Denis Quilley, directed by David Gilmore
  • Sweet Bird of Youth (Previews 26 June 1985, Opened July 9 1985, Closed 16 November 1985) starring Lauren Bacall, directed by Harold Pinter
  • Old Times (Previews 16 April 1985, Opened 24 April 1985, Closed 22 June 1985) starring Liv Ullmann, Michael Gambon, Nicola Pagett. Directed by David Jones
  • The Way of the World (Previews 6 November 1984, Opened 13 November 1984, Closed 13 April 1984) starring Maggie Smith, Joan Plowright, Michael Jayston. Directed by William Gaskill. Chichester Festival Theatre production. 
  • Aren't We All (Previews 12 June 1984, Opened 20 June 1984, Closed 3 November 1984) starring Rex Harrison, Claudette Colbert, Nicola Pagett, Michael Gough, Madge Ryan, Francis Matthews. Directed by Clifford Williams
  • The Aspern Papers (Previews 5 March, Opened 8 March 1984, Closed 9 May 1984) starring Vanessa Redgrave, Wendy Hiller, Christopher Reeve. Directed by Frith Banbury. 
  • The Sleeping Prince (Previews 21 November 1983, Opened 24 November 1983, Closed 3 March 1984) starrring Omar Sharif, Judy Campbell, John Moffatt, Debbie Arnold. Written by Terence Rattigan. 
  • The Cherry Orchard (Previews 12 October 1983, Opened 18 October 1983, Closed 19 November 1983) starring Joan Plowright, Frank Finlay, Leslie Phillips, Joanna David, Bill Fraser, Frank Grimes, Bernard Miles. Directed by Lindsay Anderson. 
  • A Patriot for Me (Previews 1 August 1983, Opened 8 August 1983, Closed 8 October 1983) starring Alan Bates, Michael Gough, George Murcell, June Ritchie, David King, Harry Andrews. Directed by Ronald Ayre, Designed by Carl Toms. Chichester Festival Theatre production. 
  • Edmund Kean (13 June 1983 - 24 July 1983) starring Ben Kingsley. Written by Raymond Fitzsimons.
  • Heartbreak House (Previews 8 March, Opened 10 March 1983, closed 11 June 1983) starring Rex Harrison, Diana Rigg, Rosemary Harris, Frank Middlemass, Doris Hare, Mel Martin, Paxton Whitehead, Paul Curran, Simon Ward. Directed by John Dexter. Design by Jocelyn Herbert. Lighting by Andy Phillips. 
  • The School for Scandal (Previews 4 January 1983, Opened 6 January 1983, Closed 5 March 1983) Starring Donald Sinden, Beryl Reid, Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Judy Buxton, Sebastian Shaw, Bill Fraser. Directed by John Barton. 
  • Man & Superman (Previews 16 November 1982, Opened 18 November 1982, Closed 1 January 1983) starring Peter O'Toole, Lisa Harrow, James Grout, Joyce Carey, Robert Beatty, Michael Byrne. Directed by Patrick Dromgoole. Transferred to Cambridge Theatre, opened 11 January 1983. 
  • Uncle Vanya (Returns 1 November 1982, closed 13 November 1982) directed by Christopher Fettes. Starring Donald Sinden, Frances de la Tour, Ronald Pickup, Sheila Gish, Bill Fraser, Margaret Rawlings, Freda Jackson, Harry Andrews. 
  • The Rules of the Game (Returns 11 October 1982, closed 30 October 1982) Starring Leonard Rossiter, Mel Martin, Stephen Chase, directed by Anthony Quayle, written by Luigi Pirendello
  • Uncle Vanya (Returns 27 September 1982) directed by Christopher Fettes. Starring Donald Sinden, Frances de la Tour, Ronald Pickup, Sheila Gish, Bill Fraser, Margaret Rawlings, Freda Jackson, Harry Andrews. 
  • The Rules of the Game (Previews 7 September 1982, Opened 9 September 1982, Closed 26 September 1982) Starring Leonard Rossiter, Mel Martin, Stephen Chase, directed by Anthony Quayle, written by Luigi Pirendello
  • Uncle Vanya (Previews 3 August 1982, opened 5 August 1982, Closed 4 September 1982) directed by Christopher Fettes. Starring Donald Sinden, Frances de la Tour, Ronald Pickup, Sheila Gish, Bill Fraser, Margaret Rawlings, Freda Jackson, Harry Andrews. 
  • Captain Brassbound's Conversion (Previews 3 June 1982, Opened June 10 1982, running in rep with A Coat of Varnish and Hobson's Choice) starring Penelope Keith, Michael Denison, John Turner
  • A Coat of Varnish (Previews 5 April 1982, opened 8 April 1982, in rep) starring Peter Barkworth, Anthony Quayle, Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray
  • Hobson's Choice (Previews 9 February, Opened 11 February 1982, then in rep 8 July - 21 July 1982) starring Penelope Keith, Anthony Quayle, Trevor Peacock. Directed by Ronald Eyre. 
  • An Evening with Dave Allen (Opened 10 November 1981, Closed 6 February 1982)
  • Overheard (Previews from 28 April, Opened 7 May 1981, Closed 31 October 1981) by Peter Ustinov. Starring Deborah Kerr, Ian Carmichael. 
  • Virginia (Previews 27 January, Opens 29 January 1981, Closing 18 April 1981) starring Maggie Smith. Directed by Robin Phillips
  • Make and Break (24 April 1980 - 24 January 1981) by Michael Frayn
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  • 1853 - The last of the London theatres to use gas for lighting. [ref Tabs Vol 5 Issue 1 p.38]
  • 1837 - The theatre stopped using candles for lighting in 1837 (the last to do so) [date to be confirmed - source?]
  • 4 July 1821 - Current theatre opened, designed by Nash
  • 1747 - Theatre reopened
  • 1737 - Theatre closed
  • 29 December 1720 - Opening Night