Private Lives
Gielgud Theatre
Gielgud Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, London, W1D6AR
Venue Information
Approx. capacity: 889
The Gielgud Theatre is a West End theatre, located on Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster, London, at the corner of Rupert Street. The Gielgud is owned by the Delfont Mackintosh group and seats just under 900 people on three levels. It was designed by WGR Sprague in a neo-classical style and opened in 1907 as the Hicks Theatre, named after actor-manager and playwright Seymour Hicks. American impresario Charles Frohman took over in 1909 and renamed it the Globe, reopening the theatre with a drama by Winston Churchill's mother, Lady Randolph Churchill. It was taken over by Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group in the 1980s and refurbished in 1987, it played host to several Ayckbourn premieres and acquired a famous theatre cat, Beerbohm, who on his death in 1995 received a front-page obituary in 'The Stage'. To avoid confusion with Sam Wanamaker's Bankside Shakespeare's Globe project, the theatre's name was changed in honour of the great thespian knight in 1992, and in 2006 Cameron Mackintosh's Delfont Mackintosh Group took ownership and embarked on a further round of refurbishments to both the facade and the interior, which were completed in 2008.
Transport
By Tube
The closest tube station is Picadilly Circus, it is approximately 250m away. You can also use Charing Cross.
By Train
The nearest train station is Charing Cross, it is approximately 550m away.
By Car
The venue is in central London so it is advised to use public transport where possible.
By Bus
Bus numbers 14, 19 and 38.
Parking
You can use the MasterPark at Poland Street and China Town or the NCP at Wardour Street, Newport Place, Denman Street and Lexington Street.
Accessibility
Number of Steps
The access entrance to the auditorium is through the third side EXIT door on Rupert Street. Ask a member of staff to open this for you. One 12cm step up to the front of the Dress Circle.
Wheelchair Access
The venue provides wheelchair spaces. Please call 0844 482 5137 for more information and to book.
Hearing Systems
There is a Infa-red system inside the auditorium. Please contact the theatre for more information on 0844 482 5137.
Guide Dogs
Guide dogs are allowed in to the auditorium or alternatively the venue staff are happy to dog sit.
General Access Info
To book and for more information, please call 0844 482 5137 or email gielgudbox@delmack.co.uk.
Doors Open: 7:00PM
Starts: 7:30PM
More Information about Private Lives Tickets
Please Note: A £1 restoration levy (collected on behalf of the theatre) appears as part of the face value.
A £2.75 transaction fee applies (this will be added to your order on the payment page)
PRIVATE LIVES
Reduced Price Previews 22 June until 4 July 2013 £10 off top 2 ticket prices of £53.50 and £37.50.
Booking Period Until 21 September 2013
Elyot (Toby Stephens) and Amanda (Anna Chancellor) are glamorous, rich, reckless . . . and divorced. Five years later, their love for one another is unexpectedly rekindled when they take adjoining suites of a Riviera hotel while honeymooning with their new spouses, Victor (Anthony Calf) and Sibyl (Anna-Louise Plowman). This chance encounter instantly reignites their passion, and they fling themselves headlong into a whirlwind of love and lust once more, without a thought for partners present or turbulences past.
Following a sell-out run at Chichester Festival Theatre, this much-anticipated transfer is set to blaze across the West End stage this summer in an explosive production that proves Nol Coward still has the power to thrill, provoke and delight.
Seating Plan
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