Theatre Royal Sadler's Wells

• Let 'Em Eat Cake (Opera North Production, 2009)
  National Tour
  February 22, 2009 - no date entered yet
• One Touch of Venus (Opera North Production, 2004)
  National Tour
  November 3, 2005 - November 12, 2005
• Singin' in the Rain (London Revival, 2004)
  August 3, 2004 - September 4, 2004
• Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Opera North Production, 2002)
  National Tour
  June 7, 2002 - June 15, 2002
• Calamity Jane (London Revival, 1996)
  May 23, 1996 - no date entered yet
• The Sound of Music (West End Revival, 1992)
  June 18, 1992 - September 5, 1992
• Bitter Sweet (London Revival, 1988)
  February 23, 1988 - no date entered yet
• The Ragged Child (Original London Production, 1988)
  January 20, 1988 - January 20, 1988
• The Ragged Child (Original Broadway Production, 1988)
  January 20, 1988 - no date entered yet
• Bless the Bride (London Revival, 1987)
  August 8, 1987 - no date entered yet
• Ruddigore (London Revival, 1987)
  February 19, 1987 - no date entered yet
• The Old Man of Lochnager (Original London Production, 1986)
  November 11, 1986 - November 15, 1986
• Jeanne (Original London Production, 1986)
  March 4, 1986 - March 22, 1986
• Wind in the Willows (Original London Production, 1985)
  January 15, 1985 - no date entered yet
• The Countess Maritza (London Revival, 1983)
  February 17, 1983 - no date entered yet
• The Count of Luxembourg (London Revival, 1983)
  January 24, 1983 - no date entered yet
• Trelawny (Original London Production, 1972)
  June 27, 1972 - no date entered yet
• The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Sadler's Wells Production, 1963)
  January 16, 1963 - no date entered yet
• La Vie Parisienne (Original London Production, 1961)
  May 24, 1961 - no date entered yet
• Orpheus in the Underworld (London Revival, 1960)
  May 16, 1960 - no date entered yet
• The Merry Widow (London Revival, 1958)
  January 20, 1958 - no date entered yet
• The Merry Widow (London Revival, 1958)
  January 20, 1958 - no date entered yet
• Merrie England (West End Return Engagement (i), 1902)
  August 10, 1902 - August 10, 1902
• Les Petits Rats (Original London Production, 1898)
  January 4, 1898 - January 28, 1898
• The Merry Widow (London Production, 1985)
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• The Old Man of Lochnager (Original London Production, 1986)
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Built: 1927
Venue Status: year not entered yet
Demolished: year not entered yet
Seating Capacity: 1499

Location Info

Rosebery Avenue
London, England Find on Google

• Sadler's Wells (1683)
• Theatre Royal Sadler's Wells (1927)
• Miles's Musick House (1699)
• Aquatic Theatre (1804)
• Sadler's Wells (1806)
• Sadler's Wells Theatre (date not entered yet)

A wooden structure was built on the site in 1683 when Sadler discovered a medieval well. He enclosed it with a garden and stage and it became a popular pleasure garden. It became a theatre in 1753. A stone structure replaced the wooden structure in 1765.

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A false fire alarm resulted in the death of 20 people in 1807. In 1878, it was declared a dangerous structure and was closed. It reopened in 1906 but closed that same year.

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The stone structure was demolished and a new one was built in 1927. It boasted 1650 seats (later reduced to 1499). It closed in 1940 and reopened in 1945.