Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has been the resident production at the Palace since 2016 and continues to book with no end date in sight, so there’s no confirmed next show. I’ll update this page as soon as anything changes at the Palace.
The Palace Theatre has four seating levels: Stalls, Dress Circle, Grand Circle and Balcony. It’s a tall, narrow theatre with one of the steepest balconies in the West End, so it’s worth thinking carefully about where you sit.
The Stalls hold 611 seats and offer the most immersive view of the play’s large-scale staging and stage magic, though a few pillars can affect the view from the very edges.
The Dress Circle holds 275 seats and gives a great overview of the stage, well suited to a production with so much visual spectacle. Central seats are the best choice.
The Grand Circle holds 228 seats and sits higher up at a lower price. A safety rail can affect the front row, so middle rows tend to have the clearest view.
The Balcony holds 328 seats and is one of the steepest in the West End. It’s a budget-friendly option, but it’s not recommended if you’re not comfortable with heights.
The Palace Theatre sits on Shaftesbury Avenue, right by Cambridge Circus. The nearest tube station is Leicester Square (Piccadilly and Northern lines), just a short walk away, with Tottenham Court Road and Covent Garden also close by.
The Palace Theatre opened in January 1891 as the Royal English Opera House, designed by Thomas Edward Collcutt, with Arthur Sullivan’s Ivanhoe as its opening production. The opera venture struggled, and within a year it was converted into a music hall and renamed the Palace Theatre of Varieties.
Over the following century it hosted landmark productions including The Sound of Music, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Les Misérables, which played here from 1985 to 2004. Andrew Lloyd Webber bought the theatre in 1983 and restored its glorious terracotta exterior. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has been the resident production since 2016, and the theatre is now owned and operated by Nimax Theatres.
The Palace Theatre has a capacity of 1,442 across its four levels: Stalls, Dress Circle, Grand Circle and Balcony.
The Palace Theatre is owned and operated by Nimax Theatres.
It opened in January 1891 as the Royal English Opera House, later becoming the Palace Theatre of Varieties in 1892.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has been the resident production at the Palace Theatre since June 2016.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is currently playing at the Palace Theatre.
The theatre offers step-free access to the Stalls level, though as with many historic West End venues there’s no lift to the upper circles.
Leicester Square is the closest, with Tottenham Court Road and Covent Garden also nearby.
Central Stalls and Dress Circle both give an excellent view of the play’s large-scale staging. The Balcony is steep, so it’s worth avoiding if you’re not comfortable with heights.
You can book tickets for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Palace Theatre directly through the official show website. I’d always recommend booking through the show’s own site or a trusted official retailer to avoid inflated resale prices.
