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The Fortune Theatre is located in Russell Street, Covent Garden in London. It is most closely associate with its current production, The Woman In Black, which has become a West End mainstay and a must-see ticket for people of all ages. This enigmatic and brilliant play first took up residence at The Fortune in 1989 and is now the second longest-running non-musical play in the history of the West End, after The Mousetrap. The theatre and the show celebrated 5000 performances in July 2001 with a huge party, which was held in the Stalls Bar and the auditorium. In 2012 the play’s huge success saw it turn into a highly successful film starring Daniel Radcliffe.
The Fortune’s original building plans were discovered by Richard L. Hay, who used the exact plans to design and build the Elizabethan Stage at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon. The Fortune Theatre, once so succinctly described as ”this most intimate of theatres” first opened to the public on Saturday, 8th November 1924. Built on the site of the old Albion Tavern, it was the first London theatre to be built after World War I.
The Fortune has seen many celebrated actors and actresses perform on its stage. Amongst the impressive roll call are Dame Judi Dench, Dirk Bogarde and Maureen Lipman, who famously portrayed the late Joyce Grenfell in her one woman show, ”Re-Joyce”. Variety stars Flanders and Swann played here and The Fortune was home to the ground- breaking revue from Cambridge, Beyond The Fringe. That run saw the original line-up of Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and Jonathan Miller perform together. Other shows that ran here include Mr Cinders, Double Double, Nunsense and Dangerous Obsession.
For many years, The Fortune was privately owned, but in December 2001, it became part of the hugely successful Ambassador Theatre Group and joined ATG’s nine other West End theatres.
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