Arts Theatre, 6-7 Great Newport Street, Westminster WC2

The Arts Theatre, designed by P. Morley Horder who converted an existing building internally at a cost of £18,500, opened on the 20th of April 1927. The building was designed as a Club for anyone interested in theatre, public or professional, with a small intimate theatre included and an auditorium which held 300 people. the theatre was later altered to the design of Basil Ionides (1934) and reconstructed after a serious fire in 1951. The theatre boasts a tea room and a cocktail bar.

Morley Horder's daughter, Barbara Horder, appeared on stage here in April 1928

Reference    Building Act case file (Tea Shops and Theatres) GLC/AR/BR/06/059211 drawings on file