Aldwych Theatre London, WC2B 4DF Tube: Holborn or Covent Garden Box Office: 0870 4000 805 (Fee) Information: 020 7379 3367 Hotels near Theatre!! Capacity : 1,176 Air Conditioned Disabled Access Seating Plan Location Map Designed by W.G.R.Sprague 1905. The opening production was "Blue Bell". On 15th December 1960 the Royal Shakespeare Company from Stratford-upon-Avon took over the Aldwych as its London base for 21 years before moving to the Barbican. What's Playing!