Adelphi Theatre

Good night out with friends last night. After the nice meal, we walked to this small theatre near the strand to watch «KINKY BOOTS». The show was spectacular with good actors and actress who really sang well. I was amazed by their great performance, lot of drag queens waving their arse on the stage and telling you the jokes. It is kind of unusual show which reminds me of the priscilla queen of the dessert. Nice views at the upper circle seating area but the chairs is a bit squeezes and tiny.

Kinky Boots is such a fun show!
My mum and I saw Kinky Boots at Adelphi Theatre in November 2015. What a blast it was — if you like the song and dance and choreography of a bonafide musical, do not hesitate to book yourself a seat at Adelphi.
I purchased dress circle tickets, and they were absolutely perfect and mid-​range in terms of price. Most seats at this theatre are unobstructed view, though the leg room is very tight, be forewarned. If you have long legs, do try to book an aisle seat. They have the typical concessions and bar, there’s always a long line for the loo (but that’s normal), but everything here is in good order, as you’d expect.
Say yeah! Kinky Boots is a win in my book, particularly if you have visitors in – it’s got a great local vibe given its story root in England, but debuted on Broadway. It’s legit.
(don’t let the gaudy advertisements throw you off either — I went in with low expectations but found it truly charming!)

It’s a funny little theatre. I can’t decide if I’m a fan or not. It’s very small in West End Theatre terms, but I quite like that, it creates a sense of intimacy. What I don’t like is how squishy it is in there. Your legs get so cramped in those tiny seats! It’s not ideal really! Overall though the theatre is nice and definitely has its own character!

I really liked the Adelphi Theatre. I watched Made in Dagenham and even though I was seated in the Circle area, the venue seemed really intimate. The set for Made in Dagenham was amazing and I can imagine the stage allowed for many types of entrances and exits, which allowed for the show to be as dynamic and entertaining as it is. It is also quite conveniently located near Charing Cross station.

Nice and central. Comfy seats. Fairly big capacity. We were perched pretty much at the end of a row, but we still got a good view of the stage. Just not a particularly pretty theatre. Others, like Royal Haymarket, are beautiful architecturally inside and out. Not so much the Adelphi. But I guess you go to the theatre more to watch a play than the building, so… well… it serves the job, innit.

the theatre itself is a little tacky and boring to be honest… not much character and definitely no sense of class. with that said you get a decent view from where ever you sit in the theatre and the sound was excellent. the only musicals i’ve ever seen are movie musical and hate them with a passion (apart from greece)… so i’ve never really been interested or been to any musical shows and didn’t know what to expect so when i watched «made in dagenham» which was my first musical ever i was pleasantly surprised that i really enjoyed the show… though i wasn’t impressed with the theatre itself i still recommend adelphi theatre to watch shows because of the excellent sound and the decent view as well as the comfy seats… would i go back? not for the theatre but to watch other shows…

Big fun of this theatre. We went with a friend to watch «Made in Dagenham» and it was a really good choice. Gemma was outstanding and the whole cast make the experience in Adelphi Theatre a perfect night out in the West End.
Not to mention that our sits were moved closer to the stage upon the arrival. The staff is very helpful and you find the sits quite easily. Of course I don’t need to mention that the prime location on the Strand makes it very easy to get there in the first place.

Situated in the middle of The Strand, a short walk from Trafalgar Square. It is a lovely art deco theatre opened in the 30s and then refurbished in the 90s, but seems to need another uplift as the seats are quite threadbare, and if anyone tall sat in front of you, then the whole of the stage is obscured. Luckily, being sat at the end of the row, I could look down the aisle to get a better view, but it was not a comfortable position.
We had seats in the back row of the Dress Circle, which was immediately in front of the entrance, and was pretty noisy during the performance where the ushers stood, as they were often talking to each other! I turned around several times to see what was going on but they continued to talk!
On the plus side, I suppose, on the night I was there, is that Mary J Blige and her bodyguards had to walk past me to take her seats at the front row and then back again to exit :-)
The show, The Bodyguard, was pretty good, very entertaining, loved the songs, and I did jump out of my skin several times. Alexandre Burke is no Witney but she did a good job, and had a lovely non-​singing voice. However, Carole Stennett who played the sister, seems to have a stronger singing voice. The other cast members were good too. An enjoyable evening.

Best stage sets & background fade-​ins etc I’ve ever seen at any production. Sound, lighting, effects were magnificent!

Salle de théâtre très agréable acoustique excellente en ce moment passé Bodyguard the musical magnifique mise en scèné sur les chansons de Whitney Houston. À voir

I went to see the bodyguard there… by myself cried my eyes out seating uncomfortably close to strangers lol! Because the Theatre is too small u feel like in a can of sardines but HEY! That’s Europe ppl! There is a cute little pub right by it and other cool restaurants too so location is pretty good so are the people who work there. I got there early and alone and they let me come in earlier from the cold outside and treated me super well (guess it’s good to travel alone sometimes hehe!). Now the musical was amazing! Bravo! My fav was the sister of the main character. She had a voice this actress OMG! She should be in the main role for sure! And they play other Whitney Houston hits not in the movie. Beautiful tribute this musical! I cried my eyes out lol!

I was lucky enough to see Beverley Knight and the excellent cast perform The Bodyguard Musical on December 9, 2013.
I wasn’t lucky enough to get there for 7.30pm which meant we missed the start of the show HOWEVER the staff were incredibly helpful.
They allowed us to enter the theatre and watch the show on a TV screen.
At the interval we managed to get into the stall area where our seats were and I have to say I was impressed! We weren’t too far away from the stage and it sounded fantastic!
The only real downsides? Drinks are super expensive. A double vodka and diet soda and a soda and lime totalled £10.20. Ouch!
Also the seats didn’t have much arm room meaning I was conscious of hitting the person sitting next to me.
However if you are lucky enough to see this show before it ends the current run you’ll come away real happy!

It almost didn’t matter that the theatre was more than slightly aged. Watching Heather Headley take the role of Rachel Marron, powering through Whitney’s greatest hits simply made my week. The Adelphi is a somewhat intimate venue, so much that your should expect to bump knees with your neighbor every so often. Otherwise the facility is clean, presentable and appears to be in good working order.

The Adelphi Theatre, located on The Strand, is one of my favourite theatres in London. The building is beautiful, and the theatre inside is absolutely huge. I came in here last night to see The Bodyguard and was absolutely blown away. As someone who’s seen 150+ musicals, it was definitely one of the best I’ve ever seen. Heather Headley, who’s playing the lead, is absolutely exceptional. You’d genuinely think Whitney was standing on stage.
The staff in the theatre were lovely, and as you can expect, anything you’ll be buying in here from merchandise to a drink at the bar is going to be extortionately priced. That’s a theatre for you!
If you’re looking for a show to see in London right now, this is definitely the one I’d go for! Especially if you’re a Whitney Houston fan!

The Adelphi Theatre is fine for seeing a show. Not amazing, not horrible, but a solid experience for a night out.
To begin with, it is small. It’s cramped to get in, up the stairs or basically anywhere. It’s also a little labyrinthiney. You walk twisting staircases that lead to other twisting staircases. And for some reason, on the upper deck, you have to go through the theatre and out to get to the gents room. Weird.
The decorations of the theatre are simple but elegant, but in a clearly redesigned in the ‘80s kind of way. Not in a bad way though, it was quite nice.
You can order drinks/​food to be ready for you at intermission and then just swing by and pick them up as soon as it begins. That’s a neat feature that I will take advantage of next time I go.
Moving to your seat can be a bit of a pain but once you find it, you are good to go. We were in the upper section and our line of sight was fine. We could see all that was going on and the acoustics were amazing even all the way up there.
I’d come back here for a show. It might not be my first choice but it wouldn’t stop me from seeing a show here again.

Went here last night and saw ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’. The show was unbelievably funny and I enjoyed it greatly, so I certainly left the theatre happy. The theatre itslef is nice, if nothing special, though somewhat intimate. The Gents’ that I used was on the small side. There is a full bar so you can have a drink while you watch your show. Certainly worth visiting this theatre if it has a show you want to see.

Enjoyed This theater very much and the intimate feeling of the place. We were sitting in the 3^rd row and that might have been a little too close given how tall the stage is. A few more rows back would have been perfect.
The only thing that was odd was how casual the place is to the point you can eat ice cream in your seat during the show. As they serve Hagen Daz, I wonder if this is just for the tourists.

I was taken to see ‘Love Never Dies’ as a Christmas treat by my friend and I thought I’d add my two penneth worth to the big debate about this sequel to Phantom of the Opera.
Firstly, I have to confess that Phantom is my favourite musical but I’ve tried my best to be impartial and judge Love Never Dies on its own merits.
Firstly, The Adelphi is a smallish theatre on the Strand. It feels a little cramped inside but our sightlines from just after halfway up on the Grand Circle level were fine with banking allowing everyone a good view.
My friend was quite cross that she wasn’t told that the show we watched was a preview, especially as the prices were definitely full price. Sharp business practice or just dishonesty?
I was really hoping to enjoy the sequel to Phantom but sadly, I came away disappointed. The main problem is with the story. It does pre-​suppose familiarity with Phantom in order to understand how the characters are related but I think most who go to watch this will be fans anyway. However, the main problem is that the way they act in this show just stretches the imagination too far — their motivation and actions don’t fit at all with the first show.
There is no rhyme or reason to the ending, which is basically the painfully telegraphed death by accidental shooting of a main character. At the end of the show, no-​one clapped as it was so abrupt and we weren’t sure if it was the end.
Andrew Lloyd Webber could be relied on for a good tune in his previuos works and the reason I loved Phantom so much was that I had the music in my head for weeks after watching it. Here, he tries to reproduce some of the dramatic operatic devices of Phantom but uses too many discordant minor keys. The main theme song, Love Never Dies, was a bit shrill and to my disappointment, I couldn’t hum you a single phrase from thi musical 10 minutes after leaving the theatre.
I do like to end on some plusses. The main leads for Phantom and Christine did well with a poor score and story but I did have trouble hearing the words sung by Christine. The set had some nice dramatic tricks and projections with some clever forced perspective scenes.
So a thumbs down from me and Lloyd-​Webber claims that he should only be judged on the final product. Well, in that case, give my friend back her money as you didn’t tell her we were going to a preview show and we’ll come and see it again when you have sorted it out.

Went with the girl to see the first preview for ‘Love Never Dies’, and was worried that the seats would be terrible, as I had previously booked front row seats, but the first show was cancelled, so I was only able to get third floor, fifth row seats.
However, the seats were actually ridiculously good, considering that we were three floors away from the stage! I was able to see everything on stage, assuming that the person seated in front of me did not lean forward– it’s a hard to explain logic, suffice to say that vertigo sufferers may not really enjoy the seats.
And for those with less than perfect eyesight, a pair of opera glasses was conveniently located in the seats directly in front of us, although unfortunately we did not notice it until we were getting ready to leave, as the patrons in front of us had draped their coats over their seat backs, hiding the opera glasses.
The one downside for sitting on the third floor though is that I wouldn’t really bother sitting anywhere further than the sixth… maybe seventh row. When I first entered the third floor, I wasn’t even able to see the stage at all, and I can’t even begin to imagine what it would be like for people sitting in the back row!
Also, you might not want to dress too warmly, because despite being in the middle of February, I begin feeling really warm towards the intermission. I spoke to a gentleman beside us, and he agreed as well.

I’d have to say my experience was somewhat similar to Larissa D’s (minus the heat and the tramp, add four drunken teenage obnoxious idiots sat behind me), considering we went to the same show on different nights. Mind you, the aforementioned not-​so-​fab four were not part of the menu and nothing to do with the theatre itself. How ironic, I thought to myself as I left, that just as we walked in I said to my girl, ‘What I like about a show like this is when you’ve paid nearly fifty quid and it’s in a theatre, you’re not gonna get dickheads showing up, like you might if it was a gig in a grungy den and you only paid a tenner.’ Ah, well.
The theatre itself may have been dated (with binoculars for hire every second seat!) but it was part of its charm for me. The facilities were all good and it had everything you expect. I found the seats to be not as cramped as I had expected, and the acoustics were also pleasantly surprisingly good.
I’d definitely be happy to go back to the Adelphi, though, as with music venues, its inevitably the show you pick, not the place.

Everything seemed a bit ‘80s-​art-​deco-​throwback, but I can’t say it was off-​putting. From the well-​maintained foyer to the comfortable (albeit cramped) seats; the reasonably priced concessions (£2.50 for just about everything snack and soft-​drink related) to the unobstructed views to the clean but dated toilets — I have nothing to complain about. It did get rather hot in the theatre, but that’s to be expected, especially when it’s still 23C outside. Ultimately, the Adelphi delivered what you’d expect of a theatre that charges you £43 for a ticket
The tramp sleeping directly in the walkway leading from the side exit doors? That’s free.