Leicester Square Theatre Schedule

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The Leicester Square Theatre (formerly The Venue), is a 420-seat studio theatre on Leicester Square, in the City of Westminster, London, which opened in 2002 with the premier of Boy George's Taboo.

Leicester Square Theatre is owned and run by Artistic director Martin Witts. Taboo (2002) Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens (Winter 2005-6) Pete & Dud: Come Again The Vegemite Tales (Summer/Autumn 2006) by Melanie Tait, starring Patrick Harvey and Blair McDonough Icons in London (Spring 2007), starring Greg London Side by Side by Sondheim (April - June 2007) by Stephen Sondheim, starring Christopher Cazenove, Angela Rippon, Les Dennis and Barry Cryer The Vegemite Tales (26 July 2007 - 27 October 2007) by Melanie Tait DARK (28 October 2007 - 28 August 2008) A Work in Progress by a Life in Progress (29 August 2008 - 18 September 2008) by Joan Rivers Alex (25 November 2008 - 20 December 2008) by Charles Peattie and Russell Taylor, starring Robert Bathurst Frisky & Mannish's School of Pop (February - July 2009; Basement).

The venue is a popular place for stand-up comedy and small musical productions as well as plays and comedies.

It was used as a French cultural centre, until the 1970s when the hall became a venue for punk music.

This use for live music and as a dance hall, continued until it was converted to a theatre in 2001.Prior to 1988 there was a cinema known as The Leicester Square Theatre.

This still exists and is now known as the Odeon West EndThe theatre is open-plan with grandstand-style seating, flexible staging and is situated beneath the Notre Dame French Catholic Church.Among its famous productions have included the world premiere of the Boy George musical Taboo which played a highly successful run before transferring to Broadway, Round The Horne and two seasons of the cult hit Australian comedy The Vegemite Tales.

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