Haymarket Theatre

The Haymarket Theatre was designed by Building Design Partnership, to supersede the small Phoenix Theatre. When first built, the auditorium sat 750 people, "built with a large London dimensioned stage, capable of staging grand Opera, or Ballet, but having too small a seating capacity to make it viable for such shows". Later a rehearsal area in the building was converted into a smaller, more intimate stage, the Studio Theatre, which sat 120 people. The musical director was American Robert Mandell, and the Haymarket soon gained a reputation for developing and producing stage musicals, many of which transferred to the West End in London and Broadway in New York. The Haymarket mounted several…