Fortune Theatre
The Fortune Theatre is a 432-seat West End theatre in Russell Street, near Covent Garden, in the City of Westminster. From 1989 until 2023 the theatre hosted the long running play The Woman in Black.Photo: Lonpicman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Theater building
- Description: West End theater in London, England, UK
- Also known as: “The Fortune Theatre”
- Address: Russell Street, London, WC2B 5HH
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 400 feet southwest of Fortune 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.
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.
West End of London
Locality
Photo: Jimmy Baikovicius, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The West End of London is a district of London, England. It is west of the City of London and north of the River Thames, in the London Boroughs of Camden and the City of Westminster.
Fortune Theatre
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.51332° or 51° 30′ 48″ northLongitude
-0.12089° or 0° 7′ 15″ westLevels
5Open location code
9C3XGV7H+8JOpenStreetMap ID
way 80207930OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=theatreOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q9292634
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Fortune Theatre” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مسرح فورتون”
- Chinese: “时运剧院”
- Dutch: “Fortune Theatre”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مسرح فورتون”
- Indonesian: “Fortune Theatre”
- Indonesian: “Teater Fortune”
- Italian: “Fortune Theatre”
- Japanese: “フォーチュン・シアター”
- Persian: “تئاتر فورچون”
- Polish: “Fortune Theatre”
- Portuguese: “Fortune Theatre”
- Spanish: “El Teatro Fortuna”
- Spanish: “Fortune Theatre”
- Spanish: “Teatro Fortuna”
- Spanish: “The Fortune Theatre”
- Spanish: “The Fortune”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Crown Court Church and Covent Garden Playground.
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