New London Theatre

The popular London Westend Theatre, Gillian Lynne Theatre or New London Theatre is located at Drury Lane, London, United Kingdom, WC2B 5PF. The popular theatre was earlier named as New London theatre and is renamed in May 2018, as the Gillian Lynne Theatre. The theatre is renamed to pay homage to a legendary choreographer and dancer. She is the first woman to have a London West End theatre named after her.

Gillian Lynne Theatre is one of the London’s newest major theatres. The theatre made its debut in the year 1973. Lynne enjoyed a very long and great career and won two-time Olivier Award-winner. In the year 2014, Lynne was made a Dame for services to dance and musical theatre.

Known for some great works with Lloyd Webber such as Cats, The Phantom Of The Opera and Joseph And The Technicolour Dreamcoat. Sean Keeny designed Gillian Lynne Theatre partly and was a scenic designer on the musicals Blitz!, Oliver! and Pickwick. From 1981 to 2002, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats was running with packed houses at the theatre!

From Year 1977 to 1980, the auditorium of the theatre was used successfully as a television studio for the early broadcasts of championship snooker and broadcasts of This Is Your Life. Occasionally, the entire building was used as a conference centre.

The Really Useful Group of Andrew Lloyd Webber bought the building and become part of Really Useful Theatres in the year 2000.  Currently, the theatre is hosting Olivier Award-winning show School Of Rock – The Musical.

The New London Theatre is positioned on the historic Drury Lane amidst the areas of Covent Garden and Holborn. Holborn is popularly stated as a business district and Covent Garden is hugely popular amongst visitors and theatre lovers. The venue features wide selection of shops and museums. There are huge range of affordable and budget friendly hotels, bars and restaurants in the surrounding streets. You can choose in accordance with your requirements.

For those who are planning to visit the theatre need not worry as theatre is located at an easily accessible location. You can visit the theatre via tubes as the nearest tube stations to the theatre are Covent Garden and Holborn. Covent Garden can be reached on the Piccadilly line, and Holborn on the Central and Piccadilly lines. You can also visit the theatre by bus numbers 1, 68, 91, 168, 171, 188, 501, 505, 521 and X68 all stop along the Kingsway very close to the theatre. You can also hire a taxi or drive your own car, as the nearest car park to the New London Theatre is on Parker Street, costing £24.00 for 4 hours of parking.