A small hotel called Royal Standard Hotel was built in the year 1932 in the present site of the Victoria Palace theatre.
The proprietor John Moy obtained a license in the year 1840. This license permitted for singing and dancing on the theatre premises. Thus, he planned to enlarge the building and started hosting music hall bills.
Soon the building became famous as Moy’s Music Hall. In the year 1854, the building was renamed as the Royal Standard Concert Rooms. In the year 1863, the premise was taken over by Alfred Brown. He then refurbished the building and named it as the Royal Standard Music Hall. This popular building was demolished in 1886 while building Victoria Street and Victoria Station. In the same year, Richard Wake built the Royale Standard Music Hall and then in the year 1910 it was sold to Alfred Butt.
In the 20th century due to the arrival of electricity and other theatrical technology, some drastic changes were needed and thus the oldest licensed music hall in London was demolished. Frank Matcham designed the new Victoria Palace Theatre that cost the huge sum of £12,000 to build. The theatre was opened to public in November 1911. After a recent refurbishment, the Victoria Palace theatre retains much of its original character right from its auditorium, front of the house and the dressing rooms. The grey marble foyer with its gold mosaic and white Sicilian marble pillars are the same as they were in 1911. The outside façade canopy and cupola have recently been restored. Presently the Victoria Palace theatre is managed by Sir Stephen Waley-Cohen. Nearest Tube : Victoria Tube Distance : 1 minute walk Train Station : Victoria Car Park : The Masterpark Car Park in Cumberland Street Map : Click Here
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