Nell Gwynn was associated with the tavern, which became known as the Great Mogul by the end of the 17th century, and presented entertainments in an adjoining hall, including "glee clubs" and "sing-songs".

They produced Kissing Time (1919, with a book by P. G. Wodehouse and Guy Bolton and music by Ivan Caryll), followed by A Night Out (1920), both starring Stanley Holloway.

[9] Grossmith co-wrote some of the Winter Garden pieces, directed many of his own productions and starred in several, notably as Otis in Sally.

In 1930, Sophie Tucker played in the Vivian Ellis musical Follow a Star, and in 1931, Gracie Fields appeared here in Walk This Way.

In 1933, the theatre hosted Lewis Casson in George Bernard Shaw's On the Rocks, followed in 1935 by Love on the Dole, starring Wendy Hiller.

Closing in 2002, this production became the then longest running musical in West End history, although it has since been overtaken by Phantom Of The Opera and Les Misérables.

[14] Between 2003 and September 2005 the theatre hosted Bill Kenwright's revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

On 22 October 2016 the London production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's School of Rock the musical opened, direct from Broadway, and closed after a three-and-a-half-year run before undergoing a refurbishment.

[21] The 2022 Chichester Festival production of Crazy for You is scheduled to play at the theatre for a limited 30-week West End engagement beginning 24 June 2023, prior to an official opening July 3.

[23] The theatre building also contains an underground car park, a cabaret venue, a basement nightclub, shops and a residential tower.