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Cheap 39 Steps Tickets
Was: £49.50 Now: £29.99Valid Saturday matinees until 2nd June.
Was: £47.50 Now: £25.00Valid Tuesday and Wednesday evenings until 2nd June.
Was: £47.50 Now: £27.38Valid Monday to Friday performances 5th June to 28th September 2012.
Was: £47.50 Now: £15.99Valid Wednesday matinees until the 2nd June.
Was: £49.50 Now: £39.99Valid Saturday evenings only until the 2nd June.
Was: £47.50 Now: £29.00Valid Monday, Thursday and Friday evenings until 2nd June 2012.
Was: £25.00 Now: £12.50Valid all performances (restricted view seating).
39 Steps
Hitchcock meets hilarious in this innovative and award-winning comedy at the Criterion Theatre! Based on the John Buchan novel, and memorably filmed by Alfred Hitchcock, this astonishing theatrical tour-de-force is played with just four actors who play a minimum of 139 roles. THE 39 STEPS await you, so book your tickets today!
Booking until: Saturday, 20th October 2012Matinees: Wednesday 3pm, Saturday 4pm
Evenings: Monday to Saturday 8pm
Running time: 2 hours
Criterion Theatre Seating Plan
Apart from the Box Office area, the entire theatre is under ground, and is reached by descending a strikingly tiled stairway. The theatre was originally intended as a concert hall, but it was decided to change it to a theatre during the construction. The building was originally gaslight and had only basic ventilation, in 1883 it was forced to close by the local council. The theatre was then modified with proper ventilation and was electrified and reopened the following year. Like other theatres from the same period, columns are used to support both the Dress Circle and the Upper Circle, which means that many of the seats have a 'restricted view'. The theatre closed in 1989 (during the reconstruction of Piccadilly Circus) and was extensively refurbished, reopening in October 1992.
Recent productions at this theatre include Kevin Elyot's comedy "My Night With Reg" which transferred here from the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs on 21 November 1994 and went on to win the Best Comedy Award, Evening Standard Awards 1994. The Reduced Shakespeare Company's production of "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare - Abridged" opened here on 7 March 1996.
