PHANTOM OF THE OPERA / Her Majesty's Theatre
Based on Gaston Leroux's gothic novel, Andrew Lloyd Webber's romantic musical The Phantom of the Opera is a haunting story of seduction and despair.The Phantom of the Opera is set in the Paris Opera House during the 19th century, where the facially disfigured Phantom haunts and terrorizes occupants.  The mysterious masked Phantom falls in love with the young and beautiful soprano Christine and whisks her away to his subterranean lair below the theatre to teach her to sing "like an angel".Although she initially becomes entranced by him, she loves another: Raoul, a nobleman and patron of the Opera. She is faced with a stark choice: stay with the Phantom forever, or he will kill Raoul.

Her Majesty's Theatre

This theatre, the fourth on the site, and bearing its fifth name change, was designed in 1896 by C J Phipps. The original theatre built in 1705 by the dramatist-architect Sir John Vanbrugh and named the Queen's Theatre was burnt down in 1789, but rebuilt in 1791 as the King's Theatre. The theatre's sex changes to correspond with that of the reigning monarch and thus it became Her Majesty's in 1837, but again fir intervened and it was destroyed in 1867. In 1877 the Italian Opera House opened only to be demolished 14 years later to make way for the present building. From 1902 it was again called His Majesty's until the accession of Elizabeth II in 1952.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE INFORMATION

Haymarket, London, SW1Y 4QR
CAPACITY: 1,262
AIR-CONDITIONING: No
WHEELCHAIR SPACES: 2 spaces in Stalls. Transfer seating available to any aisle seat in Stalls.
DISABLED TOILETS: Yes
INFRA-RED SYSTEM: Yes
GUIDE DOGS: Not allowed inside auditorium but staff will look after during the performance.
NEAREST TUBE/RAIL STATION: Piccadilly Circus
BUSES: 3, 6, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 22, 22B, 38, 53, 88, 94, 159
NEAREST CAR PARKS: Whitcomb Street