The Grade-II listed Dominion Theatre is one of the largest theatres in London's West End with a seated capacity of 2,069 over two tiers of galleries. It was built in 1928–29, with art deco design by W and TR Milburn, as a venue for live shows.
In the 1930s, the building was converted to allow it to also show films, and during the 1980s, it became a popular venue for music concerts. Since the 1990s, the venue has played host to large-scale musicals including Grease, Scrooge: The Musical, Disney's Beauty and the Beast and Notre Dame de Paris among others. From 2002 to 2014, it was the long of long-running Queen musical We Will Rock You, created by Queen guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor together with British comedian Ben Elton opened.
(Sources: Wikipedia, theatre website)
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