The Devil Wears Prada London: Teri Hatcher Joins on 20 October, and the Dominion Has No Lift to the Circle

Teri Hatcher takes over as Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada on 20 October. Debbie Kurup plays the editor until 17 October (and stays on as standby), so if the name on the poster is why you’re going, book for the 20th or later. The show itself is booking at the Dominion Theatre until 25 September 2027, so you have plenty of time, and the bigger planning issue is the building rather than the cast.

The Dominion has no lift to the circle

It’s a Grade II listed Art Deco theatre, and the theatre is straightforward about what that means. Getting into the circle is about 32 steps up to the entrance, and then a further 28 steps up to the back of the circle or 21 steps down to the front. There’s no lift. The stalls are the accessible part: two stalls seats, ZZ50 and XX50, can be removed to make a space for a wheelchair, reached from the foyer by a wheelchair lift that carries up to 300kg, which means manual and lightweight electric chairs only. The Nederlander Box is accessible from street level, with room for two wheelchair users and two companions and its own accessible toilet.

If you transfer to a seat, the staff store your wheelchair for the show and bring it to you at the interval. There are spaces for two chairs in the stalls and two in the box, so the theatre recommends booking well in advance. The access team has radar keys for the accessible toilets, though bringing your own helps. Receivers for audio enhancement can be borrowed from the box office against a deposit of an ID card or credit card, and assistance dogs are welcome anywhere in the theatre, although because of the sound levels you may prefer staff to look after yours during the show.

For leg room, stalls row A has the most. Seats N12 and N39, O12 and O39, and Z1 and Z50 are also good, according to the theatre. Access performances are on Saturday 14 November at 2.30pm (audio described) and Wednesday 25 November at 2.30pm (captioned), and there’s an Access List that notifies you when they go on sale.

What else the theatre tells you

It doesn’t have air conditioning. The theatre says so plainly, citing its age and listed status, and adds that there is an air cooling system. In a full house with a show of two and a half hours, that’s worth knowing.

The bars and auditorium open about 45 minutes before the show, and the theatre would like you there 30 minutes before. Latecomers may not be seated until a suitable break in the performance, which could be after the interval, and the producers set that policy. The show runs about 2 hours 30 minutes including a 20 minute interval, so a 7.30pm performance usually finishes at around 10pm and a 2.30pm matinee at around 5pm. Evenings are Monday to Saturday and the matinees are on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

The cloakroom is on the circle level, which is at the top of those steps, so it’s worth deciding before you climb. It costs £2 per item and opens around 45 minutes before the show. Booster seats can be rented for £1 for the duration of the show, on a first come, first served basis, and they can’t be used in Row A of the circle for safety reasons. Bag searches and random handheld body scans happen on arrival, and they ask you not to bring large backpacks or suitcases.

On drinks and food: soft drinks in plastic bottles or cartons are fine, but alcohol bought elsewhere isn’t. Food from outside has to be thrown away before the foyer, with the exception of cold snacks and sweets, which should be unwrapped beforehand so the packaging doesn’t rustle through a quiet scene. Photography and recording are not allowed unless signs say otherwise. There’s no dress code.

Age, content and tickets

It’s recommended for ages 8 and over. Under-5s can’t be admitted, children aged 15 or under need an adult with them (at least one adult for every ten children), and everyone needs a ticket whatever their age. The content warnings list camera flashes, flashing lights, strobes, thunder-crack sound effects, loud bass music, some strong language and mild sexual reference.

On price, the Official London Theatre calendar showed tickets from £28 on most dates until 22 October and from £32.50 for the rest of the month, with the cheaper nights marked as special offers. The Official London Theatre Ticket Booth also sells it on the day. Tickets can be exchanged up to 24 hours before for long-running shows like this one, subject to availability, with one exchange per order, and the theatre can refund or credit you if a performance is cancelled. If you’ve lost an item, email the front of house team or ring 020 7927 0900 between 10am and 6pm, and lost property is kept for 28 days.

The box office is open Monday to Saturday from midday to 7.45pm, and it only deals with that night’s performance in the 45 minutes before curtain up. Songs are by Elton John, the direction and choreography by Jerry Mitchell, and it is based on Lauren Weisberger’s novel.

The Dominion is at 268 to 269 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 7AQ, on the corner with New Oxford Street, and the theatre recommends arriving by public transport.

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The London Palladium publishes comparable step counts, and TKTS covers the on-the-day booth.