Duchess Theatre

Duchess Theatre er et spillested i London

som er præsenteret på British Theatre. Her kan du finde de nyeste forestillinger

praktiske råd om teatret og tips til billetbestilling før dit besøg. Duchess Theatre slog dørene op den 25. november 1929 med Hubert Griffiths forestilling Tunnel Trench. For at udnytte den begrænsede plads på grunden – der huser et af de mindste 'proscenium'-teatre i West End – blev parketpladserne bygget under gadeniveau. Teatrets næste satsning

The Intimate Revue

har den tvivlsomme ære af at være den korteste opsætning i West Ends historie

da forestillingen blev taget af plakaten inden første tæppefald. I 1934 indtrådte J.B. Priestley i teatrets ledelse

hvor han stod i spidsen for opsætningerne af sine egne stykker Eden End

Cornelius og Time and the Conways. En af teatrets mest ikoniske succeser var Noël Cowards Blithe Spirit

som flyttede fra Piccadilly Theatre i 1942 og spillede hele 1.997 forestillinger. Gennem årene har teatret været ramme om både nye værker og store succesforestillinger

der er rykket ind fra andre scener. Efter succesen med Pinters The Caretaker (1960) og Bill Naughtons Alfie (1963)

bød teatret i 1965 velkommen til den populære komedie Boeing Boeing (som spillede i to år)

samt Oh! Calcutta!

der flyttede fra Royalty Theatre og spillede fra 1974 til 1980. I 1990'erne fortsatte strømmen af succesfulde transfers med Run for Your Wife (der her afsluttede det sidste år af sin ni år lange spilleperiode)

samt National Theatre-produktionerne Copenhagen (1999) og Blue/Orange (2001). Den dag i dag danner teatret stadig ramme om både store repremiere og nyskabende dramatik

ligesom det fortsat er et yndet sted for overflyttede produktioner – senest eksemplificeret ved Chichester Festival Theatres opsætning af The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. Bakersfield MistThe Wind In The WillowsUntold Stories

Fences

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (2013)Written on the Heart

The Hurly Burly Show

Our Boys

The Boy with Tape on His Face (2012)Butley

Ruby Wax: Losing It

The Pitmen Painters (2011)Morecambe

Ghosts

The Fantasticks

Krapp's Last Tape (2010)Plague Over England

Collaboration

Taking Sides

Endgame (2009)The Buddy Holly Story (2007)Stones in his Pockets (2006)Man and Boy

The Birthday Party

Glorious (2005)George Gershwin Alone

Coyote on a Fence

Little Women (2004)Zipp

Through the Leaves

Betrayal (2003)Life After George

The Glee Club

Via Dolorosa

Damsels in Distress (2002)Blue/Orange

Alone it Stands (2001) Buslinjer: 1

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341 NCP Drury Lane

Chinatown (Q-Park medlemskab)

enkelte gule linjer i Russell Street. ATT trappelift er til rådighed. Forudgående besked er påkrævet. Der findes et handicapvenligt toilet i den bagerste del af parkettet (stalls). FORESTILLINGER MED ASSISTANCE:Er der faciliteter for hørehæmmede? Der er et infrarødt system til rådighed i størstedelen af salen (ikke tilgængeligt på de første tre rækker samt i logerne). Der findes både teleslynge og konventionelle headsets (10 headsets til rådighed). Servicehunde er tilladt i salen

hvis man sidder på en gangplads eller i en loge. Personalet kan også passe op til to hunde under forestillingen. Kontakt venligst teatret direkte for yderligere information. Velkommen til Cornley Drama Societys katastrofale opsætning af 'The Murder at Haversham Manor'! West Ends længstspillende komedie har fået publikum til at flække af grin på Duchess Theatre siden 2014. Dette mesterværk fra Mischief Theatre har vundet en Olivier Award for Bedste Nye Komedie og beviser én gang for alle

at alt hvad der kan gå galt... vil gå herligt og hylende galt. Vær den første til at få fat på de bedste billetter

eksklusive tilbud og de seneste nyheder fra West End. Du kan til enhver tid afmelde dig. Privatlivspolitik

The Duchess theatre opened on 25 November 1929 with a production of Tunnel Trench by Hubert Griffith. To fit the size of the site (one of the smallest ‘proscenium arched’ West End theatres)

the stalls were built below street level. Its next production

The Intimate Revue has the dubious honor of the shortest run in West End history after the show closed without completing its first performance. In 1934

J B Preistley joined the management of the theatre

and oversaw the production of his plays Eden End

Cornelius

and Time and the Conways. One of the theatre’s most famous productions was Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit

which transferred from the Piccadilly Theatre in 1942. It completed a run of 1

997 performances. The theatre would see further large transfers in between newer work for many years. After the success of Pinter’s The Caretaker (1960) and Bill Naughton’s Alfie (1963)

the theatre received the transfer of popular comedy Boeing Boeing in 1965 (where it remained for two years)

and Oh Calcutta!

a transfer from the Royalty that remained in residence from 1974-80. The 1990s continued the theme of successful transfers

with the arrival of Run for Your Wife (completing the final year of its nine-year run)

and the National Theatre’s Copenhagen (1999) and Blue/Orange (2001). The theatre still plays host to many great revivals and premieres

as well as being the home for play transfers (the most recent being the Chichester Festival Theatre’s production of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui).

Bakersfield MistThe Wind In The WillowsUntold Stories, Fences, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (2013)
Written on the Heart, The Hurly Burly Show, Our Boys, The Boy with Tape on His Face (2012)
Butley, Ruby Wax: Losing It, The Pitmen Painters (2011)
Morecambe, Ghosts, The Fantasticks, Krapp's Last Tape (2010)
Plague Over England, Collaboration, Taking Sides, Endgame (2009)
The Buddy Holly Story (2007)
Stones in his Pockets (2006)
Man and Boy, The Birthday Party, Glorious (2005)
George Gershwin Alone, Coyote on a Fence, Little Women (2004)
Zipp, Through the Leaves, Betrayal (2003)
Life After George, The Glee Club, Via Dolorosa, Damsels in Distress (2002)
Blue/Orange, Alone it Stands (2001)

WHEELCHAIR ACCESS:

ATT Stair Climber available. Advance notice required.

Are there adapted toilets?

An adapted toilet is available in the stalls

ASSISTED PERFORMANCES:Are there facilities for the hard-of-hearing?

There is an infrared system working throughout most of the auditorium (Not Available first three rows and boxes) with both loop and conventional headsets (10 headsets available).

Are guide dogs and/or hearing dogs permitted?

Access dogs are allowed inside the auditorium if seating in an aisle seat or box. Staff can also dog-sit for two dogs maximum.

Please contact the theatre directly for further information.