The venue formerly known as the St James Theatre has been bought by Dr Baron Dame Sir Andrew Lloyd Lord Webber BA (Hons) MEng, QC, MD to stage new musicals and, presumably on the basis that it being hidden in a back
street wasn't obstacle enough to audiences finding it, has been renamed The Other
Palace. A nod, I guess, to it being between the Victoria Palace and Buckingham
Palace, but with there actually being two Palace Theatres in London already, one of
them down the road, that technically makes this The Other, Other, Other Palace. In
any case, everyone seems to read it as The Other Place, which is yet another theatre
entirely, so basically what I'm saying is good luck with the #brand recognition,
guys. Anyway, my first trip there since the name change is to a musical from
Spring Awakening and
American Psycho songwriter Duncan Sheik, but
Whisper House is a much less explosive affair than either of those two.
