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From the outside, the Gielgud Theatre is an impressive sight, towering four storeys over Shaftesbury Avenue, its height further emphasized by the turret on top. The interior is also magnificent, with richly-decorated pillars supporting the boxes and lavish Baroque ornamentation. Built in 1906 and known as the Globe Theatre for most of the 20th century, it was renamed after the great actor Sir John Gielgud in 1994. For such an impressive theatre, it has had a surprisingly chequered production history, with few long-running shows and some notable flops, such as the revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Tell Me on a Sunday. Still, there have been some high points in its history: many of Alan Ayckbourn's plays debuted at the Gielgud and the 1943 production of The Importance of Being Earnest is widely regarded as being the definitive version of one of the great British comedies.
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PRICING rescheduled from May 21-Oct 31, original tickets remain valid
DATES 27th May to 6th November 2021
Bartlett Sher directs the West End transfer of Aaron Sorkin's drama based on Harper Lee's 1960 novel about intolerance and injustice in 1930s Alabama as seen through the eyes of lawyer Atticus Finch and his family.
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10 Carlisle Street, W1D | 4 minutes from Gielgud Theatre
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68 Regent Street, W1B | 4 minutes from Gielgud Theatre
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Leicester Square, WC2H | 4 minutes from Gielgud Theatre
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51 Shaftesbury Avenue, Soho, London W1D | 1 minute from Gielgud Theatre
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London > Entertainment > Theatres
Walker's Court, W1F | 1 minute from Gielgud Theatre
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218-223 Piccadilly, Piccadilly Circus, Soho, London W1V | 2 minutes from Gielgud Theatre
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London > Entertainment > Cinemas
7-14 Coventry Street, Soho, London W1D | 1 minute from Gielgud Theatre
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London > Entertainment >
22-32 Shaftesbury Avenue, Trocadero, W1D | 2 minutes from Gielgud Theatre
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47 Frith Street, Soho, London W1D | 2 minutes from Gielgud Theatre
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Gielgud Theatre, 16 Denman Street, W1D | 2 minutes from Gielgud Theatre
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Gielgud Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, W1A | 3 minutes from Gielgud Theatre
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Gielgud Theatre, 2 Charing Cross Road, WC2H | 5 minutes from Gielgud Theatre
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Brewer Street, Soho, London W1F | 1 minute from Gielgud Theatre
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Soho, London W1D | 2 minutes from Gielgud Theatre
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Soho, London W1D | 2 minutes from Gielgud Theatre
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London > Shopping > Delicatessens
18 Brewer Street, Soho, London W1F | 1 minute from Gielgud Theatre
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London > Restaurants > Cafes and Delis
Rupert Street, Soho, London W1D | 1 minute from Gielgud Theatre
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London > Restaurants > American restaurants
61 Rupert Street, Soho, London W1D7PJ | 1 minute from Gielgud Theatre
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64 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D | 1 minute from Gielgud Theatre
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London > Education > Universities and Colleges
24 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, WC2H | 7 minutes from Gielgud Theatre
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10 Coptic Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1A | 9 minutes from Gielgud Theatre
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London > Education > Cookery Courses
15B Little Portland Street, Fitzrovia, London W1W | 10 minutes from Gielgud Theatre
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London > Leisure > Health and Beauty
10 Wardour Street, Soho, London W1D | 2 minutes from Gielgud Theatre
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Unit 2.4-2.6 Kingly Court, Soho, London W1B | 5 minutes from Gielgud Theatre
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London > Nightlife > Bars
83-85 Wardour Street, W1D | 1 minute from Gielgud Theatre
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London > Nightlife > Nightclubs
Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D | 1 minute from Gielgud Theatre
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68 Dean Street, Soho, London W1D | 2 minutes from Gielgud Theatre
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24-26 Leicester Square, Soho, London WC2H | 4 minutes from Gielgud Theatre
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1 Suffolk Place, St James's, London SW1Y | 5 minutes from Gielgud Theatre
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