Lyceum Theatre
At 21 Wellington Street, London, WC2E 7RQ
About the Lyceum Theatre
The Lyceum Theatre in London’s West End seats 2,000 people and has been home to the musical The Lion King since 1999. The present building was designed by Samuel Beazley and opened in 1834: it was the first to have a balcony overhanging the circle.
The first Lyceum was built in 1764 and attracted musical entertainment, famed actor David Garrick, circuses and even the first exhibition of Madame Tussauds’ waxworks exhibition. Various structures have been built and demolished over the centuries.
The Lyceum is famous for being the first gas-lit theatre in London, for premiering Mozart’s ‘Cosi Fan Tutti’, for being the home of Charles Dickens’ adaptations and for inspiring the Lyceum’s business manager Bram Stoker to create Dracula. It has also housed many pop concerts including Bob Marley, The Who and U2.
The rich Rococo style and ornate exterior that you see today were completed in 1904.
OPENED: 1834
LISTED: Grade II
SEATS: 2000 on 3 levels
ARCHITECT: Holohan
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