Savoy Theatre

About the Savoy Theatre

The first theatre on this site opened in 1881, with the adjacent Savoy Hotel being built in 1889. Both the Savoy theatre and hotel were financed by Richard D'Oyly Carte from the profits of Gilbert and Sullivan's operettas.

Interestingly Savoy Court, which forms the forecourt to both the hotel and theatre, is the only road in Britain where traffic is required by law to drive on the right hand side - this was originally conferred as a special privilege by Parliament in order that visitors to the Savoy Theatre would be let out of their carriage straight into the theatre.

OPENED: 21st October 1929
LISTED: Grade II*
SEATS: 1,158 on 3 levels
ARCHITECT: Frank A Tugwell