Tube

Leicester Square/Tottenham Court Road

Train

Charing Cross, Victoria and Waterloo

Bus

Bus Routes: 19, 22, 24, 38, 40, 176.

Parking

Parking for The Phoenix Theatre at NCP Great Russell Street/Upper St Martin's Lane

While the elevation of this theatre which fronts onto Charing Cross Road looks rather drab, the art deco interior, which was designed by the Russian director and designer Theodore Komisarjevsky, is fantastic. In the 1970's the entrance to the theatre was moved from Charing Cross Road to Phoenix Street, while the Advance Box Office is half-way between the two in Charing Cross Road. In 1986 part of the adjacent car park, which had been a former bomb site, was used to build a cinema, but this has now been demolished to make way for a residential development. Karl Marx once lived in this building, one of the oldest in Soho. But its claim to fame in the 20th century was as "Leoni's Quo Vadis", one of London's most respected Italian restaurants founded in the 1930s by Peppino Leoni. The charm of the ground floor restaurant with its stained glass windows and simple interior has been restored and a menu devised whose range and quality have won instant acclaim. The striking works of art displayed around the restaurant are created in homage to such luminaries as Lucio Fontana and Alberto Giacometti. Currently showing is Blood Brothers by Willy Russell.

There are five bars with confectionery also available at The Phoenix Theatre.