The home of musical theatre giant Les Miserables, The Sondheim Theatre (formally The Queens Theatre) has been serving Shaftesbury Avenue alongside its twin (The Gielgud, nee The Hicks) since 1907. Re-named in honour of the great Musical Theatre composer Stephen Sondheim for his 90th birthday, this Edwardian theatre has had a bumpy ride throughout its history, becoming the first West End casualty of WWII in September 1940 when a Luftwaffe bomb rudely ended a run of Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca. Reported in The Stage newspaper in 1907 as having some 1200 seats making roughly three hundred pounds a night, the auditorium now seats a more comfortable 1,074 and makes substantially more!

The new Trafalgar Theatre was formed after the two Trafalgar Studios were converted back into a single performance space.

Dating its origins back to 1765, The Lyceum has been through many changes in its lifetime, with its early days hosting a circus, Madame Tussaud's first waxworks exhibition, opera, and even a chapel before the age-old theatre curse of burning down hit it in 1834. When it reopened it played a bit more opera, Charles Dickens adaptations and from 1871- 1902, was the home of the legendary partnership of Henry Irving and Ellen Terry. After 1951 it was converted into the Mecca Ballroom before going dark in 1986 for ten years. Since 1999 it's been home to the roaring success of The Lion King. It was the home of theatre manager Henry Rich's Sublime Society of Beef Steaks for 50 years from 1735. Its members never exceeding 24, they would gather at the theatre every Saturday night to eat beef steaks and drink port wine. Nice.