Andrew Lloyd Webber's Theatre Company Undergoes Name Change to LW Theatres

Really Useful Theatres (RUT) has officially announced it is renamed LW Theatres.

The name change is designed to end any confusion between the theatre division and the Really Useful Group (RUG), which handles Andrew Lloyd Webber's creative output.

The six theatres in London's West End, owned by the composer, will keep their own titles - The London Palladium, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Cambridge Theatre, Her Majesty's Theatre, Gillian Lynne Theatre, and The Other Palace - as will the Adelphi Theatre which is co-owned with the Nederlander Group.

Rebecca Kane Burton, the Managing Director of LW Theatres, said; "The change will help the theatre company communicate directly and more effectively with a wider public and the business world."

Really Useful Theatres Group, now LW Theatres, owns and operates seven West End theatres: the London Palladium, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Her Majesty's Theatre, New London Theatre, Cambridge Theatre and The Other Palace. The Adelphi Theatre is co-owned with Nederlander International Limited.

The theatres offer a range of auditorium sizes with seating capacities from large 2,000-plus seats to mid-sized 1,000-plus, collectively covering over 10,000 seats across the West End. The Other Palace is a creative hub for all things musical theatre, with a 300-capacity theatre and 120-capacity studio space. With one third of the seating capacity in London's musical theatre market, approximately 1 in 3 of all visits to a London musical is to a Really Useful Theatres Group theatre. Current shows in our theatres include; 42nd Street, School of Rock the Musical, Matilda the Musical, Kinky Boots, and the world famous The Phantom of the Opera.

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