St. Martin’s Theatre

The St. Martin’s Theatre was designed by W. G. R. Sprague as one of a pair of theatres, along with the Ambassadors Theatre, also in West Street. Richard Verney, 19th Baron Willoughby de Broke, together with B. A. (Bertie) Meyer, commissioned Sprague to design the theatre buildings. Although the Ambassadors opened in 1913, construction of the St. Martin’s was delayed by the outbreak of the First World War. The theatre is still owned by the present Lord Willoughby de Broke and his family. Located in the heart of London’s West End and theatre district, St. Martin’s Theatre has a capacity of 552 over three auditorium levels – Stalls (265), Dress Circle (123) and Upper Circle (153) – and four boxes (11). The theatre has three bars and is fully air-conditioned.