Theatres in London
How to Book Tickets
Instead of paying a 25-30% commission to a ticket agency, you easily can book your tickets by phone or online. Here are several ways to do it.
First, check what's playing, booking periods, reviews and recommendations at the London Theatre Guide or at the Official London Theatre Guide.
When you've made your selections, then:
Phone the Box Office
The theatre box offices are open from 10 am to 7 or 8 pm Monday through Saturday. Be sure to allow for any time difference when you call. They will describe the location of the best available seats and hold tickets for you at the box office with a credit card authorization. If you like to sit close to the stage, be sure to ask if they have anything closer after they've told you what's available. Sometimes they assume (perhaps incorrectly) that you don't want to be seated in the first few rows.
Book Online
Using Ticketmaster UK, click here, you can determine what's available for your production and date, view a chart to check seat locations, and then book your tickets online using your credit card. They will be held at the box office for pickup. The tickets they have available are what's available at the box office (called the general pool). The price may be the box office price plus an additional 1-2 pound fee depending on the production.
Ticket Agents
In addition to the box office, you can also obtain tickets from ticket agents. Often ticket agents are able to obtain tickets for events which are unobtainable from the box office.
The Ticket
6 Piccadilly Circus Station, London, W1
Phone: +44 (0)20 7439 3435
Fax: +44 (0)20 7287 2651
Tube: Piccadilly Circus
The Ticket offers tickets for shows, musicals, pop concerts and sporting events in London.
First Call
73-75 Endell Street, WC2
Phone: +44 (0)20 7497 9977
Tube: Covent Garden
Ticketmaster Ltd.
48 Leicester Square, WC2
Phone: +44 (0)207413 3560
Tube: Charing Cross
Theatres
Adelphi Theatre
Maiden Lane, WC2
Phone: +44 (020) 7344 0055
Nearest Tube: Charing Cross
Albery Theatre
St. Martin's Lane, WC2
Phone: +44 (020) 7369 1730
Nearest Tube: Leicester Square
Aldwych Theatre
Aldwych, WC2
Phone: +44 (020) 7416 6000
Nearest Tube: Holborn
Almeida Theatre
Almeida Street, Islington, N1
Phone: +44 (020) 7359 4404
Nearest Tube: Angel
Apollo Hammersmith
Queen Caroline Street, W6
Tel: 0870 606 3580
Nearest Tube: Hammersmith
Apollo Theatre
Shaftesbury Avenue, W1
Phone: +44 (020) 7494 5070
Nearest Tube: Picadilly Circus
Apollo Victoria
Wilton Road, SW1
Phone: +44 (020) 7416 6070
Nearest Tube: Victoria
Astoria 2
165 Charing Cross Road, WC1
Phone: +44 (0)20 7434 0403
Nearest Tube: Tottenham Court Road
Arts Theatre
6 Great Newport Street, WC2
Phone: +44 (020) 7836 2132
Nearest Tube: Leicester Square
Barbican Theatre
Silk Street, EC2
Phone: +44 (020) 7638 8891
Nearest Tube: Barbican
Baron's Court Theatre
Comeragh Road, W14
Phone: +44 (020) 8932 4747
Nearest Tube: Barons Court
Blue Elephant Theatre
Bethwin Road, SE5
Phone: +44 (020) 7701 0100
Nearest Tube: Oval
Bloomsbury Theatre
5 Gordon Street, WC1
Phone: +44 (020) 7388 8822
Nearest Tube: Euston Square
Bush Theatre
Shepherd's Bush Green, W12
Phone: +44 (020) 8743 3388
Nearest Tube: Shepherd's Bush
Cambridge Theatre
Earlham Street, WC2
Phone: +44 (020) 7494 5080
Nearest Tube: Covent Garden or Leicester Square
Camden People's Theatre
Hampstead Road, NW1
Phone: +44 (020) 7916 5878
Nearest Tube: Euston
Canal Cafe Theatre
Bridge House Pub, Delamere Terrace, W2
Phone: +44 (020) 7289 6054
Nearest Tube: Royal Oak
Chelsea Centre Theatre
World's End Place, West Brompton, SW10
Phone: +44 (020) 7352 1967
Nearest Tube:
Comedy Theatre
Panton Street, SW1
Phone: +44 (020) 7369 1731
Nearest Tube: Picadilly Circus
Courtyard Theatre
York Way, N1
Phone: +44 (020) 7833 0870
Nearest Tube: King's Cross
Criterion Theatre
Piccadilly Circus, W1
Phone: +44 (020) 7369 1747
Nearest Tube: Piccadilly Circus
Dominion Theatre
Tottenham Court Road, WC1
Phone: +44 (020) 7656 1888
Nearest Tube: Tottenham Court Road
Donmar Warehouse
Earlham Street, WC2
Phone: +44 (020) 7369 1732
Nearest Tube: Covent Garden/ Leicester Square
Downstairs at The Royal Court
Sloane Square, SW1
Phone: +44 (020) 7565 5000
Nearest Tube: Sloane Square
Duchess Theatre
Catherine Street, WC2
Phone: +44 (020) 7494 5075
Nearest Tube: Holborn / Covent Garden
Etcetera Theatre
Camden High Street, NW1
Phone: +44 (020) 7482 4857
Nearest Tube: Camden Town
Finborough Theatre
Finborough Arms,Finborough Road, SW10
Phone: +44 (020) 7373 3842
Nearest Tube: Earls Court
Fortune Theatre
Russell Street, WC2
Phone: +44 (020) 7836 2238
Nearest Tube: Holborn
Garrick Theatre
Charing Cross Road, WC2
Phone: +44 (020) 7494 5085
Nearest Tube: Charing Cross
Gate Theatre
Pembridge Road, W11
Phone: +44 (020) 7229 0706
Nearest Tube: Notting Hill Gate
Gielgud Theatre
Shaftesbury Avenue, W1
Phone: +44 (020) 7494 5065
Nearest Tube: Leicester Square
Hackney Empire
Mare Street, Hackney, E8
Phone: +44 (020) 8985 2424
Nearest Tube: Hackney Central
Hampstead Theatre
Avenue Road, Chalk Farm, NW3
Phone: +44 (020) 7722 9301
Nearest Tube: Swiss Cottage
Hen and Chickens
Highbury Corner, N1
Phone: +44 (020) 7704 2001
Nearest Tube: Highbury & Islington
Her Majesty's Theatre
Haymarket, SW1
Phone: +44 (020) 7494 5400
Nearest Tube: Picadilly Circus
Jermyn Street Theatre
Jermyn Street, SW1
Phone: +44 (020) 7287 2875
Nearest Tube: Picadilly Circus
Landor
Landor Road, SW9
Phone: +44 (020) 7737 7276
Nearest Tube: Clapham North
Lyceum Theatre
Wellington Street, WC2
Tel: (0870) 243 9000
Nearest Tube: Charing Cross
Lyric Hammersmith
King Street, W6
Phone: +44 (020) 8741 2311
Nearest Tube: Hammersmith
Lyric Studio
King Street, W6
Phone: +44 (020) 8741 2311
Nearest Tube: Hammersmith
Lyric Theatre
Shaftesbury Avenue, W1
Phone: +44 (020) 7494 5045
Nearest Tube: Picadilly Circus
London Palladium
8 Argyll Street, W1
Phone: +44 (020) 7494 5020
Nearest Tube: Oxford Circus
Man in the moon Theatre
Kings Road, SW3
Phone: +44 (020) 7351 2876
Nearest Tube: Sloane Square
National Theatre
Cottesloe, South Bank, SE1
Phone: +44 (020) 7452 3000
Nearest Tube: Waterloo
New Ambassadors
West Street, WC2
Phone: +44 (020) 7836 5122
Nearest Tube: Leicester Square
New End Theatre
New End, Heath Street, NW3
Phone: +44 (020) 7794 0022
Nearest Tube: Hampstead
New London Theatre
Parker Street, WC2
Phone: +44 (020) 7405 0072
Nearest Tube: Covent Garden
Old Red Lion
St.John Street, EC1
Phone: +44 (020) 7837 7816
Nearest Tube: Angel
Old Vic
The Cut, Waterloo Road, SE1
Phone: +44 (020) 7928 7616
Nearest Tube: Waterloo
Open Air Theatre
Regent's Park, Camden, NW1
Phone: +44 (020) 7486 2431
Nearest Tube: Regent's Park
Orange Tree Theatre
Clarence Street, TW9
Phone: +44 (020) 8940 3633
Nearest Tube: Richmond
Oval House
Kennington Oval, SE11
Phone: +44 (020) 7582 7680
Nearest Tube: Oval
Palace Theatre
Shaftesbury Avenue, W1
Phone: +44 (020) 7434 0909
Nearest Tube: Picadilly Circus
Phoenix Theatre
Charing Cross Road, WC2
Phone: +44 (020) 7369 1733
Nearest Tube: Charing Cross
Piccadilly Theatre
Denman Street, W1
Phone: +44 (020) 7369 1734
Nearest Tube: Piccadilly Circus
Playhouse Theatre
Northumberland Avenue, WC2
Phone: +44 (020) 7839 4401
Nearest Tube: Embankment
Prince Edward Theatre
Old Compton Street, W1
Phone: +44 (020) 7447 5400
Nearest Tube: Leicester Square
Prince of Wales Theatre
Coventry Street, W1
Phone: +44 (020) 7839 5972
Nearest Tube: Picadilly Circus
Queen's Theatre
Shaftesbury Avenue, W1
Phone: +44 (020) 7494 5040
Nearest Tube: Picadilly Circus
Richmond Theatre
The Green,Richmond, TW9
Phone: +44 (020) 8940 0088
Nearest Tube: Richmond
Riverside Studios
Crisp Road, W6
Phone: +44 (020) 8237 1111
Nearest Tube: Hammersmith
Royal Court Theatre
Sloane Square, Chelsea, SW1
Phone: +44 (020) 7565 5000
Nearest Tube: Sloane Square
Royal Festival Hall
Belvedere Road, SE1
Phone: +44 08703 800 400
Nearest Tube: Waterloo
Royal National Theatre
South Bank, SE1
Phone: +44 (020) 7452 3400
Nearest Tube: Waterloo
Royal Opera House
Covent Garden, WC2
Phone: +44 (020) 7304 4000
Nearest Tube: Covent Garden
Royal Shakespeare Company
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2
Phone: +44 (020) 7638 8891
Nearest Tube: Barbican / Moorgate
Rose & Crown Theatre
High Street, Hampton Wick, Kingston Upon Thames, KT1
Phone: +44 (020) 8296 9100
Nearest Tube: Hampton Wick
Rosemary Branch Theatre
Shepperton Road, N1
Phone: +44 (020) 7704 6665
Nearest Tube: Highbury & Islington
Roundhouse
Chalk Farm Road, NW1
Phone: +44 (020) 7424 9800
Nearest Tube: Chalk Farm
Savoy Theatre
Strand, WC2
Phone: +44 (020) 7836 8888
Nearest Tube: Charing Cross
Shakespeare's Globe
New Globe Walk, Bankside, SE1
Phone: +44 (020) 7401 9919
Nearest Tube: Blackfriars / Mansion House
Soho Theatre
Dean Street, W1
Phone: +44 (020) 7478 0100
Nearest Tube: Leicester Square
Southwark Playhouse
Southwark Bridge Road, SE1
Phone: +44 (020) 7620 3494
Nearest Tube: Borough
St.Martin's Theatre
West Street, WC2
Phone: +44 (020) 7836 1443
Nearest Tube: Leicester Square
Strand Theatre
Aldwych, WC2
Phone: +44 (020) 7930 8800
Nearest Tube: Charing Cross
The Bridewell
Bride Lane, EC4
Phone: +44 (020) 7936 3456
Nearest Tube: Blackfriars
The Duke of York's
St. Martin's Lane, WC2
Phone: +44 (020) 7836 5122
Nearest Tube: Leicester Square
Theatre Royal
Druy Lane , Catherine Street, WC2
Phone: +44 (020) 7494 5060
Nearest Tube: Holborn / Covent Garden
Theatre Royal
Haymarket, SW1
Phone: +44 (020) 7930 8800
Nearest Tube: Piccadilly Circus
Theatre Royal
Stratford East, Gerry Raffles Square, Stratford, E15
Phone: +44 (020) 8534 0310
Nearest Tube: Stratford
Tower Theatre
Cannonbury Place, N1
Phone: +44 (020) 7226 3633
Nearest Tube: Highbury & Islington
Toynbee Studios
Commercial Street, E1
Phone: +44 (020) 7960 4242
Nearest Tube: Liverpool Street
Tricycle Theatre
Kilburn High Road, NW6
Phone: +44 (020) 7328 1000
Nearest Tube: Kilburn
Union Theatre
Union Street, SE1
Phone: +44 (020) 7261 9876
Nearest Tube: Waterloo
Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Gatehouse Pub, N6
Phone: +44 (020) 8340 3488
Nearest Tube: Highgate
Vaudeville Theatre
Strand, WC2
Phone: +44 (020) 7836 9987
Nearest Tube: Charing Cross
White Bear Theatre
Kennington Park Road, SE11
Phone: +44 (020) 7793 9193
Nearest Tube: Kennington
Whitehall Theatre
Whitehall, SW1
Phone: +44 (020) 7369 1735
Nearest Tube: Charing Cross
Wimbledon Studio
The Broadway, SW19
Phone: +44 (020) 8540 0362
Nearest Tube: Wimbledon
Wyndam's Theatre
Charing Cross Road, WC2
Phone: +44 (020) 7369 1736
Nearest Tube: Charing Cross
Young Vic
66 The Cut, SE1
Phone: +44 (020) 7928 6363
Nearest Tube: Waterloo
