New Wimbledon Theatre

Exterior view of the New Wimbledon Theatre

Situated on The Broadway in Wimbledon, London, the New Wimbledon Theatre was built by the entrepreneur and theatre lover J B Mulholland. Designed by Cecil Aubrey Massey and Roy Young, the Grade II listed Edwardian Theatre might be the only theatre to have included a Victorian-style Turkish bath in the basement. The New Wimbledon Theatre opened on 26 December 1910 with Jack and Jill, a traditional pantomime. The theatre most famously was home to the World Premieres of Lionel Bart’s Oliver! which then transferred to the Albery (now the Noel Coward) Theatre and Tommy Steele in Half A Sixpence prior to its West End transfer. With 1670 seats over three levels, the New Wimbledon is in the ten largest theatres in London. During its lifetime it has undergone two major refurbishments in 1991 and 1998. The theatre also has a studio space which adjoins the main auditorium seating up to … Read more