Victoria Palace Theatre
Victoria Street , London , SW1E 5EA

Nearest underground:
Victoria (District Line, Circle Line, Victoria Line)

Nearest rail:
Victoria

Continuing in the tradition of its predecessors, the Victoria Palace has always been big on music. On the very same site stood music halls, Moy’s in the mid-19 th Century, renamed the Royal Standard in 1863. The Victoria Palace was built by architect Frank Matcham on the command of impresario Alfred Butt and opened in 1911 with variety bills and revues. It was home to one of theatre’s odder hits; a sentimental tale of a scoutmaster falsely accused of theft drew packed crowds who jeered at every seriously-intended moment.

The comic acts The Crazy Gang hijacked the Victoria Palace in the 1950s, riding on the back of their triumphs at the Palladium. Crowds kept them there for 15 years until they finally bowed out in 1962. After variety’s star faded it was musicals that picked up where they left off, easily filling the grand auditorium. Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story (1989) was the most popular of recent times, pulling in crowds for six years before transferring.

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