The Sondheim Theatre, renamed in 2019 in honor of Stephen Sondheim, has been the West End home of Les Miserables since 2004. Originally the Queen's Theatre when it opened in 1907, Cameron Mackintosh's major renovation restored the theatre's Edwardian grandeur while equipping it for the demands of modern musical theatre.
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Green Room — London
3 practice spaces
Book online through the RCM website. Rates are competitive (£15-25/hour for a room with a grand piano). The RCM building itself — Alfred Waterhouse's 1894 Gothic Revival red-brick — is extraordinary. The Museum of Music in the basement (free) has one of the finest instrument collections in the world.
Public room hire available through the Guildhall website. Rates similar to RCM (£15-25/hour). The Guildhall's Milton Court building (opened 2013) has state-of-the-art rehearsal facilities and a 600-seat concert hall. The Barbican's café is the waiting room.
The Greenwich location is a longer journey from central London (DLR or Overground to Greenwich, 20-25 min from central London), but the facilities and the setting are extraordinary. The Painted Hall and Chapel of the Old Royal Naval College are UNESCO World Heritage sites — worth visiting regardless.
Architect
W. G. R. Sprague
Organization
Delfont Mackintosh
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