Her Majesty's Theatre
Picture Perfect
As part of the theatres regular upkeep areas of the theatre are redecorated on a rota, during 2014 Her Majesty’s theatre’s grand front of house area received a full revamped. The elegant staircases which leads up to the Royal Circle bar were refurbished and repainted, and the lighting on the staircases was improved to help light the many art works featured on the walls.
The paintings themselves had to be removed out of hours to avoid disruption to the Phantom of the Opera performances and audiences. After being sent to Simon G Studios to be cleaned, the frames and canvases were returned and rehung; frames freshly painted and layers of road pollution from Haymarket and cigar smoke from the days of indoor smoking removed from the paintings.
Within the same year the theatres Stall bars received the same treatment with replacement of the gold leaf and artworks restored.
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Our History
1897
The current Her Majesty's Theatre, designed by C J Phipps, was opened for Herbert Beerbohm Tree.
1916
Oscar Asche produced and starred in Chu Chin Chow which broke records with a run of 2,238 performances.
1931
John Gielgud starred as Inigo Jollifant in J B Priestley’s The Good Companions.
1949
Lerner and Leowe’s Brigadoon opened with Noele Gordon.
1958
The original London production of West Side Story featured George Chakiris as Riff.
1967
Fiddler on the Roof opened with Topol playing Tevye opposite Miriam Karlin as Golde.
1972
Lauren Bacall led the cast of the musical Applause.
1981
Peter Shaffer’s play Amadeus transferred from The National Theatre starring Frank Finlay.
1986
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, produced by Cameron Mackintosh received its world premiere and began its current record breaking run
1994
A major building refurbishment, including a new roof, was completed without losing a single performance of The Phantom of the Opera
