The Phoenix was designed by Giles Gilbert Scott and Bertie Crewe. It opened in 1930 with the premiere of Noël Coward’s Private Lives starring the author, Gertrude Lawrence and Laurence Olivier. The Phoenix Theatre is also one of the most beautiful theatres in London’s West End, with the auditorium respecting the tradition of Italian theatres with golden engraves, red seats, carpet and curtains.
Many star actors have appeared at the theatre including Maggie Smith, Diana Rigg, John Gielgud, Dustin Hoffman, Derek Jacobi, Kenneth Branagh and Stephen Fry.
More recently the theatre has presented a number of successful musicals including, between 1991 and 2012, Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers which became the theatre’s longest-running show and was seen by over 5 million people.
The theatre is now the London home to Stranger Things: The First Shadow, a gripping new adventure which is taking audiences right back to the beginning of the Stranger Things story (and may hold the key to the end) – this extraordinary piece of theatre is brought to life by a multi-award-winning creative team, taking theatrical storytelling and stagecraft to a whole new dimension.