The Cambridge Theatre

The Cambridge Theatre on Seven Dials, is known for its elegant design. The theatre was refurbished in 1950—the original gold and silver decor was painted over in red, and candelabras and chandeliers were added. It was again refurbished,by Carl Toms.

Productions at the Cambridge Theatre have often been relatively short runs with several dark periods and the theatre was used as a cinema for trade film shows in the late 1930s and again in 1969.

Notable productions include Tommy Steele in Half a Sixpence in 1963 (678 performances), Bruce Forsyth in Little Me in 1964 (334 performances) and in the late 1970s the Kander and Ebb musical Chicago ran for 590 performances. More recently the 'rock'n'roll' musical Return to the Forbidden Planet which was based on Shakespeare's The Tempest and used 1950s and 1960s songs opened in September 1989 and lasted until early 1993, winning the Olivier Award for Best New Musical—beating the favourite, Miss Saigon.

The controversial show Jerry Springer - The Opera when it finished at the Cambridge Theatre, was the longest running show on record at the theatre. This was followed by a month run of illusionist Derren Brown's Something Wicked. The London premiere of Flying Music's 'Dancing In The Streets' opened in July 2005 and transferred to the Playhouse theatre in August 2006.

The hit musical, Chicago, returned to the Cambridge theatre on 28th April 2006, transferring from the Adelphi theatre on the Strand.