List of London venues - wikipedia List of London venues This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( June 2014 ) This is a partial list of entertainment venues in London, England. Contents 1 Theatres 1.1 West End theatres 1.2 Outside the West End 1.3 Former theatres 2 Opera, ballet and dance 3 Live Music 4 Cinema 5 Clubs 6 Conference venues 7 Former venues 8 References Theatres The majority of London 's commercial `` theatre land '' is situated around Shaftesbury Avenue, the Strand and nearby streets in the West End. The theatres are receiving houses, and often feature transfers of major productions from the Royal National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company. ( See the article `` West End theatre '', and see also Theatre companies in London ). The following list also includes the major non-commercial theatres in London, many of which are to be found beyond the West End. West End theatres Also see List of West End theatres for further specifications. Adelphi Theatre Aldwych Theatre Ambassadors Theatre Apollo Theatre Apollo Victoria Theatre Arts Theatre Cambridge Theatre Criterion Theatre Dominion Theatre Duchess Theatre Duke of York 's Theatre Fortune Theatre Garrick Theatre Gielgud Theatre Harold Pinter Theatre Haymarket Theatre Her Majesty 's Theatre London Palladium Lyceum Theatre Lyric Theatre New London Theatre Noël Coward Theatre Novello Theatre Palace Theatre Phoenix Theatre Piccadilly Theatre Playhouse Theatre Prince Edward Theatre Prince of Wales Theatre Queen 's Theatre Savoy Theatre Shaftesbury Theatre St Martin 's Theatre Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Trafalgar Studios Vaudeville Theatre Victoria Palace Theatre Wyndham 's Theatre Outside the West End Many major important theatres and National venues are sited beyond the traditional West End theatre land. They include the Royal National Theatre on the South Bank ; the nearby Young Vic, Old Vic and Globe Theatres ; Sadler 's Wells in Rosebery Avenue and Barbican Arts Centre to the east ; and the Royal Court Theatre in Chelsea. Above the Stag Theatre - 70 ( Vauxhall ) Albany Theatre - 300 ( Deptford ) Almeida Theatre - 325 ( Islington ) Arcola Theatre - 240 ( Shacklewell ) Artsdepot, Pentland - 395, Studio - 160 ( North Finchley ) The Ashcroft Theatre at Fairfield Halls - 755 ( Croydon ) The Barbican Theatre, at the Barbican Arts Centre - 1155 ( City of London ) Barons Court Theatre - 60 ( Barons Court ) Battersea Arts Centre, Grand Hall - 500 ; Lower Hall - 140 ( Battersea ) Beck Theatre - 600 ( Hayes, Hillingdon ) Bloomsbury Theatre - 560 ( Bloomsbury ) Blue Elephant Theatre - 50 ( Camberwell ) The Bob Hope Theatre - 30 ( Eltham ) Bonnie Bird Theatre at Trinity Laban - 300 ( Deptford ) Brick Lane Music Hall - 200 ( Silvertown ) The Broadway - 340 ( Barking ) The Broadway Theatre, Main Auditorium - 800 ; Studio - 80 ( Catford ) Bridewell Theatre - 135 ( Blackfriars ) Brockley Jack Studio Theatre - 65 ( Brockley ) Brookside Theatre - 140 ( Romford ) Bush Theatre - 145 ( Shepherds Bush ) Camden People 's Theatre - 60 ( Bloomsbury ) Canal Cafe Theatre - 60 ( Maida Vale ) Charing Cross Theatre - 265 ( Charing Cross ) Charles Cryer Theatre - 125 ( Carshalton ) Chelsea Theatre - 110 ( Chelsea ) Churchill Theatre - 785 ( Bromley ) Cockpit Theatre - 240 / 180 ( Marylebone ) Compass Theatre - 160 ( Ickenham ) Courtyard Theatre, Main House Theatre - 150 ; Studio - 80 ( Shoreditch ) Drayton Arms Theatre - 50 ( Kensington ) Donmar Warehouse - 250 ( Covent Garden ) The Drill Hall at RADA Studios, Studio - 200 ; Club - 50 ( Fitzrovia ) Erith Playhouse - 195 ( Erith ) Etcetera Theatre - 40 ( Camden Town ) Finborough Theatre - 50 ( Earls Court ) Found 111 - 140 ( Soho ) Gate Theatre - 60 ( Notting Hill ) Greenwich Theatre - 420 ( Greenwich ) Hackney Empire - 1275 ( Hackney ) Hammersmith Apollo - 3630 ( Hammersmith ) Hampstead Theatre, Main Auditorium - 325max ; Michael Frayn Studio - 80 ( Hampstead ) Hen and Chickens Theatre - 55 ( Highbury ) The Hope Theatre - 50 ( Islington ) Hoxton Hall - 320 ( Hoxton ) Jacksons Lane - 165 ( Highgate ) Jermyn Street Theatre - 70 ( St James 's ) Kenneth More Theatre, Main Auditorium - 365 ; Studio - 50 ( Ilford ) King 's Cross Theatre, Traverse - 995 ; End on - 495 ( King 's Cross ) King 's Head Theatre - 120 ( Islington ) Landor Theatre - 60 ( Clapham ) Leicester Square Theatre - 400 ( Leicester Square ) The London Theatre - New Cross - 50 ( New Cross ) The Lion & Unicorn Theatre - 60 ( Kentish Town ) Little Angel Theatre - 100 ( Islington ) Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, Main Auditorium - 550 ; Studio - 110 ( Hammersmith ) Menier Chocolate Factory - 180 ( Southwark ) Millfield Theatre - 360 ( Edmonton ) Network Theatre - 70 / 90 ( Lambeth ) New Diorama Theatre - 80 ( Regent 's Park Village ) New Wimbledon Theatre, Main Auditorium - 1670 ; Studio - 80 ( Wimbledon ) Old Red Lion Theatre - 60 ( Islington ) Old Vic Theatre - 1070 ( Lambeth ) Open Air Theatre - 1200 + ( Regent 's Park ) Open Air Theatre, Barra Hall Park - 180 ( Hayes, Hillingdon ) Orange Tree Theatre - 170 ( Richmond ) Ovalhouse, Downstairs - 200 ; Upstairs - 70 ( Kennington ) The Park Theatre, Main Auditorium - 200 ; Studio - 90 ( Finsbury Park ) Peacock Theatre - 1000 ( Holborn ) Pentameters Theatre - 60 ( Hampstead ) The Pit at the Barbican Centre - 200 ( City of London ) Platform Theatre - 150 ( King 's Cross ) The Pleasance Theatre, Main Auditorium - 260 ; Studio - 55 ( Caledonian Road ) Polka Theatre, Main Auditorium - 300 ; Studio - 70 ( Wimbledon ) Print Room, Main Auditorium - 180 ; Studio - 100 ( Notting Hill ) Puppet Theatre Barge - 50 ( Maida Vale ) Queen 's Theatre, Hornchurch - 500 ( Hornchurch ) Queen Elizabeth Hall - 900 ( South Bank ) Questors Theatre, Judi Dench Playhouse - 355 ; Studio - 100 ( Ealing ) Red Hedgehog Theatre, Salon Theatre - 40 ( Highgate ) Richmond Theatre - 840 ( Richmond ) Rose Theatre, Kingston - 900 ( Kingston ) Rosemary Branch Theatre - 55 ( Shoreditch ) Royal Court Theatre, Upstairs - 380 ; Downstairs - 85 ( Sloane Square ) Royal National Theatre, Olivier - 1100 ; Lyttelton - 890 ; Dorfman - 400 ; Temporary - 225 ( South Bank ) The Roundhouse - 1700 ( Chalk Farm ) Rudolf Steiner Theatre - 220 ( Westminster ) Sadler 's Wells Theatre, Main Auditorium - 1560 ; Lilian Baylis Studio - 200 ( Islington ) Shakespeare 's Globe, Globe - 1400 ; Sam Wanamaker Playhouse - 340 ( South Bank ) Shaw Theatre - 445 ( Somers Town ) Shoreditch Town Hall - 500 ( Shoreditch ) Soho Theatre - 160 ( Soho ) South London Theatre, Bell Theatre - 95 ; Prompt Corner - 60 ( South Norwood ) Southwark Playhouse, Main Auditorium - 240 ; Studio - 120 ( Newington ) The Space - 145 ( Millwall ) St. James Theatre, Main Auditorium - 312 ; Studio - 120 ( Victoria ) Stratford Circus, Circus 1 - 300 ; Circus 2 - 95 ( Stratford ) Tabard Theatre - 95 ( Chiswick ) The Bunker - 110 ( Southwark ) The Place - 290 ( Bloomsbury ) The Scoop - 800 ( Southwark ) The Spread Eagle Theatre - 50 ( Croydon ) The Vaults ~ 1000 ( Lambeth ) Theatre 503 - 65 ( Battersea ) Theatre N16 at The Bedford - 75 ( Balham ) Theatre Delicatessen, Black Box - 50 ; Cabaret Bar - 100 ( Farringdon ) Theatre Royal Stratford East - 460 ( Stratford ) Theatro Technis - 120 ( Camden Town ) Tricycle Theatre - 235 ( Kilburn ) Unicorn Theatre, Main Auditorium - 290 ; Studio - 100 ( Southwark ) Union Chapel - 800 ( Islington ) Union Theatre - 40 ( Southwark ) Upstairs at The Gatehouse - 120 ( Highgate ) Watermans Arts Centre - 240 ( Brentford ) White Bear Theatre - 50 ( Kennington ) Wilton 's Music Hall - 300 ( Shadwell ) Yard Theatre - 110 ( Hackney ) Young Vic, Main Auditorium - 420 ; Maria Studio - 150 ; Clara Studio - 70 ( Lambeth ) Former theatres Main article : List of English Renaissance theatres Main article : List of former theatres in London The List of English Renaissance theatres covers the period from the establishment of the first Tudor theatres, through to their suppression by parliament at the beginning of the English Civil War. The List of Former theatres in London covers the period from the reopening of the playhouses after the English Restoration through to the 21st century. It includes music halls. Opera, Ballet and dance The London Coliseum The two main opera houses are : Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ( the home of The Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet ) London Coliseum, Charing Cross ( the home of English National Opera and English National Ballet ) Both of the above also stage ballet. Holland Park Opera stages opera at an outdoor venue in the summer. Several of the theatres listed have staged opera in the past, including the following : Sadler 's Wells - London 's main dance theatre Barbican Theatre - regularly hosts leading touring dance companies Savoy Theatre, the former home of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ( Gilbert and Sullivan - inactive ) Experimental, contemporary and fringe opera is occasionally programmed at Riverside Studios, which also hosts the annual Tete - a-Tete The Opera Festival. The Arcola Theatre also hosts a contemporary fringe opera festival called ' Grimeborn '. Live Music 93 Feet East ( Shoreditch ) : Range 100 Club ( Soho ) : Indie Rock / Pop 229 Club ( Marylebone ) : Range 606 Club ( Chelsea ) : Jazz Alexandra Palace ( Alexandra Park ) : Indie Rock / Pop Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre ( City of London ) : Classical / Jazz / World Barfly ( Camden Town ) : Indie Rock / Pop / Alternative The Bedford ( Balham ) : Range Betty 's Coffee ( Dalston ) : Range The Black Heart, Camden Blackheath Halls ( Blackheath ) : Classical Blues Jam ( Camden Town / Shoreditch ) : Jazz Brixton Academy ( Brixton ) : Indie Rock / Pop The Borderline ( Soho ) : Indie Rock / Pop Cadogan Hall ( Belgravia ) : Classical Camden Underworld ( Camden Town ) : Rock / Metal Cargo ( Shoreditch ) : Dance Conway Hall ( Holborn ) : Classical Cecil Sharp House ( ) ) Primrose Hill ) ) ) : Folk Dublin Castle ( Camden Town ) : Rock / Pop Electric Ballroom ( Camden Town ) : Indie Rock / Pop ExCeL Exhibition Centre ( Royal Docks ) : Events Fairfield Halls ( Croydon ) : Pop / Classical The Garage ( Islington ) : Indie Rock / Pop The Grand ( Battersea ) : Dance The Grey Horse ( Kingston upon Thames ) : Rock / Blues The Half Moon, Putney : Rock / Pop Hammersmith Apollo ( Hammersmith ) : Pop Hanover Grand Theatre ( Covent Garden ) : Disco The Hobgoblin ( Camden Town ) : Pop Indig02 ( North Greenwich ) : Pop Jazz Cafe ( Camden Town ) : Jazz Kings Place ( King 's Cross ) : Classical / Jazz / Country KOKO ( Camden Town ) : Indie Rock / Pop London Coliseum ( Charing Cross ) : Opera Leicester Square Theatre / The Venue ( Leicester Square ) : Indie Rock / Pop The Lexington ( Pentonville ) : Indie Rock / Pop London Forum ( Kentish Town ) : Indie Rock / Pop Milton Court ( City of London ) : Classical / Jazz O2 Academy Islington ( Islington ) : Indie Rock / Pop The O2 arena ( North Greenwich ) : Pop The Ocean Music Venue ( Hackney Central ) : Indie Rock / Pop Olympia, London ( Kensington ) : Events Passing Clouds ( Dalston ) : Range PizzaExpress Jazz Club ( Soho ) : Jazz Proud Camden ( Camden Town ) : Range The Purple Turtle ( Camden Town ) : Range Purcell Room ( Southbank Centre ) : Chamber Queen Elizabeth Hall ( Southbank Centre ) : Orchestral / Chamber Ronnie Scott 's Jazz Club ( Soho ) : Jazz The Roundhouse ( Chalk Farm ) : Indie Rock / Pop Royal Academy of Music ( Marylebone ) : Classical / Jazz Royal Albert Hall ( South Kensington ) : Classical / Pop / Miscellaneous Royal College of Music ( South Kensington ) : Classical Royal Festival Hall ( Southbank Centre ) : Classical / Jazz Royal Opera House ( Covent Garden ) : Opera Scala ( King 's Cross ) : Indie Rock / Pop The Shacklewell Arms ( Dalston ) : Indie Rock / Pop Shepherd 's Bush Empire ( Shepherd 's Bush ) : Pop St John 's, Smith Square ( Westminster ) : Classical St Luke Old Street ( Old Street ) : Range T. Chances ( Tottenham War Services Institute ) : Punk The Troubadour, Earl 's Court Troxy, ( Commercial Road Stepney ) : Range TwickFolk, at The Cabbage Patch, Twickenham ( acoustic, folk and Americana ) The UCL Bloomsbury ( Bloomsbury ) : Range The Unicorn, Camden Union Chapel ( Highbury ) : Range Vortex Jazz Club ( Dalston ) : Jazz Wembley Arena ( Wembley ) : Rock / Pop Wembley Stadium ( Wembley ) : Rock / Pop The Windmill Brixton ( Brixton ) : Range Wigmore Hall ( Marylebone ) : Chamber WM Jazz Club ( North Greenwich ) : Jazz XOYO ( Old Street ) : Dance Cinema There are cinemas throughout Greater London, particularly multi-screen venues, however the majority of first run and independent films are shown in cinemas around Leicester Square. Odeon Leicester Square Odeon West End Empire, Leicester Square Prince Charles Cinema Vue West End National Film Theatre London IMAX Apollo cinemas Clubs There are clubs throughout Greater London, with many performing on a temporary basis. The more permanent ones are listed, but there is also a group of clubs in the Shoreditch and Hoxton areas. Chuckle Club, a comedy club that began in 1986 and has changed venues over time Electric Ballroom, a performance venue located in Camden Town constructed in the 1930s Hippodrome, built in 1900, this building was used for most of its lifetime as a venue for revues and musical comedy ; it now functions as a private ( for - hire ) event venue HeyJo Club, Mayfair based Private Members Club owned by Dave West Conference venues Olympia London 's Conference Centre Altitude 360 Hilton London Metropole Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre Cavendish Conference Centre Mayfair Conference Centre ICO Conference Centre America Square Conference Centre Museum of the Order of St John Cavendish Venues London Art House W12 Conferences Former venues The 2i 's Coffee Bar ( 1956 -- 1970 ) Camden Palace ( 1982 -- 2004 ) -- nicknamed Cammy Pally -- reverted to KOKO in 2004 Infinity Club ( 2003 -- 2005 ) -- best known for its association with Carl Barât and The Libertines London Astoria ( indie rock and pop, closed and demolished 2009 ) Mean Fiddler ( indie rock and pop ) Turnmills Windsor Castle, Maida Vale References London portal Theatres in London West End Ambassador Theatre Group Apollo Victoria Duke of York 's Fortune Harold Pinter Lyceum Phoenix Piccadilly Playhouse Savoy Trafalgar Studios Delfont Mackintosh Theatres Gielgud Noël Coward Novello Prince Edward Prince of Wales Queen 's Victoria Palace Wyndham 's Nederlander Organization Aldwych Dominion Nimax Theatres Apollo Duchess Garrick Lyric Vaudeville Palace Really Useful Theatres Adelphi Cambridge Drury Lane Her Majesty 's London Palladium New London Stephen Waley - Cohen Theatres Ambassadors St. Martin 's Independent Arts Bridge Criterion Haymarket Shaftesbury Other major theatres Barbican Centre London Coliseum New Wimbledon The Old Vic Open Air Peacock National Royal Opera House Sadler 's Wells Shakespeare 's Globe Off West End Almeida Arcola Battersea Arts Centre Bush Charing Cross Donmar Warehouse Hampstead Lyric Hammersmith Menier Chocolate Factory The Other Palace Royal Court Soho Tricycle Young Vic Fringe and suburban Above the Stag artsdepot Ashcroft Barons Court Beck Bob Hope Bloomsbury The Broadway Broadway Brockley Jack Brookside Canal Café Chelsea Churchill Cockpit Courtyard Compass Erith Playhouse Etcetera Finborough Gate Greenwich Hackney Empire Hen and Chickens Hoxton Hall ICA Intimate Theatre Jacksons Lane Jermyn Street King 's Head Landor Leicester Square Little Angel Millfield New Players ' Old Red Lion Orange Tree Ovalhouse Park Pentameters The Place Pleasance Islington The Print Room Queen 's, Hornchurch The Questors RADA Studios Richmond Riverside Studios Rose, Kingston Shaw South London Southwark Playhouse The Space Stratford Circus Tabard Theatre 503 Theatre Royal Stratford East Troxy Unicorn Union Upstairs at The Gatehouse White Bear Wilton 's Former Bolton 's Theatre Club Cochrane Cock Tavern Greenwich Playhouse Mermaid New End Saville Warehouse Westminster Commons Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_London_venues&oldid=796700566 '' Categories : Theatres in London Entertainment in London Performing arts in London London - related lists Lists of entertainment venues Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from June 2014 All articles needing additional references Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Edit links This page was last edited on 22 August 2017, at 15 : 30. 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Question: london theatre former home of famous ballet company
Answer: The Royal Ballet