Ambassadors Theatre London

Venue Information

Ambassadors Theatre
Address: West Street, London, WC2H 9ND
Nearest Tube or Train: Leicester Square (Northern line, Piccadilly line)
Nearest Buses: 14, 19, 22, 24, 29, 38, 40, 176

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What's on at the Ambassadors Theatre?

The Shark is Broken is a current production at the Ambassadors Theatre. The latest booking period for The Shark is Broken at the Ambassadors Theatre started 9 October 2021 and runs until 13 February 2022. Tickets for The Shark is Broken start at £24 and are available to book now.

How do I get to the Ambassadors Theatre?

Public transport is recommended to travel to the Ambassadors Theatre. The nearest tube stations are Leicester Square (Northern line, Piccadilly line). If arriving by bus, then the nearest bus lines are 14, 19, 22, 24, 29, 38, 40, 176. If driving to the theatre, the nearest car parks are Q-Park Chinatown and Q-Park Trafalgar (more parking information).  For directions to the Ambassadors Theatre see our Google Maps directions or Apple Maps directions.

Theatre Quick Facts

Date opened: 5 June 1913
Designer: W. G. R. Sprague
First production: Panthea by Monckton Hoffe
Number of seats: 425
Theatre owner: ATG
Other facts: Formerly called the New Ambassadors Theatre

Theatre History

The Ambassadors Theatre was designed by famous theatre architect W. G. R. Sprague, who also designed the St Martin’s Theatre opposite.

The theatre opened in 1913 with a performance on Panthea by Monckton Hoffe.

In 1996, the Ambassadors Theatre was bought by the Ambassador Theatre Group, who renamed it The New Ambassadors; and in 2007, it was sold again, this time to Stephen Waley-Cohen who already owned St Martin’s Theatre, and he put the name back to the Ambassadors.

Ambassador Theatre Group, now called ATG, bought the theatre back from Waley-Cohen in 2018.

Famous performers and productions at the Ambassadors include Vivien Leigh, who made her West End debut at the theatre in The Mask of Virtue in 1935. It was during this show that Laurence Olivier first saw his future wife perform. Also, Eugene O’Neill’s The Emperor Jones starring Paul Robeson, and Spring Meeting in 1938 with Margaret Rutherford.

Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap started its famous West End run at the Ambassadors in 1952, before then moving to the St Martin’s Theatre in 1974, where it continues as the world’s longest-running stage play.