Playhouse Theatre
Northumberland Avenue, London WC2N 5DE - England, UK
Phone: +44 (0)870 060 6631
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There has been a theatre on this site since 1882, when it was known as the Royal Avenue Theatre. This theatre was extensively refurbished and reopened as the Playhouse Theatre in 1907. Since the first performance of Somerset Maugham’s Home and Beauty, the theatre has been used for a variety of purposes. It is probably most famous for being used as a BBC radio studio from the early fifties to the mid seventies, where shows such as Steptoe and Son were recorded. The 780-seat venue is now used predominantly for plays such as Les Liaisons Dangereuses.
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