Peacock Theatre
The Peacock Theatre is a West End theatre in the City of Westminster, located in Portugal Street, near Aldwych. The 999-seat house is owned by, and comprises part of the London School of Economics and Political Science campus, who use the theatre for lectures, public talks, conferences, political speeches and open days.- Type: Theater building
- Description: theater in London, England
- Also known as: “PEA”, “Royalty Cinerama Theatre”, and “Royalty Theatre”
- Address: 35 Portugal Street, London, WC2A 2HT
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and Royal Opera House.
Leicester Square
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London. The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.
Royal Opera House
Arts center
Photo: Russ London, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Royal Opera House is a theatre in Covent Garden, central London. The building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. Royal Opera House is situated 1,200 feet southwest of Peacock Theatre.
Theatre Royal
Theater building
Photo: Sue Adair, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, commonly known as Drury Lane, is a West End theatre and Grade I listed building in Covent Garden, London, England. The building faces Catherine Street and backs onto Drury Lane. Theatre Royal is situated 780 feet southwest of Peacock Theatre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Clement Danes and Covent Garden.
St Clement Danes
Neighborhood
St Clement Danes was a civil parish in the metropolitan area of London, England; an ecclesiastical version remains. The parish was split between the Liberty of Westminster and the Liberty of the Duchy of Lancaster.
Covent Garden
Photo: Hamster28, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Covent Garden is one of the main shopping and entertainment districts of London, and is hugely popular with visitors, who swarm to its shops, bars and restaurants, especially at weekends.
Temple
Quarter
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Temple is an area or precinct of the City of London surrounding Temple Church. It is one of the main legal districts in London and a notable centre for English law, from the Middle Ages to the present day.
Peacock Theatre
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.51441° or 51° 30′ 52″ northLongitude
-0.11764° or 0° 7′ 4″ westInception
1960Open location code
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wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q748557
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Slovenian—“Peacock Theatre” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “孔雀劇院”
- Dutch: “Peacock Theatre”
- French: “Peacock Theatre”
- Italian: “Peacock Theatre”
- Japanese: “ピーコック・シアター”
- Russian: “Павлин театр”
- Russian: “Театр Пикок”
- Slovenian: “Peacock Theatre”
- Slovenian: “Royalty Theatre”
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