This production is recommended for ages 8+
Performance dates
23 November 2024 - 15 June 2025
Run time: 2hr 30 mins
Includes interval
10 reviews
The smash-hit film and bestselling book series, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, is now making waves in London’s West End! The musical adaptation first made its debut Off-Broadway in 2014 before completing a 16-week limited run on Broadway. Now mere mortals and gods alike can get ready for this modern-day odyssey live on stage, as the highly anticipated show rocks The Other Palace. Book your tickets to The Lighting Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical today!
The story follows Percy Jackson, who lives an ordinary life in New York until he’s shocked to discover he is the half-blood son of the Greek God Poseidon. As he is plunged into a world that some might say is all Greek to him, it turns out to be much bigger than he could possibly have imagined. With newly discovered powers he is unable to control, an unwanted destiny, and a whole textbook’s worth of mythical monsters on his trail, Percy must learn what it means to be a hero. The future of the world hangs in the balance as Percy and his friends embark on an epic adventure that will have you on the edge of your seat.
The bestselling book was first released in 2005 and garnered critical reception. From there, the book was made into a whole series with a total of 18 books. Since then, it was adapted for a film in 2012 starring Logan Lerman, Sean Bean, and Pierce Brosnan, and is now a major TV series on Disney+ that had huge success upon it’s release with 13.3 million viewers in its first six days.
Main Cast
The Other Palace originally started life as a chapel, dating back to 1766, which fell into disrepair by 1924 and was then converted into a cinema call the St. James Picture Theatre. In 1931 the cinema reopened as the Westminster Theatre with the crypt of the chapel becoming the dressing rooms, green room and bar. After a long campaign to save the theatre, after it fell dark in 1990 and the building was destroyed by a fire in 2002. In 2012 the St James Theatre was built on the site featuring a 312 seat main auditorium and a 120 seat studio theatre. After 4 years the theatre was acquired and refurbished by Andrew Lloyd Webber’s LW Theatres and reopened as The Other Palace in Feb 2017. The theatre then changed hands once again to the current owners Bill Kenwright Ltd.
The stalls are the only section of seating in The Other Palace’s auditorium. There is no central aisle and all the rows are steeply raked to ensure clear views from every seat. Rows A and B, sometimes removed depending on the production, are as you would imagine very close to the stage. Rows M and N are the furthest from the stage but still provide excellent views. To obtain the best overall views seating in the mid-stalls would be a preference for musicals, rows F-J, whereas a more immersive experience can be had for plays by seating closer to the stage. All seats have good legroom with perhaps the aisle seats feeling slightly more restrictive but overall the views are excellent throughout the auditorium.
3 Apr, 2025 | By James Wareham
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