Savoy Theatre
The Strand, London WC2

Built in the 1870s, the Savoy Theatre was built 8 years before the Savoy Hotel.

The theatre was built for Richard D'Oyly Carte and it was here that the D'Oyly Carte opera first created Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operas. 

The theatre was remodelled in Art Deco form in 1929 and restored in 1990 after a devastating fire.  The Theatre Museum in Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, has a display illustrating the restoration of the Savoy Theatre.