Apollo Theatre (Shaftesbury Avenue)

A–Z  of all Productions

• Abie’s Irish Rose 11^th April – 30^th July 1927.
• Actresses Will Happen 14^th April – ? 1941.
• After All 5^th May – ? 1929.
• After Shave, Cameron Mackintosh started 24^th August 1977.
• All My Sons 19^th May – 2^nd October 2010.
• Almost a Honeymoon 13^th January 1930 – 28^th February 1931.
• Alpha Beta 1971 – 1972.
• Ann 13^th September 1921.
• Any Wednesday, Michael White 4^th August 1965 – 29^th January 1966.
• An Audience with the Mafia 21^st January – 16^th February 2008.
• The Audience 21^st April – 25^th July 2015.
• The Banana Box, Oxford Playhouse Company 12^th March – 28^th July 1973.
• The Bandits 16^th June – 18^th July 1931.
• Barbara’s Wedding 1928 – 1929.
• Be Careful, Baby! 1917 – 1918.
• Bed Rock 21^st January – 7^th February 1931.
• Beecham, Eddie Kulukundis, Michael White, Archie Sterling, and Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd 29^th January – ? 1980.
• Before the Party, Oxford Playhouse Company and Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company 22^nd January – ? 1980.
• The Beggar’s Opera 12^th September – 5^th October 1968.
• The Beheading 1971 – 1972.
• The Belle of Bohemia started 21^st February 1901.
• The Best of Friends 26^th January – ? 1988.
• Beth 1957 – 1958.
• The Big Life, Theatre Royal Stratford East 22^nd April 2004 – 1^st October 2005.
• Bill Bailey – Part Troll 25^th October 2004 – 1^st January 2005.
• Black Swans 15^th February – 19^th March 1938.
• The Blind Goddess, Linnit & Dunfee Ltd 6^th October 1947 – 27^th March 1948.
• Blithe Spirit, Theatre Royal Bath Productions 2^nd March – 18^th June 2011.
• Boeing Boeing, John Gale in association with Jack Minster 20^th February 1962 – 7^th January 1967.
• Bookends 1990 – 1991.
• Both Ends Meet started 9^th June 1954.
• The Brass God 13^th September 1921.
• The Brass Paperweight 1928 – 1929.
• The Buccaneer 8^th September 1955 – 17^th March 1956.
• The Burning Glass, H M Tennent Ltd 18^th January – 5^th June 1954.
• A Busy Day 1915 – 1916.
• Butterflies started 1908.
• Butterflies are Free, Arthur Whitelaw and H M Tennent Ltd 26^th October 1970 – January 1971.
• Camille O’Sullivan – The Dark Angel 7^th December 2009 – 16^th January 2010.
• Capriol Suite, The Camargo Ballet 25^th – 26^th January 1931.
• Carrie’s War 18^th June – 12^th September 2009.
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Young Vic and The Young Ones 13^th July – 7^th October 2017.
• Cephalus and Proctis, The Camargo Ballet 25^th January 1931.
• Charles Charming’s Challenges on the Way to the Throne started 10^th June 1981.
• Charley’s Aunt, 69 Theatre Company 30^th August 1971 – 13^th February 1972.
• Chassis, Catholic Stage Guild 26^th October 1930.
• Children of the Wolf, Bernard Delfont 8^th March – 24^th April 1971.
• Chrysanthemum 1958 – 21^st March 1959.
• The Church Mouse 16^th April – 13^th June 1931.
• A Cigarette Maker’s Romance 1901 – 1902.
• Close Quarters 28^th April – 23^rd August 1941.
• Confusions 19^th May 1976 – January 1977.
• The Constant Wife, Bill Kenwright Ltd 2^nd April – 12^th October 2002.
• Corpse!, Robert Fox Ltd and Gary Leaverton 18^th July 1984 – 2^nd February 1985.
• The Country Girl, Bill Kenwright Ltd and Thorndike Theatre 20^th September 1983 – 14^th July 1984.
• The Country Girl, Bill Kenwright Ltd 21^st July 2010 – 26^th February 2011.
• The Country Girl, Bill Kenwright Ltd dates unknown.
• The Cradle Song 29^th January – ? 1944.
• Crooked Usage 21^st September – 1^st October 1921.
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, National Theatre 1^st March – 19^th December 2013.
• Cyrano de Bergerac 1927 – 1928.
• The Dairymaids 14^th April – 8^th December 1906.
• The Dance of Death 16^th January – 18^th February 1928.
• Dangerous Obsession 5^th November 1987 – 27^th August 1988.
• Daughter Janie 18^th – 28^th October 1944.
• Dead Guilty, Theatre Royal Windsor, Thorndike Theatre Leatherhead, and Bill Kenwright 14^th February 1995 – 16^th March 1996.
• Dear Lupin 30^th July – 19^th September 2015.
• The Deep Blue Sea, Almeida Theatre Company 12^th January – 19^th June 1993.
• Defending the Caveman 9^th February – 11^th September 1999.
• Dial ‘M’ for Murder, Bill Kenwright and Mobil Touring Theatre 6^th May – 7^th December 1996.
• The Distaff Side 5^th September – 2^nd December 1933.
• Divas – a Dance Spectacular, Peter Schaufuss 19^th June – 5^th July 2008.
• Don Q 24^th March – 4^th June 1921.
• Don’t Dress for Dinner, Ginmar Productions Ltd and Full Circle Productions 20^th March 1991 – 1^st March 1997.
• Double Dutch 7^th April – 10^th May 1917.
• The Dragon’s Tail October 1985 – 1986.
• Driving Miss Daisy 31^st May – 26^th November 1988.
• Ducks and Drakes 17^th November – 13^th December 1941.
• Duel of Angels 24^th April – ? 1958.
• Duet in Floodlight 4^th – 8^th June 1935.
• The Education of Elizabeth 1907 – 1908.
• Escape Me Never 21^st November 1933 – 12^th April 1934.
• Espionage 1935 – 1936.
• Esther Waters 1911 – 1912.
• Everybody’s Talking About Jamie 6^th November 2017 – 15^th March 2020.
• Everybody’s Talking About Jamie started 20^th May 2021.
• The Fake 13^th March – 13^th September 1924.
• Fallen Angels, Bill Kenwright 17^th October 2000 – 14^th April 2001.
• A Family and a Fortune, Michael Codron 4^th March – 4^th October 1975.
• The Fantasticks, Toby Rowland Ltd and Frank Productions (UK) Ltd 7^th September – 14^th October 1961.
• The Farce of the Devil’s Bridge, Catholic Stage Guild 26^th October 1930.
• The Farmer’s Wife, Prince Littler 25^th August – 27^th September 1947.
• Fascinating Aida 4^th – 15^th March 1997.
• The Father 1928 – 1929.
• Fighting Chance, Bill Kenwright 1984 – 1985.
• Finishing Touches, Harold Fielding 21^st August – 13^th October 1973.
• The First Year started 29^th November 1926.
• Flare Path 13^th August 1942 – 22^nd January 1944.
• The Flip Side, Michael Codron 17^th July 1967 – 7^th September 1968.
• The Follies 1907 – 1908.
• The Follies 1908 – 1909.
• The Follies 1910 – 1911.
• The Follies 29^th October – 7^th December 1912.
• Follow My Leader 16^th – 27^th January 1940.
• Fool for Love 7^th June – 9^th September 2006.
• Fool’s Paradise, Michael Codron and Allan Davis Ltd 23^rd February – 29^th August 1959.
• For Amusement Only started 5^th June 1956.
• Forever Plaid 28^th September 1993 – 1994.
• Forget-Me-Not Lane, Memorial Enterprises and Greenwich Theatre 1^st April – 27^th November 1971.
• Forty Years On 31^st October 1968 – November 1969.
• Forty Years On October 1968 – 1969.
• Forty-Eight Hours’ Leave 1^st – 27^th September 1941.
• Gaslight 5^th December 1938 – 10^th June 1939.
• General John Regan started 8^th January 1913.
• The Girl From Kay’s 15^th November 1902 – December 1903.
• Girlfriend, Michael Codron 17^th February – March 1970.
• The Glass Menagerie 31^st January – 19^th May 2007.
• Glengarry Glen Ross 27^th September 2007 – 12^th January 2008.
• The Go-Between 27^th May – 15^th October 2016.
• The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, Almeida Theatre 13^th April – 7^th August 2004.
• The Gondoliers, Watermill Theatre 27^th June – 29^th September 2001.
• Grand National Night 18^th February 1946 – 1^st February 1947.
• The Green Hat 2^nd September – 19^th December 1925.
• The Happiest Days of Your Life 29^th March 1948 – 10^th September 1949.
• The Happy Apple, Eddie Kulukundis for Knightsbridge Productions Ltd and Alexander H Cohen 16^th February – 25^th July 1970.
• Happy Birthday, John Gale for Lisden Productions Ltd 19^th March 1979 – 26^th January 1980.
• His, Hers and Theirs 1969 – 1970.
• Hobson’s Choice started 24^th June 1916.
• Home, English Stage Company 17^th June 1970 – 20^th February 1971.
• The Housekeeper, H M Tennent Ltd 25^th January – 27^th March 1982.
• Housemaster, Firth Shephard 2^nd November 1936 – 11^th June 1938.
• Housewife ! Superstar ! 16^th March – 15^th May 1976.
• How Are They At Home?, Jack Hylton 27^th March – 14^th October 1944.
• How Are They At Home?, Jack Hylton 27^th March – 14^th October 1944.
• Hyde Park Corner 5^th October 1934 – 11^th April 1935.
• I’m Getting My Act Together and Taking It On The Road, started 1980.
• I’m Not Rappaport 1985 – 1986.
• Idiot’s Delight March – 3^rd December 1938.
• In Praise of Love 21^st February – 1^st July 1995.
• Inside The Lines started 1917.
• Insult 15^th April – 5^th July 1930.
• The Islander 23^rd April – 6^th August 1910.
• Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell September 1989 – 27^th October 1990.
• Jerusalem, Jez Butterworth dates unknown.
• Jerusalem, Royal Court 13^th July 2009 – 24^th April 2010.
• Jerusalem 17^th October 2011 – 14^th January 2012.
• Jesus, My Boy 7^th December 1998 – 6^th February 1999.
• Journey’s End, Incorporated Stage Society 9^th – 10^th December 1928.
• Kean, Thelma Holt and Yvonne Arnaud Theatre 24^th May – 14^th July 2007.
• Keep Your Hair On 13^th February – 1^st March 1958.
• The Killing Game started 8^th September 1981.
• Kitty Grey started 7^th September 1901.
• Lake Wobegon Tonight 4^th – 9^th September 1989.
• The Last Of The Ladies 24^th March – 18^th April 1936.
• Let the Right One In, Royal Court Theatre and National Theatre of Scotland 26^th March – 30^th August 2014.
• A Life in the Theatre 27^th January – 30^th April 2005.
• The Light of Heart 21^st February 1940 – 1^st November 1941.
• The Limping Man 19^th January – 18^th April 1931.
• Listening-In 5^th – 26^th August 1922.
• London After Dark 1936 – 1937.
• Long Day’s Journey Into Night 2^nd April – 18^th August 2012.
• Look to the Rainbow started 1984.
• Lucky Strike, Donald Albery for Donmar Productions Ltd 5^th September 1955 – 10^th March 1956.
• Lulu, Nottingham Playhouse, Lewenstein-Delfont Productions Ltd, and Royal Court Theatre 7^th October 1970 – 27^th March 1971.
• Madame Sherry started 23^rd December 1903.
• A Madhouse in Goa 1988 – 1989.
• The Madness of George III, Theatre Royal Bath Productions January – March 2012.
• Magic Goes Wrong started 21^st October 2021.
• The Man Who Changed His Name 14^th March 1928 – 1929.
• Margin for Error 8^th July – 27^th August 1940.
• Marilyn & Ella 15^th – 29^th November 2009.
• Mary Stuart, Donmar Production 7^th October 2005 – 14^th January 2006.
• The Mating Game, Volcano Productions and Ray Cooney Productions 23^rd May 1972 – 23^rd June 1973.
• The Merchant of Venice 1926 – 1927.
• Middle Age Spread, John Gale for Lisden Productions Ltd 17^th October 1979 – 7^th February 1981.
• Mr Poppleton (of Ippleton) 14^th November 1905 – April 1906.
• Mrs Klein, National Theatre 5^th August 1988 – March 1989.
• My Brilliant Divorce, Druid Theatre 14^th February – 17^th May 2003.
• My Night with Reg, Donmar Warehouse 17^th January – 11^th April 2015.
• Nell Gwynn, Shakespeare’s Globe 4^th February – 30^th April 2016.
• Neville’s Island October 1994 – 1995.
• New Faces (revue) 14^th March – 19^th April 1941.
• Nine Till Six, Mrs Charles B Cochran 22^nd January – 20^th September 1930.
• The Norman Conquests 9^th May 1974 – 13^th March 1976.
• The Odd Couple (female version), Bill Kenwright 17^th April – 23^rd June 2001.
• Of Mice and Men 24^th May – 26^th August 1939.
• Off the Record 3^rd June 1947 – 12^th February 1949.
• The Official Tribute to the Blues Brothers 9^th December 1996 – 18^th January 1997.
• Oh, Joy! started 1918.
• Old Acquaintance 24^th November 1941 – 6^th June 1942.
• One Bright Day 20^th March – 2^nd June 1956.
• One Night Stand started 17^th July 1981.
• One to Another 15^th July – September 1959.
• The Only Girl 25^th September – December 1915.
• The Only Way started 25^th May 1901.
• Orchids and Onions 1^st April – 6^th May 1941.
• Orphans, Michael Medwin for Memorial Films, Dasha Epstein and Robert Fox Ltd, Wolfgang Productions Inc, and Steppenwolf Theatre Company 9^th April – 28^th June 1986.
• Othello, Lyceum Club Stage Society 3^rd – 4^th April 1927.
• Our Song started November 1992.
• The Outsider 3^rd October – 29^th November 1930.
• The Patsy 19^th December 1928 – 20^th April 1929.
• Personals 13^th June – 29^th July 2000.
• Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Mischief Theatre 4^th December 2015 – 31^st January 2016.
• Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Mischief Theatre 20^th October 2016 – 29^th January 2017.
• A Piece of My Mind, Nuffield Theatre Southampton, Duncan C Weldon & Jerome Minskoff for Triumph Theatre Productions Ltd, and Shubert Organisation 15^th January – 30^th May 1987.
• Pieces of Eight 23^rd September 1959 – 29^th October 1960.
• Pinocchio 1965 – 1966.
• Pleasure Cruise 1932.
• Popcorn 20^th March 1997 – 12^th September 1998.
• The Price, Tricycle Theatre 13^th August 2003 – 10^th January 2004.
• Private Lives 1^st November 1944 – 20^th July 1946.
• The Private Secretary 22^nd December 1930 – 17^th January 1931.
• Puppetry of the Penis 4^th – 23^rd October 2005.
• Rada, Catholic Stage Guild 26^th October 1930.
• Rain Man 28^th August – 20^th December 2008.
• The Rehearsal, Bristol Old Vic Trust Ltd and Tennent Productions Ltd 14^th March 1961 – 7^th April 1962.
• Richard II, The Youth Theatre started 9^th August 1961.
• Rocket to the Moon 6^th August – 27^th November 1982.
• Romantic Comedy started May 1983.
• Ross Noble – Noodlemeister 3^rd September – 2^nd October 2004.
• Rough Justice 18^th April – 2^nd July 1994.
• A Saint She Ain’t 29^th April 1999 – 15^th January 2000.
• Saki started September 1977.
• Satisfaction 28^th August – 8^th September 2007.
• Seagulls Over Sorrento, George and Alfred Black and H M Tennent Ltd 10^th April 1950 – 24^th April 1954.
• Season’s Greetings, Michael Codron and Greenwich Theatre 28^th January – 18^th September 1982.
• Separate Tables started 17^th January 1977.
• She Wanted a Cream Front Door 6^th February – 30^th June 1947.
• Showstopper! The Improvised Musical, Showstopper Productions September 2015 – January 2016.
• Showstopper! The Improvised Musical, Showstopper Productions September 2015 – January 2016.
• Shut Your Eyes and Think of England, John Gale for Lisden Productions Ltd 17^th October 1977 – January 1979.
• Sideman 17^th February – 10^th June 2000.
• Siegfried Sassoon started 6^th February 1987.
• The Silver Tassie 11^th October – 7^th December 1929.
• Simon and Laura, H M Tennent Ltd started 30^th August 1954.
• Skyrocket, Repertory Players 21^st February 1960.
• Sleuth, Bill Kenwright Ltd 11^th June 2002 – 8^th February 2003.
• The Snail and the Whale, Tall Stories 30^th November 2019 – 5^th January 2020.
• Spring and Port Wine, Mermaid Theatre Trust Ltd, Allan Davis Ltd, Memorial Enterprises, and Calabash Productions Ltd 10^th November 1965 – 12^th October 1968.
• Springtime for Henry, Gilbert Miller, Jack Buchanan, and Ronald Squire 31^st October 1932 – 4^th March 1933.
• Star Quality, Bill Kenwright, Theatre Royal Windsor, and Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Guildford 7^th August 2001 – 23^rd March 2002.
• Steafel Variations started 7^th December 1982.
• Strassman 4^th – 15^th February 1997.
• Straussiana, The Camargo Ballet 25^th – 26^th January 1931.
• Summer and Smoke, Stanhope Productions, Nottingham Playhouse Company, and Bulldog Theatrical 10^th October – 25^th November 2006.
• Summertime 10^th October 1955 – 18^th February 1956.
• Sylvia 20^th May – 1^st June 1996.
• The Taming of the Shrew 26^th – 27^th September 1926.
• Thank You, Phillips! 10^th November 1921 – 21^st January 1922.
• There’s Always Juliet 12^th October 1931 – 18^th May 1932.
• They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, National Youth Theatre 7^th – 16^th September 2000.
• This is My Wife, Mr. Stanniforth, Repertory Players 8^th December 1963.
• Three Days of Rain, Carol Newling for Neal St Productions and Nick Frankfurt and Tobias Round for Creative Management 10^th February – 2^nd May 2009.
• Three Little Maids started 10^th May 1902.
• Thunderbirds F.A.B. 16^th July – 4^th September 1993.
• Thunderbirds F.A.B. 11^th September – 14^th October 1989.
• Thursday’s Ladies 1987.
• Tiger at the Gates, Stephen Mitchell and Robert L Joseph 25^th April – 3^rd September 1955.
• Tilly of Bloomsbury started 1919.
• Tom Jones 17^th April – July 1907.
• The Tragedie of King Richard the Third, Shakespeare’s Globe 2^nd November 2012 – 10^th February 2013.
• Travesties 3^rd February – 29^th April 2017.
• Treasure Hunt, Tennent Productions Ltd 29^th August 1949 – 29^th July 1950.
• Trespass, H M Tennent Ltd and Stephen Mitchell 9^th June – 29^th November 1947.
• The Tunnel of Love, Robin Fox Partnership Ltd, S A Gorlinsky, and Theatre Guild 28^th October 1957 – 14^th February 1959.
• Twelfth Night, Shakespeare’s Globe 2^nd November 2012 – 9^th February 2013.
• The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Fellowship of Players 27^th September 1925.
• Up On The Roof, Picture Partnership Productions 1986 – 1987.
• The Upstart Crow 23^rd September – 3^rd December 2022.
• Urinetown, The Musical 29^th September 2014 – 3^rd January 2015.
• The Venetian, London Theatre Company 25^th February – 16^th May 1931.
• Veronique 18^th May 1904 – July 1905.
• Victor Spinetti – A Very Private Diary 27^th April – June 1989.
• The Vortex, Bill Kenwright 12^th November 2007 – 7^th June 2008.
• Watch It, Sailor!, Toby Rowland Ltd in association with Pertpic Ltd and Cedric B Levitt 15^th February 1960 – 29^th July 1961.
• Well 28^th December 2008 – 24^th January 2009.
• What Every Woman Knows started August 1923.
• What You Will 18^th September – 6^th October 2012.
• Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 12^th March 2005 – 13^th May 2006.
• Why Not Stay for Breakfast?, Ray Cooney Productions Ltd 8^th October 1973 – March 1975.
• Wild Decembers 26^th May – 8^th July 1933.
• The Wolf 1973 – May 1974.
• Yes and No 26^th October 1937 – 12^th February 1938.
• Yes, Prime Minister, Chichester Festival Theatre 6^th July – 19^th November 2011.
• You, of All People, O’Bryen, Linnit & Dunfee Ltd and Alec L Rea 13^th November 1939 – 13^th January 1940.