There are four main groups who own the West End (see below for a breakdown of their venues): Delfont Macktintosh Theatres, controlled by producer impresario Cameron Mackintosh; LW Theatres, controlled by musicals composer Andrew Lloyd Webber; ATG, or Ambassador Theatre Group, which is the largest theatre owner by ...
The majority of West End theatres are owned by the Ambassador Theatre Group, Delfont Mackintosh Theatres, Nimax Theatres, LW Theatres, and the Nederlander Organization.
Sir Cameron Mackintosh's Delfont Mackintosh Theatres Ltd owns (as six freeholds and two long leases) and operates eight of the most prestigious theatres in London's West End: the Gielgud, Noël Coward, Novello, Prince Edward, Prince of Wales, Sondheim, Victoria Palace and Wyndham's.
HOW MUCH WEST END ACTORS GET PAID | (FULL WAGES EXPOSED)
Who owns West End Theatres?
There are four main groups who own the West End (see below for a breakdown of their venues): Delfont Macktintosh Theatres, controlled by producer impresario Cameron Mackintosh; LW Theatres, controlled by musicals composer Andrew Lloyd Webber; ATG, or Ambassador Theatre Group, which is the largest theatre owner by ...
The minimum weekly wage for actors in venues with a capacity of over 1,100 seats is £695, £632 for 800 to 1,099 seats, and £569 for any theatre that has 799 seats or fewer. By comparison, the minimum wage for Broadway performers is $2,034 a week, or £1,430 at today's exchange rates.
Most West End Theatres belong to a major theatre group, including Delfont Mackintosh Theatres, LW Theatres, Nimax Theatres and ATG. Check out our guide to West End Theatre ownership.
What's the largest theatre in London's West End? The English National Opera's London Coliseum seats an incredible 2,359 people, while the London Palladium holds a whopping 2,286 seats.
LW Theatres has owned the building since 2000. The land beneath it is on a long-term lease from the Crown Estate. The name of the theatre changes with the gender of the monarch.
In 2008, The Daily Telegraph ranked him number 7 in their list of the "100 most powerful people in British culture". In the Sunday Times Rich List of 2021, Mackintosh was estimated to have a net worth of £1.2 billion.
Chelsea. Chelsea is one of the richest neighbourhoods in London, a district situated in west London. It's known for its fashionable and expensive shops and restaurants, as well as being home to many of the richest people in the world.
By the 1970s, Regent Street had started to decline because of under-investment and competition from neighbouring areas such as Oxford Street or shopping centres away from Central London. In 2002, the Crown Estate, which owns most of Regent Street on behalf of the monarch, started a major redevelopment programme.
The Sunday Times Rich List of 2019 saw him ranked the richest musician in the UK (overtaking Paul McCartney) with a fortune of £820 million ($1.074 billion). He lives at Sydmonton Court, Hampshire, and owns much of nearby Watership Down. Lloyd Webber is an art collector, with a passion for Victorian painting.
Does Andrew Lloyd Webber own Gillian Lynne Theatre?
He owns six West End Theatres including the Cambridge Theatre, Adelphi Theatre (co-owned with the Nederlander Group), the Gillian Lynne Theatre, His Majesty's Theatre, Theatre Royal Drury Lane and The London Palladium.
Lying to the west of the historic Roman and medieval City of London, the West End was long favoured by the rich elite as a place of residence because it was usually upwind of the smoke drifting from the crowded City.
Gregory Lynn, from Dunbar in East Lothian, has run the Prince Charles Cinema near Leicester Square for 20 years. He said he wanted to revive Edinburgh Filmhouse as an independent cinema.
In 2022 leading West End producer and theatre owner, Nica Burns, announced the opening of @sohoplace, the first new-build West End theatre in 50 years. The culmination of a 12-year project, the theatre is owned by Nica Burns and operated by Nimax Theatres, with state-of-the-art facilities.
To Kill A Mockingbird at the Gielgud Theatre had the most expensive top-price play ticket at £199.50. Cabaret, which won seven Olivier awards this year including best actor and best actress in a musical for Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley, was the most expensive musical, with top seats coming in at £303.80.
THE child stars of the hit West End musical Matilda are paid just £250 a week — a fraction of the £1,095 fee their American counterparts will earn when the play opens on Broadway next spring.
