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8 Argyll Street
London
W1F 7TF
United Kingdom
GB
Closest tube: Oxford Circus
Hotels: St Giles Hotel [3], St Georges Hotel [4], The Langham Hotel [5], The Sanderson Hotel [4], Grange Langham Court [4]
Parking: NCP Brewer Street
Buses: Oxford Circus
The London Palladium is one of Londons most famous theatres. It has been home to more Royal Variety Performances than any other venue, and was the home of televisions Ace Variety Theatre Of The World. Today, it programmes mainly large, popular musicals, many adapted from films, and maintains its high national profile. It is known for its musical variety shows, and is still one of the capitals most celebrated venues for musical theatre.
Just over 100 years old, The Palladium was built as a variety hall to compete with the likes of The London Hippodrome and The London Coliseum. It was one of the most famous music halls, and in the 1930s became the home of The Crazy Gang (Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allan, Jimmy Nervo, Teddy Knox, Charlie Naughton, and Jimmy Gold), who were a great favourite of the roal family, especially of George VI.
After the war, manager Val Parnell increased the number of high profile American acts who played the venue, acts who had found an audience in Great Britain with the Gis who spent part of the war there. These included: Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Danny Kaye, Sammy Davis Jr, and Judy Garland. From 1955 onwards the theatre became the home of televisions Sunday Night At The London Palladium, which was hosted by Bruce Forsyth. In 1968 Sammy Davis Jr starred in Golden Boy, which was the first book musical to be performed at the theatre starting a long tradition.
Although variety and music continued at the Palladium into the 1990s, by this point they were becoming very minor parts of the programme, which was dominated by book musicals like Oliver!and Joseph And His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. In the year 2000, the theatre was taken over by Andrew Lloyd Webbers Really Useful Group, and has, since then, devoted itself to musicals, especially those adapted from films. The theatre also put on The Sound Of Music, in which the part of Maria was cast through a television voting process. The theatre can accommodate both its big musical and one-off shows by having systems for flying all of the sets for the larger musicals out of the way into the Fly Loft on occasion.
The theatre itself seats 2,200, and is down a side street by the side entrance of Oxford Street tube station. This can get very busy during rush hour, and when the theatre is getting in or out. It is, however, very convenient for the Victoria Line or Central Line, being just next to the Argyll Street exit. It is about a fifteen-minute walk from the mainline rail station at Charing Cross, or a short tube ride from Victoria if you want to take the overground train. Disabled patrons are urged to contact the Theatre Manager on arrival as there are steps up into the theatre, and help can be arranged.
Slick, spectacular, and well worth a visit, the Palladium is hugely convenient for those shopping on Oxford Street, Carnaby Street, or at Libertys. If you want to see the best, freshest, most spectacular musical theatre in town then the London Palladium is a good bet to have what you want
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| HOTEL / APARTMENT | POSTCODE | MILES | STAR | 23 May | 24 May | 25 May | 26 May | 27 May | 28 May | 29 May | 30 May |
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| Saint Georges Hotel | W1B 2QS | 0.32 | 4 | £227.00 | £227.00 | Full | Full | £117.00 | £187.00 | £197.00 | £197.00 |
| The Westbury Hotel - Bond Street London | W1S 2YF | 0.41 | 5 | £442.80 | £370.80 | £202.80 | £310.80 | £238.80 | £238.80 | £442.80 | £442.80 |
| Sanderson - A Morgans Hotel | W1T 3NG | 0.41 | 5 | Full | Full | £310.80 | £310.80 | £310.80 | £274.80 | Full | Full |
| Grange Langham Court Hotel | W1W 6BU | 0.46 | 4 | Full | £191.00 | Full | Full | £126.00 | £191.00 | Full | £239.00 |
| Chandos House | W1G 9LQ | 0.49 | 4 | Full | Full | Full | Full | £99.00 | Full | Full | Full |
| The Hallam | W1W 6JF | 0.53 | 3G | Full | Full | £79.00 | £79.00 | £65.00 | £100.00 | £79.00 | £79.00 |
| The Rathbone Hotel | W1T 1LB | 0.55 | 4 | £390.00 | £210.00 | £126.00 | Full | £102.00 | £174.00 | £210.00 | £210.00 |
| Astor Court Hotel | W1W 6JQ | 0.56 | 3 | Full | Full | Full | Full | £110.00 | £110.00 | £110.00 | £110.00 |
| Radisson Blu Edwardian Berkshire Hotel | W1C 1BY | 0.65 | 4 | £330.00 | £300.00 | £174.00 | £174.00 | £150.00 | £234.00 | £246.00 | £246.00 |
| The Marylebone Hotel - A member of The Doyle Collection | W1G 8DN | 0.69 | 4 | £282.00 | £270.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £318.00 | £306.00 |
| Le Meridien Piccadilly | W1J 0BH | 0.70 | 4 | £358.80 | £334.80 | £310.80 | £310.80 | £334.80 | £322.80 | £322.80 | £322.80 |
| BEST WESTERN PREMIER Shaftesbury Piccadilly Hotel | W1D 6EX | 0.70 | 4 | Full | Full | £149.00 | £189.00 | £109.00 | £159.00 | £179.00 | £179.00 |
| myhotel Bloomsbury | WC1B3HD | 0.74 | 4 | Full | Full | £226.80 | £226.80 | £118.80 | £130.80 | £178.80 | £238.80 |
| The Bloomsbury Hotel - A member of The Doyle Collection | WC1B 3NN | 0.75 | 4 | £366.00 | £234.00 | £162.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £198.00 | £378.00 |
| Brown's - A Rocco Forte Hotel | W1S 4BP | 0.76 | 5 | £558.00 | £438.00 | £354.00 | £402.00 | £354.00 | £402.00 | £438.00 | £438.00 |
| St Giles Hotel and Leisure Club | WC1B 3AS | 0.77 | 3 | £129.00 | £129.00 | £129.00 | £129.00 | £92.00 | £90.00 | Full | £129.00 |
| The Cavendish London - Piccadilly | SW1Y 6JF | 0.81 | 4 | £499.00 | £289.00 | Full | Full | £259.00 | £239.00 | Full | £249.00 |
| Millennium Hotel London Mayfair | W1K 2HP | 0.84 | 4 | £480.00 | £480.00 | £528.00 | £528.00 | £330.00 | £528.00 | £528.00 | £528.00 |
| The May Fair | W1J 8LT | 0.85 | 5 | £514.80 | £358.80 | £298.80 | £346.80 | £262.80 | £310.80 | £406.80 | £358.80 |
| Grange Fitzrovia Hotel | W1W 5 N B | 0.86 | 4 | Full | £203.00 | £167.00 | Full | £126.00 | £251.00 | Full | £191.00 |
| 3, Ryder Street Chambers - St James's - Piccadilly Serviced Apartments | SW1Y 6PY | 0.90 | 4A | Full | £265.00 | £310.00 | £269.00 | £185.00 | Full | £235.00 | £205.00 |
| Durrants Hotel | W1H 5BJ | 0.91 | 4 | Full | Full | £165.00 | £165.00 | £165.00 | £165.00 | £165.00 | £165.00 |
| Washington Mayfair Hotel | W1J 5HE | 0.92 | 4 | Full | Full | £186.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | Full |
| Radisson Blu Edwardian, Hampshire | WC2H 7LH | 0.93 | 5 | £336.00 | £288.00 | £214.80 | £214.80 | £204.00 | £204.00 | £252.00 | £252.00 |
| Staunton Hotel | WC1E 6HE | 0.94 | 4G | Full | £189.00 | £189.00 | £189.00 | £159.00 | £159.00 | £189.00 | Full |
| Radisson Blu Edwardian, Kenilworth | WC1B 3LB | 0.94 | 4 | £264.00 | £222.00 | Full | Full | £118.80 | £162.00 | £198.00 | £198.00 |
| The Academy, The Bloomsbury Town House | WC1E 6HG | 0.95 | 4 | Full | Full | Full | Full | £102.00 | £162.00 | £186.00 | £246.00 |
| Flemings Hotel Mayfair | W1J 7BH | 0.96 | 4 | £338.41 | £290.41 | £170.41 | £199.21 | £170.41 | £199.21 | £290.41 | £290.41 |
| Radisson Blu Edwardian, Bloomsbury Street | WC1B 3QD | 0.98 | 4 | £282.00 | £186.00 | £270.00 | £178.80 | £162.00 | £174.00 | £214.80 | £214.80 |
| Radisson Blu Edwardian, Sussex | W1H 6PA | 0.99 | 4 | £342.00 | £270.00 | £126.00 | £162.00 | £106.80 | £198.00 | £198.00 | £186.00 |
| Radisson Blu Edwardian, Leicester Square | WC2H 7HL | 0.99 | 4 | £366.00 | £366.00 | £214.80 | £238.80 | £214.80 | £246.00 | £306.00 | £306.00 |
| Garth Hotel | WC1E 6HJ | 1.01 | 2 | £155.00 | Full | £69.00 | Full | £79.00 | £69.00 | £94.00 | £79.00 |
| Hyatt Regency London - The Churchill | W1H 7BH | 1.03 | 5 | Full | Full | Full | Full | £504.00 | £504.00 | £552.00 | £552.00 |
| Hotel Cavendish | WC1E 6HJ | 1.04 | 4 | £225.00 | £195.00 | £105.00 | Full | £95.00 | £95.00 | £105.00 | £105.00 |
| Radisson Blu Edwardian Grafton Hotel | W1T 5AY | 1.07 | 4 | £250.80 | £262.80 | £130.80 | £166.80 | £90.00 | £178.80 | £198.00 | £198.00 |
| The Royal Trafalgar - A Thistle Hotel | WC2H 7HG | 1.07 | 4 | £358.80 | £214.80 | £178.80 | £178.80 | £178.80 | £286.80 | £286.80 | £286.80 |
| Thistle Marble Arch | W1H 7EH | 1.14 | 4 | £310.80 | £334.80 | £222.00 | £238.80 | £162.00 | £202.80 | £262.80 | £202.80 |
| The Leonard Hotel | W1H 7JW | 1.16 | 4 | £258.00 | £270.00 | £210.00 | £243.00 | Full | £184.00 | £144.00 | £144.00 |
| Melia White House Hotel | NW1 3UP | 1.17 | 4 | £240.00 | £252.00 | £198.00 | £216.00 | £144.00 | £156.00 | £228.00 | £228.00 |
| The Kingsley - A Thistle Hotel | WC1A 2SD | 1.19 | 4 | Full | £240.00 | £162.00 | £180.00 | £168.00 | £192.00 | £240.00 | £228.00 |
| Park Lane Mews Hotel | W1J 7BS | 1.20 | 4 | £294.00 | £184.00 | £144.00 | £154.00 | £114.00 | £234.00 | £170.00 | £170.00 |
| Grange Blooms Town House Hotel | WC1B 5BP | 1.20 | 3 | Full | £203.00 | Full | Full | £126.00 | £191.00 | £251.00 | Full |
| Wigmore Court Guest House | W1U 8HS | 1.21 | 3G | £180.00 | £180.00 | £125.00 | £85.00 | £85.00 | £75.00 | £115.00 | £120.00 |
| Montague on the Gardens - A Red Carnation Hotel | WC1B 5BJ | 1.22 | 4 | Full | £186.00 | £174.00 | £174.00 | £174.00 | £174.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 |
| St George Hotel | W1U 8JE | 1.23 | 4G | £149.00 | £115.00 | £125.00 | £125.00 | £98.00 | £98.00 | £98.00 | £98.00 |
| Gloucester Place Hotel | W1U 8JQ | 1.23 | 3 | £105.00 | £75.00 | £105.00 | £165.00 | £95.00 | £109.00 | £79.00 | £89.00 |
| The Athenaeum | W1J 7BJ | 1.25 | 5 | £366.00 | £366.01 | £299.00 | £299.00 | £275.00 | £299.00 | £366.00 | £366.00 |
| Blandford Hotel | W1U 5AF | 1.26 | 4G | £159.00 | £159.00 | Full | Full | £99.00 | £129.00 | £129.00 | £125.00 |
| Beauchamp Hotel | WC1B 5JH | 1.27 | 4 | £275.00 | Full | Full | Full | £126.00 | £167.00 | £227.00 | Full |
| The Cumberland - A Guoman hotel | W1H 7DL | 1.27 | 4 | £286.80 | £286.80 | £154.80 | £190.80 | £142.80 | £202.80 | £238.80 | £238.80 |
| Station | Zone | Line(s) | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Circus Station | 1 | Central - Bakerloo - Victoria | 0.06 miles |
| Bond Street Station | 1 | Central - Jubilee | 0.61 miles |
| Tottenham Court Road Station | 1 | Central - Northern | 0.71 miles |
| Piccadilly Circus Station | 1 | Bakerloo - Piccadilly | 0.71 miles |
| Goodge Street Station | 1 | Northern | 0.75 miles |
| Station | Distance |
|---|---|
| Charing Cross London Station | 1.37 miles |
| London Euston Station | 1.59 miles |
| London Marylebone Station | 1.72 miles |
| London St Pancras Station | 2.03 miles |
| London Victoria Station | 2.21 miles |