Aldwych WC2

The theatre was built as one of a pair with the Aldwych Theatre on either side of the Waldorf Hotel, both being designed by W.G.R. Sprague. The theatre opened as the Waldorf Theatre on 22 May 1905, and was renamed the Strand Theatre, in 1909. It was again renamed as the Whitney Theatre, in 1911 before again becoming the Strand Theatre, in 1913. In 2005, the theatre was renamed the Novello Theatre in honour of Ivor Novello, who lived in a flat above the theatre from 1913 to 1951.

Décor: Felling of elevation on entrance through grand D-shaped porch, up stairs and into plush foyer with imposing double staircase. Auditorium has opulent air with black and brown streaked marble, red velvet, masonry swathes of fruit and a grand chandelier hanging from a fresco of painted gods.

Capacity 1,050