Queen's Theatre in a modern style. The reconstructed theatre opened 8 July 1959 with John Gielgud's solo performance in "Shakespeare speeches and sonnets, Ages of Man". Since April 2004, the theatre has played host to Cameron Mackintosh's production of "Les Misérables" which transferred after 18 years at the nearby Palace Theatre. The musical celebrated its 20th anniversary at the venue on 8 October 2005 and overtook "Cats" as the longest running musical of all time a year later on 8 October 2006. The theatre was Grade II listed by English Heritage in June 1972. An extensive refurbishment was undertaken in the latter
Phoenix Theatre, London the longest-running production at the theatre. Following limited engagements of "Goodnight Mr Tom" and "Midnight Tango". The theatre then played host to the original West End production of Broadway musical "Once", which opened in April 2013 and closed on 21 March 2015. , "Guys and Dolls" and "The Last Tango" played in 2016, with "Dirty Dancing" and "Peppa Pig's Surprise" comprising the 2016 Christmas season. "The Girls", a new musical by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth based on "The Calendar Girls" film, Played at the Phoenix Theatre with previews from 28 January 2017, and officially opened on 21 February 2017.