abstract:The Peacock Theatre is a West End theatre in the City of Westminster, located in Portugal Street, near Aldwych. The 999-seat house is owned by, and comprises part of the London School of Economics and Political Science campus, who utilise the theatre for lectures, public talks, conferences, political speeches and open days.
While millions of Americans are expected to tune in to see movie stars walk the scarlet path at Sunday night's Academy Awards presentation at the soon-no-longer-to-be-called Kodak Theatre, a small but growing number of everyday folks are doing the peacock-strutting themselves at events ranging from bar mitzvahs to corporate bashes.