Novello Theatre [London]
type: Item
label: Novello Theatre
description: Theatre building in London, United Kingdom
description: theater in City of Westminster @nl
alternative label: Waldorf Theatre
alternative label: Whitney Theatre
EUTA building identifier: 1741
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: United Kingdom
City: London
Wikidata source: Q12064499
GPS: Point(-0.1193 51.5124)
Capacity: 1105
Address: 5 Aldwych, London, Westminster, WC2B 4LD,England
Web: novello theatre.asp
architect: W. G. R. Sprague
Theatres Trust Database ID: 807
city section: Westminster
opening date: 1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Arthur Lloyd.co.uk page: Novello.htm
Les Archives du Spectacle ID: /o/51991-Novello-Theatre
Carthalia ID: 1137
theatricalia id: 5b/novello-theatre-london-london
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1905 as Waldorf Theatre by W. G. R. Sprague for Seymour Hicks and Charles Frohmann, as one of a pair of a similar, though not identical theatres to each side of the not yet built Waldorf Hotel (the other being the Aldwych Theatre). Opened 22 May 1905. 1909 renamed Strand Theatre, 1911 renamed Whitney Theatre, 1913 re-renamed Strand Theatre. 2005 renamed Novello Theatre in honour of the Welsh entertainer, Ivor Novello (1891-1951), who lived in an apartment within the theatre building from 1913 to 1951. Operated by Delfont Mackintosh Theatres.