1 hour ago Naming the theatre aft Sir Tom, who died successful November 2025, "felt similar the close and earthy mode to support him among us", said Andrew Rawlinson, ATG Entertainment's concern manager successful London.
"Sir Tom Stoppard gave the British theatre immoderate of its astir superb and champion loved work, and helium did it with a wit and a humanity that audiences carried location with them," helium said.
The announcement was welcomed by Stoppard's children - Ollie, Barny, Will and Ed Stoppard - who said: "The West End was adjacent to his bosom and we consciousness definite helium would beryllium thrilled and humbled successful adjacent measurement by this large honour."
Among his plays are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Jumpers, Travesties, The Real Thing, The Invention of Love, The Coast of Utopia, Rock 'n' Roll and Leopoldstadt.
One of Sir Tom's plays, Arcadia, is currrently playing astatine the theatre, which volition person its signage changed to the caller sanction successful the adjacent fewer months.
The theatre, which opened successful 1892, saw the premiere of JM Barrie's Peter Pan successful 1904 and an quality of Charlie Chaplin connected the signifier successful 1905.
Sir Ian McKellen, Dame Helen Mirren, Glenda Jackson and Michael Gambon person each appeared astatine the theatre connected London's St Martin's Lane.
Nothing successful the theatre group's announcement mentions the erstwhile Duke of York - and theatres bash alteration names, specified arsenic the Shaftesbury Theatre successful London being named aft Dame Judi Dench.
A missive to the Stage paper past autumn, from a erstwhile histrion astatine the Duke of York's, had said it was clip to rename the theatre.
And determination person been erstwhile examples of sanction changes distant from the erstwhile Prince Andrew and his titles.
The Duke of York Stakes, a equine contention tally each twelvemonth astatine York, is present the Minster Stakes. The Duke of York pub astatine York presumption became the Line and Whistle.
Councillors voted to alteration the sanction of Prince Andrew Way successful Carrickfergus successful Northern Ireland and residents successful Hellesdon, adjacent Norwich, had raised concerns astir Prince Andrew's Road.
A representation of the erstwhile Prince Andrew which erstwhile hung implicit the Duke of York pub successful cardinal London was taken down past year.
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