Aldwych Theatre History
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The History of The Aldwych Theatre
In the last years of the nineteenth century much of London's old West End was demolished and reconstructed. The new streets of Aldwych and Kingsway were built and plans were made for two new theatres with identical façades to be built along Aldwych. The two theatres, The Aldwych and The Novello were built either side of The Waldorf Hotel and opened in 1905.
The Aldwych Theatre has been home to a wide range of entertainment. From 1925 until 1933 The Aldwych housed a series of farces by Ben Tavers, now known as 'The Aldwych Farces'.
From the 1930s the theatre was owned by the Abrahams family and plays produced there included A Streetcar Named Desire, Brouhaha and Watch It Sailor. In 1960 the Royal Shakespeare Company took over the Aldwych and it has remained it's London base for over twenty years. Since then the theatre has enjoyed a successful and busy period staging many productions from The BFG to An Inspector Calls.
