Novello Theatre archive listings (2018)
Formerly the Strand. Opened 22 May 1905, originally the
Waldorf, became the
Strand in 1909 and the
Whitney in 1911, back to the
Strand in 1915. On 8 Oct 1940 the theatre was hit during a bombing raid - the show went on! There had been an earlier
Strand Theatre where the Aldwych tube station now is that opened in 1832. 1061 seats. Member of the Society of London Theatre. On 25 March 2003 Delfont Mackintosh Theatres Limited, which had owned the freehold of the theatre since 1991, took over the management of the Strand from the Louis I Michaels Ltd Group of Companies when their lease expired. May 2005 opened as Novello Theatre.