Designed in 1931 by FGM Chancellor on the site of a healing well. Founded by Lilian Baylis of the Old Vic. Opera, ballet and theatre were alternated between the two until 1946, when the dancers went to Covent Garden as the Royal Ballet and, in 1974, the singers went to the Coliseum as the English National Opera.

It is still best known for its ballet, but contemporary dance and opera are also part of the repertoire. Also, the venue can be described as a receiving house for visiting companies with their own productions.

Sadler’s Wells includes the Lilian Baylis studio theatre.

Décor: Foyer carpeted, warm and buzzing with chatter under stucco beams and ceiling. Shallow-banked auditorium with dark pink wall and seats in sedate rows.

Capacity: 1,500      Studio theatre: 200