AHMM to open West End’s first newbuild theatre in half a century

Soho Place AHMM 4

Soho Place located next to the former site of the demolished Astoria Theatre

The West End’s first newbuild theatre for 50 years will open this autumn, the scheme’s designer AHMM has announced.

Soho Place will house a 600-seat auditorium on a site directly above the new Elizabeth line station at Tottenham Court Road, next to the site of the now-demolished Astoria theatre.

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