Richmond Theatre

Richmond Theatre usually host weekly productions of plays or musicals by professional touring companies, as well as a traditional pantomime at Christmas. The theatre is in a beautiful Victorian building designed by Frank Matcham, the leading theatre architect of his day. The theatre step free access to the stalls.

We were able to park on the yellow lines directly outside the theatre, which has a step-free entrance just across the pavement next to the other entrance, and it was then only a short roll down a sloped corridor to the stalls, passing a snug but manageable accessible loo on the way. The wheelchair spaces are at the back of the theatre under the circle, which creates the usual letterbox view of the stage as well as restricting vision. However, this was mitigated by the fact that the sound and lighting were excellent and the theatre is relatively short. The direction had also taken this into account and there was no action we could not see. Refreshments could be ordered from our seats and were delivered to us in the interval by helpful friendly staff.