The Metropolitan Theatre

The Metropolitan Theatre was a West End music hall and theatre located at 267 Edgware Road, Paddington, London. The original building on this site, the "White Lion Inn" dated from 1524. In 1836, this was rebuilt to become "Turnham's Grand Concert Hall". In 1862 rebuilding commenced again, at a cost of £25,000, ending in 1864 with an increased capacity of 2000 and a new name of "The Metropolitan Music Hall". It was redesigned in 1896 by the theatre architect Frank Matcham with a new and enlarged stage, new dressing rooms and a new auditorium seating 1,855; it opened in 1897 as "The Metropolitan Theatre". The theatre eventually became a television studio and was in use until it was demolished in 1964.