Brand new venue CAPITAL THEATRE to open in Westfield London in Autumn 2025
Karl Sydow and Adam Kenwright have announced their new joint venture, Capital Theatre, a permanent new theatre venue which will open in Westfield London in Autumn 2025, launching with the record-breaking Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story on Stage from 23 October.
Producer of Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage, Karl Sydow, said: “I began my entertainment journey in 1965 with Rock’n’Roll bands, moved to theatre in 1982, produced my first show in 1988 and received my first Tony nomination in 1991. I have presented shows all over the world from the smallest of the fringe to the largest of West End Theatres and produced Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage since 2004. So at the halfway point in my theatrical life I’m thrilled to be doing something very special and new to me with a very special friend. It’s time to build and run a venue! We have always had a mission to bring more people to the theatre and by opening the Capital Theatre at Westfield London, we are bringing a theatre to where the people are!”
Founder & Managing Partner at Kindred Partners, Adam Kenwright, continued: "We are so excited today to announce the Capital Theatre: a thrilling, state of the art addition to London's thriving entertainment scene. We have created a uniquely tailored and designed new space, with the experience of audiences at its heart. London's theatres are on course to deliver the greatest ever attendance figures in 2024, with 17 million tickets and, for the first time ever, sales in excess of £1 billion. Capital Theatre will build upon this, supported by superb transport links to provide easy access for audiences from across the UK. With Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage as the inaugural show in the venue, we will be launching with a world-renowned production that has a track record of more than a decade's sold-out seasons in London and throughout the country."
Capital Theatre is to be operated by Adam Kenwright and his company Kindred Partners in partnership with Karl Sydow, with the auditorium designed and built by the architect and design team behind The Bridge Theatre, @sohoplace, The Young Vic and the recent transformation of the Playhouse Theatre into the Kit Kat Club.
The brand new purpose-built 620 seat venue is set over 35,000 square feet, taking over the southwest corner at the vibrant Westfield London in Shepherd’s Bush. The intimate flexible auditorium will deliver a premium experience where every seat offers a fantastic view, and no customer will be more than nine rows from the performance stage area. The venue will accommodate premium rehearsal rooms, first class backstage facilities including offices, dressing rooms, creative and technical facilities alongside management offices.
The state-of-the-art venue will include a welcoming foyer café serving delicious food and drink throughout the day, complemented by an onsite box office and merchandise store open seven days a week. Capital Theatre is ideally situated in the heart of Westfield London, offering customers exceptional accessibility through numerous public transport links (served by four major London underground stations: Shepherd’s Bush, White City, Wood Lane and Shepherd’s Bush Market) and convenient car parks nearby, with 5000 parking spaces on site. The venue will have access directly from the street and from within Westfield itself.
Casting for Dirty Dancing is to be announced.
