Performance Venues in London
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Royal Opera House
World-class opera and ballet
The grander of London's two major opera houses, Covent Garden [as it is commonly known] attracts international...
Central London · Covent Garden, London
Royal Festival Hall
Major 1950s-period mostly classical concert hall
Opened in 1951 as part of the Festival of Britain (a welcomed and needed postwar cultural redevelopment), the Royal...
Central London · Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, Waterloo, London
Sadler's Wells
UK's top dance establishment
A mecca for lovers of dance, Sadler's Wells is where you'll find the cream of British and international talent, from...
Central London · Rosebery Avenue, Islington, London
English National Opera
Distinguished opera company
London's ever-so-slightly less prestigious opera institution might not attract as many high-profile...
Central London · London Coliseum, St Martin's Lane, London
Glyndebourne Festival
Renowned family-run summer season opera festival
England's consummately civilised opera experience is a special affair involving an hour-long train journey south of...
Glyndebourne, Lewes, East Sussex
Royal Academy of Music
Britain's senior conservatoire
A classical-music training ground since 1822, the Royal Academy of Music took on jazz and musical theatre in the...
Central London · Marylebone Road, London
Royal Albert Hall
Iconic concert hall in the round
Namechecked by the Beatles in 1967 ("A Day in the Life"), the resplendent Royal Albert Hall was opened by Queen...
West London · Kensington Gore, Knightsbridge, London
Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room
Concrete block with excellent acoustics inside
The acoustically superior neighbour of Southbank Centre matriarch the Royal Festival Hall (1951), this two-hall 1967...
Central London · Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, Waterloo, London
NSH Arts (Closed Temporarily)
For the love of creativity
A gay-informed, ultra-creative arts project in an airy, refurbished Georgian house in east London's Mile End,...
East London · 439 Mile End Rd, London
