Theatre Pubs
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Theatre Pubs
Theatre pubs are licensed pubs which also have a theatre space usually upstairs where small productions can take place.
Cock Tavern Theatre, Kilburn
Etcetera Theatre
The Etcetera Theatre is one of London’s best known pub theatres. Situated above The Oxford Arms on Camden High Street, the Etcetera is only 75 metres from Camden Town tube station. Founded in 1986 and housed above the Oxford Arms pub in trendy Camden Town, this award winning theatre is well respected for both new drama and comedy.
It won the 1996 Guinness Ingenuity Award for Pub Theatre and was nominated for the 1996 Peter Brook Empty Space Award.
Normally offering a choice of two different plays per evening, Etcetra is a lively venue with a talented young crowd.
Finborough Theatre
London's Finborough Theatre is a little theatre above a pub that has a metaphoric position in the fabric of theatre in London. Founded in 1980 above the Finborough Arms pub by June Abbott, the multi-award winning Finbrough Theatre in Earl’s Court presents both plays and musical theatre, as well as new writing and neglected work from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It also runs a literary department and a Resident Assistant Director Programme.
The Gate Theatre
Notting Hill's The Gate Theatre has a global reputation.
11 Pembridge Road, Above the Prince Albert Pub, Notting Hill, London, W11 3HQ
Upstairs At The Gatehouse
This production space run by Ovation Theatres Limited can be found above the Gatehouse pub in Highgate. The two directors, John and Katie Plews, have been staging performances here for more than 20 years and have presented an off-beat mixture of mainstream shows, new interpretations of opera classics and alternative dramas, including an all-female production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
Hen And Chickens Theatre Bar, Highbury Corner, Islington
Hen And Chickens Theatre Bar, 109 St Paul's Road N1 2NA - 020 7704 2001
On a Friday evening, the pub is packed, and many people will head upstairs for the comedy when it starts.
Most shows have their doors at around 7:30pm-8pm.
King's Head Theatre
The newly appointed artistic director of Islington's King's Head Theatre Adam Spreadbury-Maher, who takes over full time from October 2010, plans to relaunch the famous Islington pub theatre as London's "little opera house" and a full-time producing venue.
The Lion And Unicorn Theatre
Giant Olive Theatre Company at The Lion & Unicorn Theatre, 42-44 Gaisford Street, Kentish Town, London NW5 2ED 0844 477 1000
Giant Olive has made this Kentish Town pub a diary regular in recent years; their best work has been thrilling and achieves a vibrancy we see too rarely on the London fringe.
Landor Theatre
Jon Lee and Julie Atherton will head the cast of a new London production of Laurence Mark Wythe's musical Tomorrow Morning, which will begin performances at the fringe Landor Theatre in Clapham, South London, Oct. 12, prior to an official opening Oct. 19, for a run through Nov. 13.
Old Red Lion Theatre
418 St. John Street, City of London, Greater London 020 7837 7816
A long-standing venue in Angel, Islington. You know, off the Monopoly board! Theatre goers in the Old Red Lion in Angel are signalled by a bell that a performance is about to start. Taking their drinks and a seat on the cushioned benches, they’ll be treated to comedy, one-person shows and some of the most exciting theatrical talent around.
The Rosemary Branch
2 Shepperton Rd, London - 020 7704 2730
As well as a fine selection of beers, wines and pub food, the Rosemary Branch offers an eclectic programme of opera, contemporary drama classics and new comedy writing. It also plays host to art exhibitions. The Rosemary Branch Theatre is across the road from the Grand Union Canal on the borders of Hackney, Islington and Shoreditch.
Ye Olde Rose And Crown Theatre
Ye Olde Rose And Crown Theatre, Walthamstow
