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Bridge Theatre

Bridge Theatre

Theatre in London, England

The Bridge Theatre is a commercial theatre 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.

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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 (2018), A Midsummer Night's Dream (2019) and Guys and Dolls (2023) had the stalls seating removed with the audience standing around moving and raising platforms offering an in-the-round immersive experience in promenade and Nightfall (2018) was performed on a thrust stage.[2] It was reported that the theatre cost £12 million to build.[3]

Production history

References

  1. [1]
    The Bridge Theatre. Official website.
  2. [2]
    Bridge Theatre (20 April 2017), Bridge Theatre: the new theatre for London from Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr, retrieved 24 April 2017
  3. [3]
    "Hytner lures big names and old friends to £12m theatre". Retrieved 24 April 2017 – via PressReader.
  4. [4]
    Billington, Michael (19 April 2017). "London's new Bridge theatre should encourage playwrights to think big". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  5. [5]
    Brown, Mark (19 April 2017). "Karl Marx comedy to kick off first season at new London theatre". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
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