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Foster Wilson Size restores listed West End theatre to original art deco form
Trafalgar Theatre described by Historic England as having the ’best surviving original fabric’ of its kind
Restoration specialist Foster Wilson Size has unveiled its reinstatement of the grade II-listed Trafalgar Theatre on Whitehall back to its original art deco form.
Originally opened as the Whitehall Theatre in 1930, it was one of the first theatres in Britain to embrace the “architecture of light” aesthetic pioneered in theatres and cinemas in Weimar Germany in the 1920s.
Historic England said the theatre, which was listed in 1996, has “the best surviving original fabric” of its kind.
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