Bridge Theatre
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One Tower Bridge London, SE1 2SD United Kingdom |
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| Operator | The London Theatre Company |
| Type | Commercial producing theatre |
| Capacity | 900 |
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| Opened | 18 October 2017 |
| Architect | Haworth Tompkins Architects |
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The Bridge Theatre is a commercial theatre building near Tower Bridge in London that opened in October 2017.[1] It was developed by Nick Starr and Nicholas Hytner as the home of the London Theatre Company, which they founded following their tenancy as executive director and artistic director, respectively, at the National Theatre.
The theatre seats 900 and is a flexible space to accommodate each production. For example, the opening production, Young Marx, featured a traditional proscenium arrangement, Julius Caesar had the stalls seating removed to be in promenade and allow the audience to be part of the mob within the play, and Nightfall was performed on a thrust stage.[2] It was reported that the theatre had cost £12million to build.[3]
Notable productions
- Young Marx by Richard Bean and Clive Coleman, starring Rory Kinnear and Oliver Chris, directed by Nicholas Hytner (18 October–31 December 2017)[4]
- Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, starring Michelle Fairley, Ben Whishaw, David Calder and David Morrissey, directed by Nicholas Hytner (20 January–15 April 2018)[5]
- Nightfall by Barney Norris, starring Ophelia Lovibond, Ukweli Roach, Clare Skinner and Sion Daniel Young, directed by Laurie Sansom (28 April–3 June 2018)
- My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout, adapted by Rona Munro, starring Laura Linney, directed by Richard Eyre (2–23 June 2018)
- Allelujah! by Alan Bennett, directed by Nicholas Hytner (11 July–28 September 2018)
- A Very Very Very Dark Matter by Martin McDonagh, starring Jim Broadbent, directed by Matthew Dunster (10 October–29 December 2018)
Future projects include:[6]
- Alys, Always a new play by Lucinda Coxon based on the novel by Harriet Lane, directed by Nicholas Hytner
- Flatpack a dark comedy by John Hodge
- An as-yet-untitled work by Nina Raine on the life of Johann Sebastian Bach with Simon Russell Beale as Bach.[6]
- The Black Cloud a new play by Sam Holcroft from the 1957 novel by Fred Hoyle
- Carmen Havana by Lucy Prebble based on the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet, directed by Nicholas Hytner, choreography by Miguel Altunaga
References
- ↑ The Bridge Theatre. Official website.
- ↑ Bridge Theatre (2017-04-20), Bridge Theatre: the new theatre for London from Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr, retrieved 2017-04-24
- ↑ "PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
- ↑ Billington, Michael (19 April 2017). "London's new Bridge theatre should encourage playwrights to think big". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
- ↑ Brown, Mark (19 April 2017). "Karl Marx comedy to kick off first season at new London theatre". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
- 1 2 "Future Projects – The Bridge Theatre". bridgetheatre.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
