Shaftesbury Theatre

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210 Shaftesbury Avenue

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Time Out says

Wed Jun 20 2012

A somewhat sprawling Shaftesbury Avenue theatre, this ancient venue is one of theatreland’s largest. Just as well, as it specialises in blockbuster musicals: ‘Carousel’, ‘Rent’, ‘High Society’ and, arguably the most successful, ‘Hairspray’. We also have Shaftesbury Theatre to thank for ‘Rocky Horror Show’ creative duo Richard O'Brien and Tim Curry, since the pair met here while playing in hippie musical, ‘Hair’.

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Venue location

Address:
Shaftesbury Theatre 210 Shaftesbury Avenue
London
WC2H 8DP

Phone:
020 7379 5399
Website:
www.shaftesburytheatre.com/
Transport:
Holborn or Tottenham Court Road tube
Map
1. Shaftesbury Theatre
  - 210 Shaftesbury Avenue
    London
    WC2H 8DP
  - 020 7379 5399
  - www.shaftesburytheatre.com/
  - 51.516276,-0.126081

Categories:
Theatre. Dance. Music. Comedy

What's on at Shaftesbury Theatre

Burn the Floor

Dance, West End

Rating: 4/5

In the decade since the new wave of TV ballroom dance contests unleashed their spangles and spray-tans on primetime audiences, spin-off stage shows of varying quality have become a more or less permanent fixture in the West End. Of these, ‘Burn the Floor’...

Mon May 20
– Sun Jun 30
Shaftesbury Theatre 210 Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2H 8DP
£16-£90. Runs 2hrs

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From Here to Eternity

West End, Musicals

James Jones's semi-autobiographical novel about the lives and loves of a group of GIs posted to Hawaii pre-Second World War was famously made into an iconic 1953 film starring Frank Sinatra, Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr (the latter...