• Phantom freshens cast ahead of birthday

    20 Aug 2008

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    The Phantom Of The Opera will undergo major cast changes on 8 September before Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical celebrates its 22nd birthday at Her Majesty’s theatre on 9 October. Read more


The Phantom Of The Opera

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Showing at: Her Majesty's Theatre

Box Office: 0870 890 1106

Age: General

Genre: Musical

Sub Genre: Drama

Andrew Lloyd Webber's romantic musical The Phantom Of The Opera is based on Gaston Leroux's 1911 gothic novel of life beneath the stage of the Paris Opera House.

A mysterious masked man, whose spectral presence casts a shadow over the Paris Opera House, falls in love with Christine Daaé, a singer from the opera’s chorus. With the help of the Phantom’s ‘persuasive powers’ she soon becomes the star of the show. When she oversteps the mark, however, the masked man turns from friend to frightened monster.

The Phantom Of The Opera is one of the most successful musicals of all time and has now celebrated its 22nd birthday at Her Majesty's theatre in London. The show opened on 9 October 1986 with Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman in the leading roles of the Phantom and Christine. Later that year Crawford won a Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Performance in a Musical and the show itself won Musical of the Year. A Broadway production two years later was the recipient of numerous awards including seven Tonys.

In addition to The Music Of The Night and the title number, Lloyd Webber's score for The Phantom Of The Opera includes the songs All I Ask Of You, Think Of Me and The Point Of No Return.

Over 130 cast and crew are involved in the production and each performance has 230 costume changes.

To find out more about The Phantom Of The Opera at Her Majesty's theatre, please read our Big Interview with the show's youngest ever Phantom, Ramin Karimloo.

Performance Details

  • opening night: 09 Oct 1986
  • booking until: 27 Feb 2010

show times: Mon-Sat 19:30, Mats Tue & Sat 14:30

ticket prices: £20-£55

duration: 2h30

Assisted Performances

captioned performance: By STAGETEXT on Sat 28 Jun at 14:30, tickets £25 T: 0844 482 5165 E: access@delmack.co.uk

sign language interpreted performance: By Donna Ruane - Theatresign on Sat 5 Jul at 14:30, tickets £25 T: 0844 482 5165 E: access@delmack.co.uk

 

cast: Ramin Karimloo, Gina Beck/Robyn North, Simon Bailey, Barry James, Gareth Snook, Kate Radmilovic, Rohan Tickell, Tori Johns, Heather Jackson

author: Andrew Lloyd Webber

director: Harold Prince

producer: Cameron Macintosh/Really Useful Theatre Company Ltd

 

map: View Map

address: Haymarket, London, United Kingdom, SW1Y 4QL

nearest tube: Piccadilly Circus (150m) Leicester Square (300m)

nearest bus: 3, 6, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 22, 22B, 38, 53, 88, 94, 159

parking: Westminter City Council car park at Whitcomb Street. Meters on Charles II Street and in St James’s Square. Single yellow lines in the Haymarket. Taxi rank Lower Regent Street. Drop-off and pick-up outside the Theatre.

air conditioned: 0

 

Assisted Performance Booking Information

Access Booking: Tel: 0844 412 2707

Accessible Facilities Venue Information

discounts: Discounts are available for disabled theatregoers.

limited mobility: Seats E1, E25, F1, F25, G1, G25, N1 and N28 in the Stalls have extra leg room.

access description: Level access into the foyer through the centre doors and through 2 sets of swing doors. Box Office counter on the right-hand side. Staircases have handrails on both sides and some steps are highlighted. Stalls are 18 steps down from the foyer, Royal Circle up 32, Grand Circle up 62 and Balcony up 89. 2 steep steps between rows in the Circles. Customers with mobility problems are advised to book stalls seats.

hearing impaired: Infra-red system with 10 headsets available. Headsets can be collected from the cloakroom, or ask a member of staff for one. You will be asked to sign a receipt.

guide dogs policy: Guide dogs are allowed into the auditorium or can be looked after by staff in the Manager’s office during the show (maximum 2).

wheelchairs: Please ask a member of staff in the Foyer to open the second side EXIT door on Charles II Street. There is a slight slope to the rear right Stalls. 4 spaces for wheelchair users in row S next to S12. Transfer seating available to any aisle seat in the Stalls. An usher will be assigned to disabled theatregoers, but each wheelchair user must bring a non-disabled companion.

toilets: Women’s and men’s at the rear Stalls, at the back of the Royal Circle and at the back of the Grand Circle.

disabled toilets: Adapted toilet on the left inside the entrance on Charles II Street.

legroom: Access guides, large print programmes, braille cast lists and touch tours

bars: 3 licensed bars. 22 steps down to the Stalls bar, 32 to the Royal Circle bar and 62 to the Grand Circle bar. All have moveable seats. Drinks may be brought to disabled customers in the auditorium in plastic cups.

The Phantom Of The Opera

The Phantom Of The Opera

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