Prince of Wales Theatre

The Prince of Wales Theatre opened on 27 Oct. 1937. It was designed by Robert Cromie, with an interior design in an Art Deco style. There has been a theatre on this site since January 1884 – Edgar Bruce, an actor, had commissioned C. J. Phipps to build a theatre to be named the Prince's Theatre. The name was change in 1886 to the Prince of Wales Theatre for the current Prince, the future Edward VII.