The Savoy Theatre has been hosting notable theatre productions and shows since it opened in 1881, when theatrical impresario Richard D’Oyly Carte commissioned the building of a new theatre to host the original comic operas of Gilbert & Sullivan. The Grade II-listed theatre was the first public building in the world to be lit entirely by electricity.
In recent years the stage has hosted works by Noel Coward, Tom Stoppard and William Shakespeare but it’s mostly known today for musicals. Legally Blonde played here, as did the Take That musical Never Forget.