The following is a list of active professional theatres and concert halls in the United Kingdom. They are organised alphabetically in name order.
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Theatre
Location
Opened
Capacity
Current Management
53 Two
Manchester
2016 in first space, 2019 into temporary space, 2023 into current space
150
Creative Director - Simon Naylor
A
B
C
Theatre
Location
Opened
Capacity
Current Management
Camberley Theatre
Camberley
408
Owner – Surrey Heath Borough Council
Cambridge Arts Theatre
Cambridge
1 February 1936
666
Cambridge Corn Exchange
Cambridge
1875
1,849
Cambridge Theatre
London
4 September 1930
1,231
Owner – Really Useful Theatres
Canal Cafe Theatre
London
60
Carriageworks Theatre
Leeds
11 November 2005
349
Owner – Leeds City Council
Cast Theatre
Doncaster
2 September 2013
620
Director – Deborah Rees
Castle Theatre
Wellingborough
1995
503
Operator – Parkwood Theatres.
Chelsea Theatre
London
November 2001
110
Chichester Festival Theatre
Chichester
1962
1,206
Artistic Director – Daniel Evans
Chickenshed Theatre
London
1974
300
Artistic Director – Lou Stein
Churchill Theatre
Bromley
19 July 1977
781
Operator – HQ Theatres
Citizens Theatre
Glasgow
11 September 1878
500
Artistic Director – Dominic Hill
City Hall
Sheffield
22 September 1932
2,271
Civic Theatre
Rotherham
7 March 1960
356
Cochrane Theatre
London
1963–2012
314
Cockpit Theatre
London
1616–1665
220
Coliseum Theatre (Aberdare)
Aberdare
17 September 1938
600
Coliseum Theatre
London
1904
2,558
Owner – English National Opera
Congress Theatre
Eastbourne
1963
1,689
Owner - Eastbourne Borough Council
Contact Theatre
Manchester
1972
320
Operator – The Manchester Young People's Theatre Ltd
Corn Exchange, Newbury
Newbury
1993
400
The Corn Exchange (Newbury) Trust
Court Theatre
Tring, Hertfordshire
1978
220
Operator – Court Theatre Ltd
Courtyard Theatre (Hereford)
Hereford
1998
520
Operator – The Courtyard Trust Ltd
Courtyard Theatre (Royal Shakespeare Company )
Stratford-on-Avon
2006–2010
1,048
Cottesloe (Royal National Theatre)
London
1976
400
Artistic Director – Rufus Norris
Crescent Theatre
Birmingham
1932
460
Criterion Theatre (Coventry)
Coventry
1961
122
Criterion Theatre
London
21 March 1874
588
Owner – Criterion Theatre Trust
Cromer Pier Pavilion Theatre
Cromer, Norfolk
1901
500
Openwide Coastal Ltd
Crucible Theatre (Sheffield Theatres)
Sheffield
1971
980
Artistic Director – Robert Hastie
Curve
Leicester
11 November 2008
920
Artistic Director – Nikolai Foster
Caird Hall
Dundee
2000
D
E
Theatre
Location
Opened
Capacity
Current Management
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Edinburgh
November 7, 1892
1,915
Operator – Capital Theatres
Edinburgh Playhouse
Edinburgh
1929
3,059
Owner – Ambassador Theatre Group
Empire Theatre (Glasgow)
Glasgow
1897–1963
2,100
Empire Theatre (Hackney)
Hackney
1901; rebuilt in 2004
1,275
Empire Theatre (Liverpool)
Liverpool
March 9, 1925
2,348
Owner – Ambassador Theatre Group
Empire Theatre (Sunderland)
Sunderland
July 1, 1907
2,200
Operator – Ambassador Theatre Group
Epsom Playhouse
Surrey
1984
406
Epstein Theatre
Liverpool
1913 (closed 30 June 2023)
380
Owner - Liverpool City Council
Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
Cheltenham
October 1891
694
Chief Executive - Mark Goucher
Everyman Theatre (Liverpool)
Liverpool
1964; rebuilt in 2011–14
400
Liverpool and Merseyside Theatres Trust Ltd
F
G
Theatre
Location
Opened
Capacity
Current Management
G Live
Guildford
September 2011
1031
Owner – HQ Theatres
Garrick Theatre
London
24 April 1889
718 (current); 800 (original)
Owner – Nimax Theatres
Gatehouse Theatre
Stafford
535
Freedom Leisure
Gate Theatre (London)
London
1979
75
Artistic Director – Ellen McDougall
Georgian Theatre Royal
Richmond (Yorkshire)
1788; rebuilt 1963
214
Gielgud Theatre
London
27 December 1906
986
Owner – Delfont Mackintosh Theatres
Globe Theatre
London
1599; rebuilt 1997
1,400 (current); 3,000 (original)
Artistic Director – Michelle Terry
Gordon Craig Theatre
Stevenage
1976
1,701
Grand Opera House (Belfast)
Belfast
23 December 1895; 1980–present
1,063
Grand Opera House (York)
York
20 January 1902
1028
Operator – Ambassador Theatre Group
Grand Pavilion
Porthcawl
1932
643
Grand Theatre, Blackpool
Blackpool
1894; reopened 23 March 1981
1,100
Owner - Blackpool Grand Theatre Trust Ltd
Grand Theatre, Lancaster
Lancaster
1792; 1848–1978
457
Greenwich Theatre
Greenwich
1864, rebuilt 1969
430
The Grand
Clitheroe
1874; 2008
400 (standing) 240 (fully seated, theatre-style) 140 (cabaret)
Owned by The Lancaster Foundation
Grand Theatre, Leeds
Leeds
18 November 1878
1,550
Home of Opera North
Grand Theatre, Swansea
Swansea
1897
1,014
Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
1894; rebuilt in 1982
1,200
Grimsby Auditorium
Grimsby
1995
1,200–2,000
Guildhall of St George
King's Lynn
1445
320
Shakespear's Guildhall Trust
H
Theatre
Current Location
Opened
Capacity
Current Operator
Hall for Cornwall
Truro
1846
969
Hall Green Little Theatre
Birmingham
1951
180
Hall Green Little Theatre Ltd
Harlow Playhouse
Harlow
1971
409
Harlow District Council - Artistic Director - Rory Davies
Harrogate Theatre
Harrogate
1900
500
Managed by Harrogate (White Rose) Theatre Trust Ltd
Harold Pinter Theatre
London
15 October 1881
796 (1,180 originally)
Owner – Ambassador Theatre Group
Haymarket Theatre
Basingstoke
1865; as theatre 1951, refurbished 2007
380
Her Majesty's Theatre
London
1705
1,216
Owner – Really Useful Group
The Hexagon
Reading
1977
1,686
Highbury Theatre
Birmingham
1942
140
Highbury Theatre Centre Ltd
Hope Mill Theatre
Manchester
2015
145
William Whelton - Executive Director, Joseph Houston - Artistic Director
Hull New Theatre
Hull
1939
1,330
Hull Culture & Leisure
Hull City Hall
Hull
1909
1200 - 1800
Hull Culture & Leisure
Hull Truck Theatre
Hull
1971
435
Artistic Director – Mark Babych
J
Theatre
Location
Opened
Capacity
Current Management
Jacksons Lane
London
1975
166
Executive Director – Isobel Smith
Jigsaw Youth Theatre
Halesowen , Dudley
2017
Jigsaw Youth Theatre
K
L
Theatre
Location
Opened
Capacity
Current Management
Lace Market Theatre
Nottingham
1972
118
Lakeside Theatre (University of Essex)
Colchester, Essex
1971
200
Lamproom Theatre
Barnsley
1999
187
Barnsley Theatre Trust
Lantern Theatre
Liverpool
2009
85
Lantern Theatre
Sheffield
1893
84
Lawrence Batley Theatre
Huddersfield
9 July 1819
477[2]
Leatherhead Theatre (formerly Thorndike Theatre )
Leatherhead, Surrey
1969
498
Leeds City Varieties
Leeds
1865; reopened September 2011
467
Leeds Playhouse
Leeds
March 1990
1,100
Leighton Buzzard Library Theatre
Leighton Buzzard
October 5, 1979
170
Library Theatre (Manchester)
Manchester
17 July 1934; reopened 22 March 2014
312
Library Theatre (Sheffield)[3]
Sheffield
1947
260
Lichfield Garrick Theatre & Studio[4]
Lichfield, Staffordshire
2003
562
Bolton Little Theatre
Bolton
1931
165
Little Theatre (Chester)
Chester
1962
126
Little Theatre (Leicester)
Leicester
1932
349
Live Theatre[5]
Newcastle upon Tyne
1982
170
Liverpool Actors Studio Theatre
Liverpool
1999
80
London Coliseum
London
1904
2,558
London Palladium
London
26 December 1910
2,286
The Lowry
Salford
12 October 2000
2,196
Lyceum Theatre (Crewe)
Crewe, Cheshire
21 November 1887; rebuilt 6 October 1911
1,250 (original); 850 (currently)
Lyceum Theatre, London
London
14 July 1834
2,100
Lyceum Theatre (Sheffield Theatres)
Sheffield
1897; rebuilt 1991
1,068
Lyric Theatre (Belfast)
Belfast
1951; reopened 1 May 2011
400
Lyric Theatre, London
London
17 December 1888
915 (currently); 1,258 (original)
Lyric Theatre (Lowry)
Salford
12 October 2000
1,730
Lyric Hammersmith
London
1895
550
Lyttelton (Royal National Theatre)
London
1976
890
M
N
Theatre
Location
Opened
Capacity
Current Management
Newbridge Memo
Newbridge
1924
446
New Diorama Theatre
London
2010
80
Artistic Director - Bec Martin
New London Theatre
London
2 January 1973
1,118
New Theatre (Cardiff)
Cardiff
10 December 1906
1,144
Operator - HQ Theatres and Hospitality
New Theatre Oxford
Oxford
26 February 1934
1,800
New Theatre, Peterborough
Peterborough
2001; reopened 2017
1079
Landmark Theatres (part of Selladoor Worldwide )
New Vic Theatre
Newcastle-under-Lyme
1986
600
New Victoria Theatre
Woking
June 1992
1,300
New Wolsey Theatre
Ipswich, Suffolk
1979
400
New Wimbledon Theatre
Wimbledon, London
26 December 1910
1,670
Noël Coward Theatre
London
1903
872
Operator – Delfont Mackintosh Theatres
Norbury Theatre
Droitwich, Worcestershire
1962
176
Norwich Playhouse
Norwich
1995
300
Norwich Puppet Theatre
Norwich
1980
140
Nottingham Playhouse
Nottingham
1963
770
Nottingham Arts Theatre
Nottingham
1953
321
Novello Theatre
London
22 May 1905
1,105
Northcott Theatre
Exeter
1967
464
Nuffield Theatre
Southampton
1963; closed 2020
450
O
P
Theatre
Location
Opened
Capacity
Current Management
Palace theatre, Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock
1860
498
Palace Theatre, London
London
January 1891
1,400
Palace Theatre, Manchester
Manchester
18 May 1891
1,955
Palace Theatre, Mansfield
Mansfield
1910
534
Palace Theatre, Newark
Newark-on-Trent
1920
638
Newark and Sherwood District Council
Palace Theatre, Redditch
Redditch
1913
420
Redditch Borough Council
Palace Theatre, Swansea
Swansea
1888; repurposed 1960s; closed 2006; under redevelopment since 2021
600+ (formerly)
Palace Theatre, Watford
Watford
14 December 1908
600
Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea
Westcliff-on-Sea
21 October 1912
603 (current) 1,500 (original)
Parc and Dare Hall
Treorchy
1913
660
Pavilion Theatre (Bournemouth)
Bournemouth
19 March 1929
1,448
Pavilion Theatre and Bandstand (Gorleston)
Gorleston, Norfolk
8 July 1901
300
Pavilion Theatre (Rhyl)
Rhyl
1891
1,061
Pavilion Theatre (Weymouth)
Weymouth
21 December 1908
988
Peacock Theatre
London
13 November 1911
999 (current) 2,600 (original)
Peepul Theatre
Leicester
2005
314
Pendle Hippodrome Theatre
Colne
21 September 1914
489
Penistone Paramount Cinema
Penistone
1914
344
Penistone Town Council
Phoenix Theatre (London)
London
24 September 1930
1,012
Phoenix Theatre (Ross-on-Wye)
Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire
1983
64
The Phoenix Theatre Company
Piccadilly Theatre
London
27 April 1928
1,282 (current) 1,400 (original)
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Perthshire
19 May 1951
544
Platform Theatre
Norwich
City College Norwich
Playbox Theatre
Warwick
1999
250
Playbox Theatre Company
The Players Theatre
Lowestoft
2012
200
The Lowestoft Players Ltd
Liverpool Playhouse
Liverpool
1866
677
Liverpool and Merseyside Theatres Trust Ltd
The Playhouse
Sleaford
1825
120
Sleaford Little Theatre CIO
London Playhouse
London
11 March 1882
786
Pleasance Islington
London
1995
230
Pleasance Theatre Trust
Plowright Theatre
Scunthorpe
1958
354
Polka Theatre
Wimbledon, London (children's theatre)
20 November 1979
370
Prince Edward Theatre
London
3 April 1930
1,716
Owner – Delfont Mackintosh Theatres
Prince of Wales Theatre
London
January 1884
1,160
Owner – Delfont Mackintosh Theatres
Princes Hall
Aldershot
1972
690
Princes Theatre
Clacton
14 April 1931
1,400
Owner - Tendring District Council
Priory Theatre
Kenilworth
8 April 1946
120
Pomegranate Theatre
Chesterfield
1800s (originally The Civic Theatre)
590
Owned by Chesterfield Borough Council
Q
R
S
Theatre
Location
Opened
Capacity
Current Management
Sadler's Wells
London
1683
1,560
Savoy Theatre
London
10 October 1881
1,150
Owner – Ambassador Theatre Group
Secombe Theatre
London
1984
343–396
Scarborough Open Air Theatre
Scarborough
1932; reopened 20 May 2010
6,500
Sewell Barn Theatre
Norwich
1980
100
Sondheim Theatre (formerly Queen's Theatre)
London
8 October 1907
1137
Delfont Mackintosh Theatres
Sherman Theatre
Cardiff
1973
452
Sherman Cymru
Shoebox Theatre
Swindon
2017
50
Wrong Shoes Theatre Company
Sinden Theatre
Tenterden, Kent
2004
290
Homewood School
Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre
Leeds
2010
230
Owner – Northern Ballet & Phoenix Dance Theatre
The Spa Theatre
Bridlington
1907
675
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
The Spa Pavilion
Felixstowe
1909
884
St David's Hall
Cardiff
30 August 1982
2,000
St George's Hall
Bradford
29 August 1853
1,500 (current); 3,500 (original)
St Helens Theatre Royal
St. Helens
1895, rebuilt 1901
700
Operator - Regal Entertainments Ltd
St. Martin's Theatre
London
26 November 1916
550
Stables Theatre
Hastings, East Sussex
16 June 1959
126
The Stables Trust
Stephen Joseph Theatre
Scarborough
30 April 1996
404
Artistic Director – Alan Ayckbourn
Storyhouse
Chester
May 2017
500 (Thrust), 800 (Touring)
Studio Theatre
Sheffield
1971
400
Sue Townsend Theatre (previously Phoenix Arts Centre , then Upper Brown Street )
Leicester
1963
266
Summerhall Anatomy Theatre
Edinburgh
2011
70
Summerhall Cairns Theatre
Edinburgh
2011
120
Summerhall Demonstration Theatre
Edinburgh
2011
60
Summerhall Dissection Room Theatre
Edinburgh
2011
350
Summerhall Main Hall Theatre
Edinburgh
2011
200
Summerhall Red Lecture Theatre
Edinburgh
2011
90
Sutton Arts Theatre
Sutton Coldfield , Birmingham
1946
129
Swan Theatre (High Wycombe)
High Wycombe
November 1992
1,076
Swan Theatre (Stratford)
Stratford-on-Avon
1986
450
Swan Theatre (Worcester)
Worcester
1965
352
Artistic Director – Ben Humphrey
T
Theatre
Location
Opened
Capacity
Current Management
Telford Theatre
Telford
1968
660
Telford and Wrekin Council
The Apex
Bury St. Edmunds
2010
500
West Suffolk Council
Theatre by the Lake
Keswick, Cumbria
1999
400
Theatre of Small Convenience
Malvern, Worcestershire
November 1999 closed 25 February 2017
12
Theatre Royal, Bath
Bath
1805
888
Theatre Royal, Brighton
Brighton
27 June 1807
952
Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds
Bury St. Edmunds
11 October 1819
360
Theatre Royal, Dumfries
Dumfries
29 September 1792
500–600
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Drury Lane, London
1660
2,196
Owner – Really Useful Theatres
Theatre Royal, Edinburgh
Edinburgh
1769; destroyed by fire 1946
Theatre Royal, Exeter
Exeter
1889; closed 1962
Theatre Royal, Glasgow
Glasgow
1867
1,541
Theatre Royal, Haymarket
Haymarket, London
4 July 1821
888
Owner – Leonard Blavatnik
Theatre Royal, Lincoln
Lincoln
1893
475
Theatre Royal, Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne
20 February 1837
1,249
Theatre Royal, Norwich
Norwich
1758
1,308
Theatre Royal, Nottingham
Nottingham
1856
1,186
Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Plymouth
5 May 1982
1,320
Theatre Royal, Stratford East
Stratford, London
17 December 1884
460
Theatre Royal, Wakefield
Wakefield
1894
499
Theatre Royal, Winchester
Winchester
1 November 1978
400
Theatre Royal, Windsor
Windsor
1930
633
Operator – Bill Kenwright
Theatre Royal, York
York
1744
847
Artistic Director – Damian Cruden
Torch Theatre
Milford Haven
1977
399
Town Hall
Birmingham
1834; reopened 2007
1086
Trafalgar Studios
London
29 September 1930
480
Owner – Trafalgar Entertainment Group
Traverse Theatre
Edinburgh
1963
356
Artistic Director – Orla O'Loughlin
Trestle Theatre
St. Albans
1981
125
Executive Director - Clare Winter Creative Director - Helen Barnett
Trinity Theatre
Tunbridge Wells
1982
290
Artistic Director - Sean Turner
U
Theatre
Location
Opened
Capacity
Current Management
Unity Theatre
Liverpool
1980
150
Usher Hall
Edinburgh
16 March 1914
2,200
V
W
Theatre
Location
Opened
Capacity
Current Management
Wales Millennium Centre
Cardiff
26–28 November 2004 (Phase 1); 22 January 2009 (Phase 2)
1,897
Warwick Arts Centre
Coventry
1976? renovated 2017-22
1,340 (Butterworth Hall) 550 (Theatre) 150 (Studio)
University of Warwick
Watermill Theatre
Bagnor, Berkshire
1967
220
Watersmeet Theatre
Rickmansworth
1975
515
Owner - Three Rivers District Council [6]
West Cliff Theatre
Clacton-on-Sea
1894
600
Owner - West Cliff (Tendring) Trust
West End Centre
Aldershot
1975
106
West Midlands Creation Centre
Birmingham
80
RoguePlay Theatre
Whiffler Theatre
Norwich
1882
110 outdoor
Gifted to Norwich Council Eastern Daily Press Newspaper Group
Whitehall Theatre
Dundee
1890s (Alhambra) 1927[clarification needed ] cinema built 1940-1968 (State Cinema) 1969 became Whitehall Theatre
650
Council owned 1969-1982 Operator - Dundee Whitehall Theatre Company Limited
WInding Wheel Theatre
Chesterfield
1930s (originally a cinema)
850
Operator – Chesterfield Borough Council
Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Wolverhampton
16 May 1938
3,000
Wyndham's Theatre
London
16 November 1899
759
Operator – Delfont Mackintosh Theatres
Wyvern Theatre
Swindon
7 September 1971
635
Operator – HQ Theatures
Y
Theatre
Location
Opened
Capacity
Current Management
The Y – Theatre
Leicester
1900
300
Owner – Leicester YMCA
York Theatre Royal
York
1744
847
Artistic Director – Damian Cruden
Young Vic
London
11 September 1970
420
Artistic Director – Kwame Kwei-Armah
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
Guildford
1963
586
Operator – Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Management Limited
Z
Theatre
Location
Opened
Capacity
Current Management
Z-Arts
Manchester
2000
222
Operator – Zion Arts Centre Limited
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