Opera House
A–Z of all Productions
- “Yes We Have No Pyjamas”, Mark Furness and Barbara Plays Ltd
5th February – 23rd June 1979.
- & Juliet
10th September 2019 – 16th March 2020.
- Acacia Avenue, Linnit & Dunfee Ltd
23rd August 1943 – 15th April 1944.
- After the Ball
March 1954 – 8th January 1955.
- Aladdin
5th December 2009 – 3rd January 2010.
- Aladdin, First Family Entertainment
9th December 2016 – 8th January 2017.
- Alfie, Corner Table Productions
28th October – 12th December 1992.
- All for Mary, David Conville
29th April – 6th July 1968.
- Almost a Honeymoon
? – 6th June 1931.
- The Amazing Dr Clitterhouse, Emile Littler
1st March 1937 – 22nd January 1938.
- Ambassador Extraordinary
1948.
- And Then There Were None, The Agatha Christie Theatre Company
12th January – 28th November 2015.
- Angel, H M Tennent Ltd
12th May – 14th June 1947.
- Angels in Love, Jack De Leon
11th February – 30th October 1954.
- The Animal Kingdom, Stephen Mitchell and Emile Littler
started 3rd March 1947.
- Another Love Story
6th November 1944 – 12th May 1945.
- The Ante-Room, H M Tennent Ltd
27th July – 22nd August 1936.
- Antony and Cleopatra, St James’s Players Ltd and Laurence Olivier
1st May – 22nd September 1951.
- The Apple Cart, Prospect Productions Ltd
1st June – 3rd July 1965.
- Appointment with Death
29th January – 5th May 1945.
- April in Paris, Paul Tyrer and Jamie Clark/Jane Walmsley and Michael Braham for JAM Pictures/Derby Theatre
27th June – 18th October 2014.
- Ardèle, Linnit & Dunfee Ltd
13th August – 27th October 1951.
- Aren’t We All?
July – 21st November 1953.
- The Aspern Papers, Peter Daubeny
27th July 1959 – 16th July 1960.
- The Bad Samaritan
27th April – 31st October 1953.
- The Barber of Seville, Carl Rosa Opera
started 1957.
- Barnum
started 1984.
- The Barretts of Wimpole Street
19th – 24th April 1948.
- A Bell for Adano
3rd September – 17th November 1945.
- Bell, Book and Candle, H M Tennent Ltd
13th September 1954 – 21st January 1956.
- Berkeley Square, Jack De Leon
11th July – 20th August 1949.
- The Big Tickle, H M Tennent Ltd and George Black Ltd
7th April – 14th June 1958.
- Big Top (revue)
18th March – 29th August 1942.
- Billy Liar, Oscar Lewenstein Plays Ltd
5th March – 24th November 1962.
- Billy Liar, Oscar Lewenstein Plays Ltd
5th March – 24th November 1962.
- Birds on the Wing, Peter Bridge
25th March – 31st May 1969.
- Black Chiffon, Windsor Theatre Company and Murray Macdonald and John Stevens Ltd
2nd September – 14th December 1963.
- Black Coffee
17th – 22nd November 2014.
- Bleak House
11th August – October 1952.
- The Blind Goddess, Linnit & Dunfee Ltd
6th October 1947 – 27th March 1948.
- Blithe Spirit, H M Tennent Ltd
16th June 1941 – 16th October 1943.
- Boeing Boeing, Mansion Plays Ltd
10th March – 29th November 1975.
- Boeing Boeing, John Gale in association with Jack Minster
9th October – 16th December 1961.
- Boeing Boeing, Bernard Delfont in association with Michael Hamilton and John Gale
15th May – 30th September 1967.
- Book of the Month, Emile Littler
30th August 1954 – 11th June 1955.
- A Boston Story, Leeds Festival of Drama, Kellan Productions, and Sherwood & Reid Ltd
1st July 1968 – 29th March 1969.
- The Bride and the Bachelor, Peter Saunders
12th November 1956 – 9th August 1958.
- Brother and Sister, H M Tennent Ltd
10th April – 27th May 1967.
- Caesar and Cleopatra, St James’s Players Ltd and Laurence Olivier
24th April – 22nd September 1951.
- Calamity Jane, Tristan Baker Productions and Northampton Theatres Ltd
9th September 2002 – 20th September 2003.
- Canaries Sometimes Sing, Firth Shephard and Play Plans Ltd
3rd November 1947 – 13th March 1948.
- Captain Carvallo, Laurence Olivier Productions
12th June 1950 – 20th January 1951.
- Castle in the Air, Jack Buchanan and Stanley French
20th September 1949 – 16th December 1950.
- Castle in the Air, Jack Buchanan and Stanley French
20th September 1949 – 16th December 1950.
- The Cat and the Canary, The Classic Thriller Theatre Company
15th January 2020 – 27th November 2021.
- The Chalk Garden, Tennent Productions Ltd
20th January – 17th May 1958.
- Charley’s Aunt, Mobil Touring Theatre and PW Productions
12th February – 30th May 1992.
- Charley’s Aunt, Emile Littler and The Brandon Thomas Company
28th July 1947 – 19th June 1948.
- Charlie Girl, Harold Fielding
21st September 1987 – 27th February 1988.
- The Circle, Clement Scott Gilbert and New Pembroke Theatre Ltd
12th April – 31st July 1965.
- The Complaisant Lover, H M Tennent Ltd and Donmar Productions Ltd
18th May 1959 – 4th June 1960.
- The Corn is Green, Stephen Mitchell
15th August 1938 – 15th June 1940.
- The Corn is Green, Stephen Mitchell
15th August 1938 – 15th June 1940.
- The Count of Clérambard, Jack De Leon
25th July – 12th November 1955.
- The Count of Luxembourg
14th June – 18th November 1943.
- Critic’s Choice, Harold Fielding
6th November 1961 – 26th May 1962.
- Dad’s Army, Forum Theatre Billingham, Duncan C Weldon & Louis I Michaels for Triumph Theatre Productions Ltd, and Bernard Delfont & Richard M Mills for Bernard Delfont Organisation Ltd
22nd March – 4th September 1976.
- Dancing at Lughnasa, Bill Kenwright, Abbey Theatre Dublin, and Noel Pearson
4th August – 5th December 1992.
- Daphne Laureola
17th July – 4th November 1950.
- Dark Eyes, Linnit & Dunfee Ltd
23rd February – May 1948.
- The Dark is Light Enough, Tennent Productions Ltd
22nd February – 4th December 1954.
- Dear Charles, John Gale for Volcano Productions Ltd and Talus Productions Ltd
23rd September – 30th November 1968.
- Dear Delinquent, Minster Productions Ltd
21st May 1957 – 23rd August 1958.
- The Devil’s General
17th August – 28th November 1953.
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Ambassador Theatre Group, Jerry Mitchell Productions, and Tulchin / Bartner Productions
12th February 2014 – 7th March 2015.
- Dr. Syn, Sybil Thorndike, Lewis Casson, Nelson King, and Russell Thorndike
28th February – 26th November 1927.
- Dr. Syn, Sybil Thorndike, Lewis Casson, Nelson King, and Russell Thorndike
28th February – 26th November 1927.
- Dracula, Hamilton Deane
15th August 1927 – 26th May 1928.
- Edward, My Son, Henry Sherek and Gilbert Miller
21st April 1947 – 23rd April 1949.
- Emma, Bloomsbury Plays Ltd
18th March – 15th June 1968.
- Escape Me Never
21st November 1933 – 12th April 1934.
- Ethel Fry
24th – 29th March 1945.
- A Family and a Fortune, Bob Swash
26th July – 3rd September 1966.
- Farewell Performance
31st August – 19th September 1936.
- The Fifth Column, The Archers
21st February – 18th March 1944.
- Figure of Fun
1st October 1951 – 19th April 1952.
- Flowering Cherry, H M Tennent Ltd and Frith Banbury Ltd
14th October 1957 – 4th April 1959.
- For Services Rendered, National Theatre
20th February – 10th November 1979.
- Forget-Me-Not Lane, David Gordon Productions Ltd
24th January – 10th June 1972.
- Forty-Eight Hours’ Leave
1st – 27th September 1941.
- French Without Tears, Gilbert Miller, Bronson Albery, and Howard Wyndham
23rd August 1937 – January 1938.
- Full House
29th January – 11th May 1940.
- Gaslight, Linnit and Dunfee Ltd
17th October – 17th December 1949.
- Gaslight, Barry O’Brien & Roy Limbert
started 10th August 1942.
- The Gay Dog, H M Tennent Ltd and Lornor Ltd
started 31st March 1952.
- The Gay Dog, H M Tennent Ltd and Lornor Ltd
started 31st March 1952.
- The Gay Dog, H M Tennent Ltd and Lornor Ltd
16th March – 16th May 1953.
- The Gay Invalid, Peter Daubeny Presentations Ltd
6th November 1950 – 24th March 1951.
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Addey, Owen and Hollerith Ltd and Kenneth Wagg
3rd July 1962 – 20th April 1963.
- George and Margaret, John C Wilson
9th August – December 1937.
- Getting Married, Peter Bridge and Allied Theatre Productions
14th March – 26th August 1967.
- Gigi, Donald Albery and Donmar Productions
9th April – 1st September 1956.
- Giving the Bride Away, Montague Lyons Productions Ltd
2nd October 1939 – 13th January 1940.
- Go Back for Murder, Bill Kenwright and Agatha Christie Company
8th January – 30th November 2013.
- Good-bye, Mr Chips
12th September 1938 – 14th January 1939.
- Guilty Party, Peter Bridge for Bridge Productions Ltd
17th August 1961 – 1st September 1962.
- Half-A-Crown
5th November 1934 – 16th February 1935.
- Halfway Up the Tree, H M Tennent Ltd and Alexander H Cohen
2nd October 1967 – 4th January 1969.
- Hanging Judge, Walter P Chrysler Jr and Michael Powell
25th August – 13th December 1952.
- The Happy Ending, Robert Loraine
20th November 1922 – 26th January 1923.
- The Happy Hypocrite, Ivor Novello and Richard Rose
23rd March – 6th June 1936.
- Hay Fever, National Theatre
19th October 1964 – 1965.
- Hay Fever, J Baxter Somerville, Peter Hoar, and Associated Theatre Seasons Ltd
30th March – 20th June 1942.
- The Heiress, Sethawk Ltd, Churchill Theatre Company, and Windsor Theatre Company
25th February – 1st August 1992.
- Highly Confidential, John Gale for Volcano Productions Ltd and Marvin Liebman
12th May – August 1969.
- Hindle Wakes
4th – 9th May 1931.
- Hippo Dancing, H M Tennent Ltd
26th September 1955 – 31st March 1956.
- His Majesty’s Guest
started 14th August 1939.
- The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
8th June 2012 – 20th October 2013.
- The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
8th June 2012 – 20th October 2013.
- The Holly and the Ivy, Tennent Productions Ltd and The Company of Four
6th March 1950 – 14th July 1951.
- Hormonal Housewives, Jamie Wilson/Hormonal Housewives Ltd.
24th February – 13th May 2012.
- Horrible Histories – Ruthless Romans and Awful Egyptians, Birmingham Stage Company
27th January – 3rd December 2011.
- The House by the Lake, Peter Daubeny Presentations Ltd
17th March – 21st June 1958.
- I’ll See You Again
23rd – 28th October 1944.
- The Ides of March
started 15th July 1963.
- The Importance of Being Earnest, James Barber
29th January – 6th April 1991.
- The Innocent Party
10th January – 12th March 1938.
- Intimate Relations, Jack Waller
7th May – 24th November 1951.
- It Happened in New York
5th – 10th November 1945.
- Jane Eyre, Emile Littler
16th August 1937 – 4th June 1938.
- Jew Suss, Matheson Lang and Willhut Ltd
29th July 1929 – 6th December 1930.
- Jew Suss, Matheson Lang and Willhut Ltd
29th July 1929 – 6th December 1930.
- The Jockey Club Stakes, Henry Sherwood Prouctions Ltd and Peter Saunders
7th September 1970 – 20th November 1971.
- John Buchan’s ‘The 39 Steps’, Fiery Angel
18th January – 19th June 2010.
- Joie de Vivre, H M Tennent Ltd
3rd May – 16th July 1960.
- The King and I, Ronald S Lee & Eddie Kulukundis
10th April – 1st June 1991.
- The King and I, Williamson Music Ltd
19th March 1956 – 9th March 1957.
- Kiss Me Kate
1952 – 25th April 1953.
- La Contessa, H M Tennent Ltd, Leland Hayward, and Ray Stark
6th April – 15th May 1965.
- Lady Windermere’s Fan, Tennent Plays Ltd and CEMA
18th June 1945 – February 1947.
- The Lark, Tennent Productions Ltd
28th March – 13th August 1955.
- The Last Joke, Irene Mayer Selznick and Tennent Productions Ltd
1st August – 19th November 1960.
- Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons
18th January – 1st April 2023.
- Let Sleeping Wives Lie, Brian Rix Enterprises
7th April – 13th September 1969.
- Let’s Be Frank, Geoffrey Hastings, Michael Hamilton, and Windsor Theatre Company
9th September 1963 – 15th February 1964.
- Life with Father, Firth Shephard and Play Plans Ltd
19th May 1947 – 4th September 1948.
- Life with Father, Firth Shephard and Play Plans Ltd
19th May 1947 – 4th September 1948.
- Lizard on the Rock, Peter Bridge for Bridge Productions Ltd
started 6th March 1962.
- Lovely Lady, Edward Laurillard
15th – 27th February 1932.
- Maigret and the Lady, John Gale Productions Ltd
23rd August – 6th November 1965.
- A Majority of One
23rd February – ? 1960.
- A Man About the House, H M Tennent Ltd
15th October 1945 – 25th May 1946.
- The Man in Half Moon Street, Alec L Rea
20th February – 2nd September 1939.
- The Marriage-Go-Round, John Clements and S A Gorlinsky
22nd September 1959 – 30th April 1960.
- Mary Goes to See, Alec L Rea
7th February – 26th March 1938.
- Message for Margaret, Sherek Players Ltd
28th August 1946 – 26th April 1947.
- The Millionairess
9th June – 28th December 1952.
- Mister Venus, S A Gorlinsky
1st October – 8th November 1958.
- Monique, Le Clare Productions Ltd
3rd August – 12th September 1964.
- A Month in the Country, Prospect Theatre Company
13th October 1975 – 27th March 1976.
- Mr Bolfry, Merlith Productions Ltd
30th July – 1st December 1956.
- Mrs Willie, H M Tennent Ltd
18th July – 17th December 1955.
- My Fair Lady, Manchester Theatres Ltd and Sharon Jones Associates
14th January – 7th May 1988.
- My Three Angels, H M Tennent Ltd and George and Alfred Black
31st January – 26th November 1955.
- Nap Hand, Firth Shephard
19th February – 18th May 1940.
- Night Must Fall, Martin Tickner for Firmont Plays Ltd
29th April – 29th June 1968.
- Night Must Fall
8th March – 31st July 1943.
- Night of the Fourth, Howard and Wyndham
13th April – 23rd May 1953.
- Night of the Garter
1st August 1932 – 1st April 1933.
- No Escape, E P Clift
5th July – 23rd October 1954.
- No Room at the Inn, Jack Hylton and Barry O’Brien
19th January – 5th June 1948.
- No Sex Please, We’re British, John Gale for Volcano Productions Ltd
26th April 1971 – 5th September 1987.
- Norman, Murray Macdonald and John Stevens Ltd
22nd April – 8th June 1963.
- Norman, Is That You?, JCD Theatres Ltd
23rd October – 16th December 1972.
- Now Barabbas, Tom Arnold, Linnit & Dunfee Ltd, and Boltons Theatre (Kensington) Ltd
11th February – 9th August 1947.
- Nude with Violin, H M Tennent Ltd
24th September 1956 – 15th February 1958.
- Number 10, Peter Bridge
29th August 1967 – 9th March 1968.
- Nymph Errant, Charles B Cochran
11th September 1933 – 17th February 1934.
- The Odd Couple, H M Tennent Ltd and Saint Subber
5th September 1966 – 7th October 1967.
- Odd Man In, Henry Sherek
3rd June 1957 – 22nd March 1958.
- Oh, Clarence!, Peter Saunders
30th July 1968 – January 1969.
- Old Music
2nd August – 30th October 1937.
- On Golden Pond, Windsor Theatre Company in association with Bill Kenwright
12th May – 22nd August 1992.
- One for the Pot, Brian Rix Enterprises
6th July – 7th November 1964.
- Out of the Question, Commonwealth United Entertainment, John Roberts, and Doris Cole Abrahams
16th September 1968 – July 1969.
- Penny Plain, Prometheus Productions
28th June 1951 – 4th October 1952.
- Peter Pan, Daniel Mayer Company
17th December 1965 – 19th March 1966.
- The Pirates of Penzance, Opera House, Manchester
started 6th March 1985.
- Plaintiff in a Pretty Hat, E P Clift Productions Ltd and Minster Productions Ltd
12th October 1956 – 14th September 1957.
- Player Kings
1st March – 22nd June 2024.
- The Poltergeist, Linnit & Dunfee Ltd
1st April 1946 – 1st February 1947.
- Pride and Prejudice, Barry O’Brien
1st February – 22nd May 1937.
- The Prisoner, Globe Theatre
15th March – 5th June 1954.
- Pygmalion, Sherek Players Ltd
14th August 1951 – 5th January 1952.
- A Question of Fact, Tennent Productions Ltd
21st September 1953 – 24th July 1954.
- The Rehearsal, Bristol Old Vic Trust Ltd and Tennent Productions Ltd
14th March 1961 – 7th April 1962.
- The Reluctant Debutante, E P Clift, Minster Productions Ltd, and Anna Deere Wiman
16th May 1955 – 3rd August 1957.
- The Reluctant Debutante, E P Clift, Minster Productions Ltd, and Anna Deere Wiman
16th May 1955 – 3rd August 1957.
- The Ring of Truth, Robin Fox Partnership Ltd, Donmar Productions Ltd, and Frith Banbury Ltd
8th June 1959 – 20th February 1960.
- Risky Kisses, Fraser-Randall Productions Ltd and Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch
11th April – 27th July 1991.
- The River Line, Tennent Productions Ltd
11th August 1952 – 18th April 1953.
- Roar Like a Dove, Murray Macdonald and John Stevens Ltd
2nd September 1957 – 11th June 1960.
- Roar Like a Dove, Murray Macdonald and John Stevens Ltd
2nd September 1957 – 11th June 1960.
- The Rocky Horror Show
29th September – 4th October 2003.
- The Rocky Horror Show
24th – 29th August 2021.
- The Rocky Horror Show, The Rocky Horror Company Ltd
2nd September – 29th November 2003.
- Romanoff and Juliet, Linnit and Dunfee Ltd
2nd April 1956 – 13th April 1957.
- Saloon Bar, O’Bryen, Linnit & Dunfee Ltd
28th August 1939 – 30th March 1940.
- The Sea Shell, Stephen Mitchell
12th October – 28th November 1959.
- Second Helping, CWL Ltd
31st October 1939 – 16th March 1940.
- The Secretary Bird, John Gale for Volcano Productions Ltd
9th September 1968 – 10th June 1972.
- See How They Run, Michael Codron Ltd
21st September – 5th December 1964.
- The Seventh Veil, Henry Sherek [Sherek Players Ltd]
12th February – 12th May 1951.
- She Was Only an Admiral’s Daughter, Brian Rix Theatre of Laughter and Leslie Grade
14th August – 11th November 1972.
- Sign Here, Please (aka I Want to See Musov!), Ernest Hecht and Stanley Dubens
29th May – September 1967.
- The Silent House, Prince Littler and Reginald Fry
13th January – 31st May 1930.
- Silver Wedding, George and Alfred Black
15th April – 23rd November 1957.
- Simon and Laura, H M Tennent Ltd
started 30th August 1954.
- Sleuth, Mobil Touring Theatre
19th January – 5th June 1999.
- Small Hotel, Linnit & Dunfee Ltd
5th September 1955 – 28th January 1956.
- Some Like It Hot
1991 – 20th June 1992.
- Someone Waiting, H M Tennent Ltd
14th September 1953 – 12th June 1954.
- Spider’s Web, Peter Saunders
27th September 1954 – 17th November 1956.
- Spotted Dick
? – 4th November 1939.
- Spring Meeting, Gladys Cooper and Philip Merivale
17th October 1938 – 4th March 1939.
- Springtime for Henry, Ronald Squire
8th May – 10th June 1933.
- A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennent Productions Ltd
27th September 1949 – 19th August 1950.
- A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennent Productions Ltd
21st August – 16th December 1950.
- Sweet Aloes
24th September 1934 – 8th February 1936.
- Telstar, New Vic Theatre Workshop, Eastbourne Theatres, and Cambridge Arts
2nd February – 10th September 2005.
- Ten Men and a Miss
18th June – 13th October 1951.
- There Shall Be No Night, H M Tennent Ltd and John C Wilson
31st July – 4th November 1944.
- They Walk Alone, Bernard Delfont Ltd
20th April – 12th September 1942.
- Tiger at the Gates, Stephen Mitchell and Robert L Joseph
25th April – 3rd September 1955.
- Time Remembered, Tennent Productions Ltd
25th October 1954 – 30th July 1955.
- Towards Zero
15th – 20th July 1957.
- Towards Zero, Churchill Theatre Bromley and Lee Menzies and Nick Salmon for Grangewood Productions Ltd
22nd February – 7th October 1989.
- Traveller’s Joy, H M Tennent Ltd
15th March 1948 – 16th December 1950.
- Traveller’s Joy, H M Tennent Ltd
15th March 1948 – 16th December 1950.
- Trespass, H M Tennent Ltd and Stephen Mitchell
9th June – 29th November 1947.
- The Tulip Tree, Tennent Productions Ltd
5th November 1962 – 30th March 1963.
- Two Into One, Lee Menzies and Churchill Theatre Bromley
30th March – 24th July 1993.
- Two Stars for Comfort, Michael Codron Ltd and David Hall Productions Ltd
12th March – 22nd September 1962.
- Uncle Harry, H M Tennent Ltd
15th February – 20th March 1943.
- Under the Sycamore Tree, Tennent Productions Ltd
18th February – 4th October 1952.
- Variation on a Theme, H M Tennent Ltd
31st March – 30th August 1958.
- Verdict, Peter Saunders
24th February – 21st June 1958.
- The Voice of the Turtle, Alfred de Liagre Jr and Gilbert Miller
16th June – 30th August 1947.
- Wait Until Dark, Bill Kenwright
23rd January – 28th July 1990.
- Wait Until Dark, Peter Bridge
22nd June 1966 – 15th March 1968.
- Waiting for Gillian, Laurence Olivier Productions
12th April – 17th July 1954.
- Watch It, Sailor!, Toby Rowland Ltd in association with Pertpic Ltd and Cedric B Levitt
21st September – 17th October 1959.
- The Wedding Ring, Alec L Rea and E P Clift
4th – 30th August 1952.
- When We Are Married
19th September 1938 – 24th June 1939.
- Where’s Charley
3rd December 1957 – 21st February 1959.
- While the Sun Shines, H M Tennent Ltd and Linnit & Dunfee Ltd
25th October 1943 – 7th September 1946.
- The White Carnation, H M Tennent Ltd
5th January – 25th July 1953.
- Who Killed Santa Claus?, Bill Freedman and Alexander H Cohen Ltd
9th February – 26th September 1970.
- Wild Horses
18th August 1952 – 2nd May 1953.
- Wild Violets, Tom Arnold
24th December 1932 – 6th May 1933.
- Windfall, John Gale and Packard Productions
8th April – 10th August 1963.
- The Winslow Boy, H M Tennent Ltd
28th September 1970 – 29th May 1971.
- Words and Music, Charles B Cochran
25th August 1932 – 4th February 1933.
- Worm’s Eye View
7th April – 30th August 1952.
- Worse Things Happen At Sea!
18th March – 25th May 1935.
- Zuleika
5th March – 27th June 1957.