New Victoria Theatre

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The New Victoria Theatre in Woking, England opened in June 1992. The theatre has presented dramas from groups such as the Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal National Theatre and the Peter Hall Company; regular visitors also include Glyndebourne on Tour, Scottish Ballet and Northern Ballet Theatre.

Large-scale musicals have included the award-winning Carmen Jones, Chicago, Cats and Miss Saigon, whilst the comedies, rock & roll musicals, children's shows and a Christmas pantomime also feature in the theatre's programme.

The theatre is split into three levels: Stalls, Royal Circle and Upper Circle, with the Royal Circle and Stalls having disabled seating available. The first three rows of the stalls (AA, BB and CC) are removed if space is needed for an orchestra pit. The theatre seats approximately 1,300 people, making it one of the largest receiving house theatres outside London.

Within the same complex are a six-screen cinema and the smaller Rhoda McGaw theatre, which is now accessed through the foyer of the New Victoria but was built some years earlier. The Rhoda McGaw Theatre (often simply referred to as "The Rhoda") seats 228 people and most of its productions are by local amateur groups.