The Shawshank Redemption (14 September 2009 – 29 November 2009)
Twelfth Night (5 December 2008 – 7 March 2009)
Wyndham’s re-opened on 17 September 2008 following a major four-month refurbishment programme with a highly acclaimed year-long season presented by the Donmar Warehouse. The season included Ivanov, Twelfth Night, Madame de Sade and Hamlet starring Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Judi Dench and Jude Law.
The History Boys (20 December 2007 – 26 April 2008) starring Desmond Barrit
Shadowlands (3 October 2007 – 17 December 2007) starring Charles Dance and Janie Dee (transferred to the Novello Theatre)
The Letter (1 May 2007 – 11 Aug 2007) starring Jenny Seagrove and Anthony Andrews
The History Boys (21 December 2006 – 14 April 2007)
A Voyage Round My Father (21 September 2006 – 18 November 2006) starring Derek Jacobi
Sunday in the Park with George (23 May – 2 September 2006) Transferred from the Menier Chocolate Factory and swept the board at the 2007 Olivier Awards where it won in five different categories. Starring Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell.
Honour (14 February 2006 – 6 May 2006) starring Diana Rigg and Martin Jarvis
Heroes (18 October 2005 – 14 January 2006) starring Richard Griffiths, John Hurt & Ken Stott
On 19 September 2005 the long lease on the theatre reverted from the Ambassador Theatre Group to Delfont Mackintosh Theatres.
As You Like It (21 June – 17 September 2005) starring Sienna Miller & Clive Rowe
The Vagina Monologues (7 April 2005 – 14 May 2005)
The Witches (9 March 2005 – 2 April 2005)
By the Bog of Cats (1 December 2004 – 26 February 2005) starring Holly Hunter
Dylan Moran: Monster II (1 – 13 November 2004)
Democracy (20 April 2004 – 9 October 2004)
Dinner (9 Dec 2003 – 3 April 2004)
Lenny Henry: So Much Things To Say (10 – 29 November 2003)
Bill Bailey: Part Troll (13 October 2003 – ) 2 weeks run
Michael Barrymore: Live On Stage (17 September 2003 – 11 October 2003)
Absolutely (Perhaps) (7 May 2003 – 15 September 2003) by Luigi Pirandello, directed & designed by Franco Zerfferelli, starring Joan Plowright & Oliver Ford Davies
Auntie and Me (10 January 2003 – 26 April 2003) starring Alan Davies & Margaret Tyzack
The Play What I Wrote (30 October 2002 – 4 January 2003)
Vincent in Brixton (31 July 2002 – 26 October 2002) following National Theatre run. 8 week limited season, extended.
Up For Grabs (?May 2002 – July 13 2002)
The Play What I Wrote (Previews 20 October 2001, Opened 8 November 2001 – ) directed by Kenneth Branagh
Art (October 1996 – October 2001) transferred to the Whitehall Theatre 15 October 2001 after over 2000 performances
Old Times (Previews from 3 July, opened 11 July 1995) starring Julie Christie, Leigh Lawson, Harriet Walter
The Duchess of Malfi (Opened 25 April 1995, closed 17 June 1995) starring Juliet Stevenson, Simon Russell Beale, Robert Glenister
Three Tall Women (Previews from 28 October, opened 15 November 1994, closed 22 April 1995 (limited season, extended)) starring Maggie Smith, Frances De La Tour, Anastasia Hille. Directed by Anthony Page
The Miracle Worker (31 August – 8 October 1994) starring Jenny Seagrove
Home (Previews from 14 June, opened 21 June 1994, closed 20 August 1994) starring Paul Eddington, Richard Briers, Brenda Bruce, Rowena Cooper
Rope (Previews from 6 April, opened 11 April 1994, closed 7 May 1994) by Patrick Hamilton
Medea (Press Night 13 October 1993, closed 26 February 1994) starring Diana Rigg. Transferred to Broadway.
Lysistrata (Opened 18 August 1993, closed 9 October 1993) The Peter Hall Company
Juno and the Paycock (July 13 – August 14 1993)
The Gift of the Gorgon (Previews 18 March 1993, Opened 23 March 1993, Closed 11 July 1993) starring Judi Dench & Michael Pennington. Directed by Peter Hall.
Travels With My Aunt (Previews 10 November 1992, Opened 17 November 1992, Transferred to Whitehall Theatre March 16 1993) starring Simon Cadell, John Wells, Richard Kane
Philadelphia Here I Come! (Previews 21 July 1992, Opened 28 July 1992, Closed 7 November 1992) by Brian Friel
Straight and Narrow (Previews 10 March 1992, Opened 15 March 1992, closed 27 June 1992 – transferred to Aldwych Theatre 30 June 1992) starring Nicholas Lyndhurst, Carmel McSharry
The Ride Down Mt. Morgan (Previews 11 October, Opened 23 October 1991, closed 15 February 1992) starring Tom Conti, Gemma Jones, Clare Higgins
The Philanthropist (Previews 8 May, opens 15 May, closed 5 October 1991) starred Edward Fox, Tim Brooke-Taylor
What The Butler Saw (22 January 1991 – ) starring Sheila Gish, Clive Francis, Joseph Maher
Scenes from a Marriage (previews from 21 November 1990, opened 28 November, closed 19 January 1991) starring Alan Howard & Penny Downie
Love Letters (Previews from 24 September, opens 1 October, closed 17 November 1990) starring Robert Wagner & Stefanie Powers
Pirandello’s Henry IV (previews from May 3 1990 – 22 September 1990) starring Richard Harris, Sarah Miles/Isla Blair, Ian Hogg, Harold Innocent
Abracadaver (previews from 17 April 1990 – ) starring Frank Langella
Another Time (Previews from 19 September 1989, Opened 25 September 1990, Closed 25 March 1990) starring Albert Finney & Janet Suzman
The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (18 September 1988 – 16 September 1989) two-hander starring Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke. Transfer from Richmond Theatre. Went on UK tour when run ended.
Steven Berkoff’s Greek (previews from June 23 1988 – )
Serious Money (July 1987 – ) by Caryl Churchill, directed by Max Stafford-Clark
Ghosts (1986 – 1987) starring Vanessa Redgrave & Tom Wilkinson, Directed by David Thacker.
Little Lies (Previews from 5 July, opened 12 July 1983, closed 25 February 1984) starring John Mills, Anthony Bate, Connie Booth, Paul Hardwick
Crystal Clear (1983 – 2 July 1983) devised & directed by Phil Young
Accidental Death of an Anarchist (5 March 1980 – 24 October 1981) 622 performances
Teeth N Smiles (May 1976) written & directed by David Hare, transfer from the Royal Court
Side by Side by Sondheim (1976) produced by Cameron Mackintosh. Transferred to the Garrick Theatre.
No Man’s Land (1975) directed by Peter Hall, starring John Gielgud & Ralph Richardson
Frederick Bentham: Theatre Teach-In (From June 25 1974 on Tuesdays at 3pm)
Godspell (1972 – 1975) transferred from the Roundhouse and ran for almost three years. The cast included Julie Covington, David Essex, Marti Webb and Jeremy Irons.
The Boys in the Band (1969)
The Cocktail Party (1968) directed by & starring Alec Guinness
Inadmissable Evidence (1964)
Oh What A Lovely War (1963- 27 June 1964) produced by Joan Littlewood’s Theatre Workshop
Sparrers Can’t Sing (1961)
The Hostage (?1960) produced by Joan Littlewood’s Theatre Workshop
A Taste of Honey (1959?) produced by Joan Littlewood’s Theatre Workshop
The Boy Friend (14 January 1954) – 2078 performances
The Living Room (16 April 1953 – ?) Graham Greene’s first stage play, starred Dorothy Tutin and Eric Portman
The Years Between (10 January 1945) by Daphne du Maurier
The Ringer
The Calendar
On The Spot
Edgar Wallace took on the lease of the theatre and presented a series of crime plays (1930)
The Dancers (1923) starring Tallulah Bankhead. Written by Gerald du Maurier and Viola Tree. Tallulah Bankhead’s most famous scene was one in which she performed an Indian dance costumed in feathers and jewels.
London Pride (1916)
The original theatre plans included a winter garden on the roof. The Council refused permission for this, but it was used once for a rehearsal of a charity performance of J M Barrie’s The Admirable Crichton at which G B Shaw was also present (1916).
1910 Gerald du Maurier became actor-manager of Wyndham’s for more than a decade. Some of his most famous roles were in Raffles and Bull-Dog Drummond.
1899 Wyndham’s opened on 16 November with a revival of David Garrick by T W Robertson in which the theatre’s owner Charles Wyndham and his future wife, Mary Moore, both appeared. The theatre was designed by the architect W G R Sprague in the Louis XVI style.
