Prince of Wales Theatre seating capacity slightly to 1,160 seats and to modernise the theatre's facilities. New bars were added, the auditorium completely rebuilt, the backstage areas refurbished and the theatre's famous tower and exterior completely gutted and refurbished with new LED lighting and a crisp modern finish. The theatre re-opened with ABBA's musical "Mamma Mia!" on 16 April 2004. On 18 August 2007, "Mamma Mia!" became the longest-running show ever at the Prince of Wales, overtaking the previous record held by "Aspects of Love" with 1,326 performances at the venue and counting. The production marked another landmark on Thursday 23 August 2007, celebrating
London International Festival of Theatre then, LIFT has returned to its biennial format with festivals in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018. LIFT 2018 took place from 25 May and ran until 22 July. The festival programme included 17 productions, 10 of which are commissions or co-commissions, 5 world premieres and 8 UK premieres. One of these is SESSION, a Tottenham original production involving young dancers, live afrobeats music, designers and musicians which will take place in Bernie Grant Arts Centre. American playwright and actress Anna Deavere Smith returned to the Royal Court Theatre for her first London appearance in 25 years with Notes From