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Harold Pinter Theatre

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796 capacity
Opened in 1881 as the Royal Comedy Theatre, it became the Harold Pinter Theatre in 2011. It features four seating levels and hosted notable uncensored plays.
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All events at Harold Pinter Theatre

3 events on sale
Macbeth

Macbeth

Oct 1 - Dec 14, 2024
Slava's SnowShow

Slava's SnowShow

Dec 20, 2024 - Jan 12, 2025
The Years

The Years

Jan 24 - Apr 19, 2025

Harold Pinter Theatre location and directions

Harold Pinter Theatre

6 Panton Street, London, United Kingdom, SW1Y 4DN

Directions

Location: West End
Railway station: Charing Cross
Bus numbers: (Haymarket) 3, 6, 12, 13, 19, 23, 38, 88, 139; (Piccadilly Circus) 14, 22, 94
Night bus numbers: (Haymarket) 6, 12, 23, 139, 88, N3, N13, N18, N19, N38, N97, N136, N550, N551; (Piccadilly Circus) 14, 94, N22
Car park: Leicester Square, Whitcomb Street (1min)
Directions from tube: (3mins) Take Coventry Street up to Oxendon Road; the theatre is 100 metres along on the right.

About Harold Pinter Theatre

The Harold Pinter Theatre opened on 15 Oct. 1881 as a comic opera house. Its name on opening was the Royal Comedy Theatre, though its ‘Royal’ epithet was dropped in 1884.

The Comedy Theatre helped establish the New Watergate Club in 1956, a society which helped overturn the stage censorship enforced by the Lord Chamberlain’s Office. The formation of the Club meant that the plays banned by the Government could be performed at this venue as it was now being run as a private club rather than a commercial entity. Notable plays in this category include Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge and Tennessee Williams’ Cat On A Hot Tin Roof. The censorship was finally overturned in 1968.

Harold Pinter's works were often performed here: The Homecoming, The Caretaker, Moonlight, No-Man’s Land and The Hothouse all enjoyed successful runs, and Pinter directed a production of The Old Masters here in 2004. After his death, it was thought fitting to bestow the honour of naming a theatre after him, and the name was officially changed on 13 Oct. 2011 to the Harold Pinter Theatre. The Ambassador Theatre Group own the Harold Pinter Theatre.

Harold Pinter Theatre Seating Information

The auditorium has four levels – Stalls, Dress Circle, Royal Circle and Balcony. The top three levels are a horseshoe shape around the stalls.

The Stalls is a single block of seats, and offers good sightlines. Some seats are impaired by supportive pillars and the overhang of the Dress Circle.

The Dress Circle doesn’t offer a great raking in the seating, but the view is not affected by the overhang of the Royal Circle.

The Royal Circle seats curve towards the stage more noticeably than the Dress Circle.

The Balcony feels very high in this theatre.

Harold Pinter Theatre seating plan

Harold Pinter Theatre seating plan

Past events at Harold Pinter Theatre

Your Lie in April

Your Lie in April

Jun 28 - Sep 21, 2024
The Hills of California

The Hills of California

Jan 27 - Jun 15, 2024
Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty

Dec 27 - 31, 2023
Lyonesse

Lyonesse

Oct 17 - Dec 23, 2023
Dr Semmelweis

Dr Semmelweis

Jun 28 - Oct 7, 2023
Good

Good

Oct 5, 2022 - Jan 7, 2023
Prima Facie

Prima Facie

Apr 15 - Jun 18, 2022
The Human Voice

The Human Voice

Mar 17 - Apr 9, 2022
Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac

Feb 3 - Mar 12, 2022

Dec 20 - 30, 2021
Four Quartets

Four Quartets

Nov 19 - Dec 19, 2021
Blithe Spirit

Blithe Spirit

Sep 16 - Nov 6, 2021
ANNA X

ANNA X

Jul 9 - Aug 4, 2021
Good

Good

May 17 - Jul 17, 2021
J'OUVERT

J'OUVERT

Jun 16 - Jul 3, 2021
WALDEN

WALDEN

May 19 - Jun 12, 2021
The Watsons

The Watsons

Aug 1 - Sep 26, 2020
Uncle Vanya

Uncle Vanya

Jan 14 - May 2, 2020
Ian McKellen On Stage

Ian McKellen On Stage

Sep 20, 2019 - Jan 5, 2020
Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Oct 21, 2019
Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Jul 4 - Aug 31, 2019
Betrayal

Betrayal

Mar 5 - Jun 8, 2019
Pinter Seven

Pinter Seven

Jan 31 - Feb 23, 2019
Pinter Six

Pinter Six

Dec 20, 2018 - Jan 26, 2019
Pinter Five

Pinter Five

Dec 13, 2018 - Jan 26, 2019
Pinter Three

Pinter Three

Oct 25 - Dec 8, 2018
Pinter Two

Pinter Two

Sep 13 - Oct 20, 2018
Gangsta Granny

Gangsta Granny

Aug 14 - 26, 2018
Consent

Consent

May 18 - Aug 11, 2018
Cirque Berserk!

Cirque Berserk!

Apr 19 - May 7, 2018
The Birthday Party

The Birthday Party

Jan 9 - Apr 14, 2018
The Birthday Party

The Birthday Party

Jan 9 - Apr 14, 2018
Oslo

Oslo

Oct 2 - Dec 30, 2017
Hamlet - HPT 2017

Hamlet - HPT 2017

Jun 9 - Sep 2, 2017
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Feb 22 - May 27, 2017
Nice Fish

Nice Fish

Nov 15, 2016 - Feb 11, 2017
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