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Criterion Theatre
218-223 Piccadilly
Piccadilly Circus
West End
Greater London
W1V 9LB

What's On (now & future)

19 Sep 23 to 7 Apr 24
Unbelievable - Play
4 Apr 24 to 14 Jul 24
Two Strangers (carry a Cake Across New York) - Musical
15 Apr 24
April Foolery - Comedy

Criterion Theatre archive listings

An underground theatre which opened 21 Mar 1874. Excellent original tiled walls to stairs and public areas. 598 seats. Society of London Theatre member. An [ACT] member.
Archive for 2024
15 Feb 24
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23 Mar 24
The Merchant of Venice - 1936
Play :: Tour (T1107724858) => this performance (L1028843453)
Archive for 2023
17 Aug 23
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9 Sep 23
The Way Old Friends Do
Play :: Tour (T01346944553) => this performance (L981058735)
31 Jul 23Dorian
Play :: Tour (T01508797130) => this performance (L0374736440)
3 May 23
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3 Sep 23
Bleak Expectations
Play :: Tour (T01336365734) => this performance (L1345956701)
24 Apr 23April Foolery
Comedy :: Tour (T01165161156) => this performance (L878152670)
15 Jan 23
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16 Apr 23
The Unfriend
Play :: Tour (T0769966185) => this performance (L0192961436)
Archive for 2022
7 May 22
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8 Jan 23
2:22 - A Ghost Story
Play :: Tour (T1347502748) => this performance (L2121054438)
4 Mar 22
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24 Apr 22
Death Drop
Play :: Tour (T02050247586) => this performance (L0121269007)
Archive for 2021
15 Nov 21Naturally Insane! The Life of Dan Leno
Play :: Tour (T0556826974) => this performance (L876826708)
15 Oct 21
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6 Feb 22
Pride and Prejudice (Sort Of)
Play :: Tour (T1227016814) => this performance (L1410832155)
17 Jun 21
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25 Sep 21
Amelie
Musical :: Tour (T2123635960) => this performance (L01541764557)
Archive for 2020
20 Mar 20
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21 Mar 20
I Know, I Wish, I Will
Poetry :: Tour (T1660760225) => this performance (L2103315963)
Archive for 2019
6 Dec 19
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17 Jan 20
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Play :: Tour (T01898145096) => this performance (L083142925)
18 Nov 19Come to Where I'm From 10th Anniversary Gala
Event/show :: Tour (T2001447493) => this performance (L01493080065)
11 Nov 19Take Me Back
Play :: Tour (T1974704084) => this performance (L0507188297)
Archive for 2018
20 Aug 18F Off
Play :: Tour (T626866530) => this performance (L01513341676)
Archive for 2016
15 Dec 16
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31 Dec 16
Mr Popper's Penguins
Kids show :: Tour (T1557065558) => this performance (L1546459164)
7 Sep 16
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17 Sep 16
Nina Conti - In Your Face
Comedy :: Tour (T1212564691) => this performance (L0646564425)
31 Mar 16
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3 May 20
The Comedy About a Bank Robbery
Play :: Tour (T01993172465) => this performance (L0601859605)
25 Feb 16
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12 Mar 16
Nina Conti - In Your Face
Comedy :: Tour (T1212564691) => this performance (L0641524823)
Archive for 2015
3 Oct 15
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14 Feb 16
Close to You: Bacharach Reimagined
Play :: Tour (T209384097) => this performance (L01184989189)
31 May 15Elegies For Angels, Punks and Raging Queens - In Aid of TheatreMAD
Play :: Tour (T02053017708) => this performance (L1982923967)
Archive for 2014
14 Dec 14The Feeling
Concert :: Tour (T907256376) => this performance (L01471978629)
2 Dec 14
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4 Jan 15
Peppa Pig - Peppa Pig's Big Splash
Kids show :: Tour (T01458076844) => this performance (L01711120074)
16 Nov 14Mark Gatiss - An Afternoon With Mark Gatiss & Friends
One person show :: Tour (T01888689121) => this performance (L01915671351)
12 Jan 14The Hour When You Leap into Souls as into Arms
Reading :: Tour (T0202056194) => this performance (L241854288)
Archive for 2013
5 Dec 13
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5 Jan 14
Peppa Pig - Peppa Pig's Big Splash
Kids show :: Tour (T01458076844) => this performance (L833063620)
24 Nov 13Jo Brand - One Night with Jo Brand
Comedy :: Tour (T2062032976) => this performance (L01626070775)
Archive for 2012
6 Dec 12
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6 Jan 13
Peppa Pig - Treasure Hunt
Kids show :: Tour (T01384647126) => this performance (L0599914978)
25 Nov 12Miranda Hart - A special Audience with Miranda Hart
Comedy :: Tour (T01463574639) => this performance (L1634658256)
26 Oct 12Dawn French - In Conversation with Dawn French (Book Launch)
Comedy :: Tour (T1608079698) => this performance (L0227469436)
12 Aug 12Paper Cinema
Puppetry :: Performance (L1761025724)
10 Aug 12Lunchtime with ... - With Clive Owen and Adrien Niyonshuti
Talk :: Tour (T430350695) => this performance (L01934351891)
10 Aug 12Sporting Stories Before Bedtime
Performance :: Tour (T01467069139) => this performance (L1519692455)
7 Aug 12Lunchtime with ... - With Stephen Daldry and Haile Gebrselassie
Talk :: Tour (T676911647) => this performance (L01914895530)
6 Aug 12Lunchtime with ... - With Stephen Fry and Edwin Moses
Talk :: Tour (T01809988414) => this performance (L0795547291)
31 Jul 12Stephen K Amos - The Best Medicine
Comedy :: Tour (T1746922340) => this performance (L052554925)
30 Jul 12Lunchtime with ... - With Rick Edwards and Kris Akabusi
Talk :: Tour (T1960821480) => this performance (L0877859357)
29 Jul 12Alan Davies - Life is Pain
Comedy :: Tour (T14341539) => this performance (L1395040972)
29 Jul 12
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12 Aug 12
Taking Part
Play :: Tour (T637361156) => this performance (L1408700262)
28 Jul 12
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12 Aug 12
After the Party
Play :: Tour (T487665587) => this performance (L449856317)
26 Jul 12Mark Watson - Live 2012
Comedy :: Tour (T48240731) => this performance (L1412822490)
26 Jul 12
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12 Aug 12
Playing the Games
Performance :: Tour (T01072897055) => this performance (L1896374075)
1 Jun 12Stories Before Bedtime
Performance :: Tour (T1469773989) => this performance (L01023820658)
26 Apr 12Criterion Presents - Lunchtime With... Imelda Staunton
Talk :: Tour (T272248101) => this performance (L0766220321)
20 Apr 12Live from the Criterion - A Slight Ache
Play :: Tour (T01428882807) => this performance (L1028571560)
30 Mar 12Stories Before Bedtime
Performance :: Tour (T1506736981) => this performance (L535399393)
18 Mar 12The Stars Sing Betjeman
Concert :: Tour (T954361406) => this performance (L0534264432)
16 Mar 12Lunchtime with ...
Talk :: Tour (T02032139110) => this performance (L348990894)
6 Mar 12Live from the Criterion - Joe Orton: Ruffian on the Stair
Play :: Tour (T1943198592) => this performance (L347643867)
21 Feb 12Live from the Criterion - Tom Stoppard: Artists Descending a Staircase
Play :: Tour (T360547807) => this performance (L743991433)
16 Feb 12Lunchtimes with.... - Celia Imrie
Talk :: Tour (T01338449022) => this performance (L1044413221)
12 Feb 12
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12 Apr 12
Critics at the Cri
Performance :: Performance (L1281279803)
10 Feb 12Stories Before Bedtime
Performance :: Performance (L2070415200)
2 Feb 12Critics at the Cri
Performance :: Tour (T01382040659) => this performance (L1524285916)
Archive for 2011
1 Dec 11
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1 Jan 12
Peppa Pig - Treasure Hunt
Kids show :: Tour (T01384647126) => this performance (L2081679725)
25 Nov 11Literary Book Slam
Performance :: Performance (L840372303)
10 Nov 11Lunchtimes with.... - Lunchtime with Mark Rylance
Talk :: Tour (T416498330) => this performance (L01430462057)
6 Nov 11Billy Connolly
Comedy :: Tour (T1560551606) => this performance (L85040372)
4 Nov 11
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18 Nov 11
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
Musical :: Tour (T01063817703) => this performance (L1076971897)
3 Nov 11Critics at the Cri - Two
Performance :: Tour (T01463061040) => this performance (L0561497224)
28 Oct 11Stories Before Bedtime
Performance :: Tour (T96807809) => this performance (L707511771)
8 Oct 11
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26 Nov 11
The Horne Section
Comedy :: Tour (T1542752868) => this performance (L575666714)
6 Oct 11Critics at the Cri - One
Performance :: Tour (T2112556730) => this performance (L01600403284)
5 Jun 11Claire Rayner - Now With Wings
One person show :: Tour (T01373657349) => this performance (L0192968414)
10 Apr 11The Great British Musical
Concert :: Tour (T018374989) => this performance (L0168240579)
6 Feb 11Talent 2011
Event/show :: Tour (T0659636508) => this performance (L0611717306)
Archive for 2010
30 Nov 10
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2 Jan 11
Peppa Pig - Peppa Pig's Party
Kids show :: Tour (T1857711037) => this performance (L2052336652)
Archive for 2008
13 Apr 08And Then They Came For Me
Play :: Tour (T0980030921) => this performance (L0459228466)
Archive for 2006
14 Sep 06
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5 Sep 15
The 39 Steps
Play :: Tour (T01085260082) => this performance (L02067359057)
5 Apr 06
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1 Jul 06
Mack and Mabel
Musical :: Tour (T935391350) => this performance (L1318978530)
Archive for 2005
25 Oct 05
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28 Jan 06
Otherwise Engaged
Play :: Tour (T0460446616) => this performance (L1243518905)
11 Sep 05The Jermyn Street Theatre Fundraising Royal Gala
Concert :: Tour (T01100427722) => this performance (L0201274680)
24 Aug 05
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22 Oct 05
What the Butler Saw
Play :: Tour (T0916935527) => this performance (L718921275)
19 Jul 05
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21 Aug 05
The Gruffalo
Kids show :: Tour (T01290209247) => this performance (L0907457225)
2 Jun 05
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9 Jul 05
The Countess
Play :: Tour (T0108488811) => this performance (L0546652970)
5 Apr 05
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30 Apr 05
Amajuba - Like Doves We Rise
Play :: Tour (T0594992539) => this performance (L457793454)
Archive for 2004
18 Dec 04
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8 Jan 05
James Campbell - Comedy for Kids
Kids show :: Tour (T711308888) => this performance (L2123234532)
20 Sep 04Rick Astley
Concert :: Tour (T01040693780) => this performance (L0918186864)
Archive for 2003
30 Oct 03
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29 Nov 03
James Campbell - Comedy for Kids
Kids show :: Tour (T426608401) => this performance (L298953141)
1 Oct 03Alba
Play :: Tour (T1786899760) => this performance (L842512306)
16 Jan 03
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3 Apr 05
The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged)
Play :: Tour (T1958124098) => this performance (L0891260594)
Archive for 2002
19 Nov 02A Homage Behind
Play :: Tour (T0613602737) => this performance (L1523078009)
Archive for 2001
4 Nov 01
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5 Nov 01
Martha
Dance or ballet :: Performance (L01566323507)
17 May 01The Acting West End Showcase
Showcase :: Performance (L862320392)
27 Apr 01The Musical Theatre West End Showcase
Showcase :: Performance (L02107538486)
Archive for 2000
13 Mar 00Original Spin
Play :: Tour (T585169905) => this performance (L532083111)
Archive for 1999
7 Jul 99Showcase
Showcase :: Tour (T162660450) => this performance (L01189964226)
Archive for 1998
28 Apr 98
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9 May 98
Bib and Bob
Unknown :: Performance (L1871213416)
Archive for 1997
11 May 97Gala Evening with the Royal Academy
Concert :: Performance (L0303885894)
Archive for 1996
30 Oct 96
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19 Mar 97
The Complete History of America (Abridged)
Play :: Performance (L2129701865)
30 Oct 96
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23 Mar 97
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)
Play :: Performance (L01164308947)
12 Mar 96
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3 Apr 05
The Complete History of America (Abridged)
Play :: Tour (T01551996172) => this performance (L02015844575)
5 Mar 96
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3 Apr 05
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)
Play :: Tour (T0823197482) => this performance (L1115543456)
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