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Royal Court - Jerwood Theatre (West End)

Other names

Royal Court - Jerwood Theatre
Downstairs, Upstairs

Address

Sloane Square,
SW1W 8AS

Contact details

Tel

020 7565 5000

Fax

020 7565 5001

Web

http://www.royalcourttheatre.com

SM

TBC

Email

info@royalcourttheatre.com

Description

The first theatre opened as The New Chelsea on 16 Apr 1870. Changed name to Belgravia. Re-opened as Royal Court 25 Jan 1871. Demolished in 1887. New theatre opened (current, slightly different site) 24 Sep 1888. Famous for supporting and commissioning new writing. Probably the first UK Theatre to regularly include their URL in advertising. Member of the Society of London Theatre. In 1996 the theatre closed for redevelopment, funded by the National Lottery. The refurbished theatre at Sloane Square re-opened in February 2000 including two theatres the 389 seat Jerwood Theatre Downstairs and the studio style Jerwood Theatre Upstairs.

Related Productions. Showing 1-10 of 13 results

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Waiting for Godot 30/12/1964 - TBC, Royal Court - Jerwood Theatre (West End)

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Waiting for Godot 22/04/1976 - 17/04/1977, multiple

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Play and Other Plays 20/05/1976 - TBC, Royal Court - Jerwood Theatre (West End)

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Oh Les Beaux Jours 25/09/1969 - 04/10/1969, Royal Court - Jerwood Theatre (West End)

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Not I 29/01/1975 - TBC, Royal Court - Jerwood Theatre (West End)

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Krapp's Last Tape/Not I 16/01/1973 - TBC, multiple

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Krapp's Last Tape 12/10/2006 - 24/10/2006, Royal Court - Jerwood Theatre (West End)

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Happy Days 01/11/1962 - TBC, Royal Court - Jerwood Theatre (West End)

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Happy Days 07/06/1979 - 30/06/1979, Royal Court - Jerwood Theatre (West End)

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Fin de Partie 03/04/1957 - 06/04/1957, Royal Court - Jerwood Theatre (West End)

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