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Elgar Room, Royal Albert Hall
RADA Theatres
Unicorn Theatre
Porchester Hall
Southbank Centre
LAMDA Theatres
The Albany
St Pauls Covent Garden
Lion and Unicorn Theatre
The Arches at St Mary's Church, Putney
Canal Cafe Theatre
Little Angel Theatre
Shaw Theatre
Arts Theatre
Underbelly Boulevard
Jermyn Street Theatre
Union Theatre
OSO Arts Centre
Arcola Theatre
Founded in 2000 by Artistic Director Mehmet Ergen and Executive Producer Leyla Nazli, Arcola Theatre is now one of the most respected arts venues in the UK - blazing a trail in artistic excellence since day one.
Arcola commissions and premieres exciting, original works alongside rare gems of world drama and bold new productions of classics. Our socially-engaged, international programme champions diversity, challenges the status quo, and attracts over 65,000 people to our building each year. Ticket prices are some of the most affordable in London, and our long-running Pay What You Can scheme ensures there is no financial barrier to accessing the theatre.
Since opening in 2000, we have supported thousands of people – on stage, backstage and front of house – to develop their skills and careers. Our annual Grimeborn Festival unlocks opera for everybody, giving young and diverse companies a platform to embark on bold artistic ventures. Through Arcola Lab, we offer 26 weeks of free rehearsal space every year to BAME and refugee artists. In 2017, we won the UK Theatre Award for Promotion of Diversity.
Arcola Participation creates over 13,500 creative opportunities every year for the people of Hackney and beyond – including through our youth theatres, courses, and pioneering Queer, Womens’, Turkish, 50+ and Mental Health community theatre companies.
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Arcola aims to be the world’s first carbon-neutral theatre. Our environmental sustainability initiatives, developed with our sister company Arcola Energy, are internationally renowned. In 2018 we won The Stage Sustainability Award in recognition of our ongoing attempts to reduce carbon emissions and raise awareness of climate emergency.
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<b>Press about Arcola Theatre</b>
'A timely reminder of the artistically engaged ethic that has underpinned the Arcola’s astonishing achievement over the past decade.' - Lucy Powell, Time Out 2010
‘Arcola Theatre brings the very best of the worlds performing and visual arts to the people of the world living and working in London’ - The Guardian
'…a hotbed of new talent' - Charlotte Cripps, The Independent
'The excellent Arcola theatre proves its worth yet again' - Lyn Gardner, The Guardian
'…there's a palpable sense that something important is happening here.' - The Independent
'Mehmet Ergen could already give master classes in ambitious programming and inventive use of theatrical space. Capable Michael Attenborough, newly anointed artistic director of the Almeida, down the road from Dalston, might take a look. The RSC should certainly ponder the audience 'access' that can be achieved on a shoestring.' - Susannah Clapp, The Observer
Ugly Duck (Tanner Street Loft previously)
JW3
The Glitch
Longfield Hall
Irish Cultural Centre
Battersea Arts Centre
Bernie Grant Arts Centre
Bloomsbury Theatre
Bread and Roses Theatre
Bridewell Theatre
Brixton House
BROADGATE
Broadway Theatre
Bush Theatre
Barbican
Brookside Theatre
Calder Bookshop & Theatre
CLF Art Lounge and Roof Garden
Cockpit Theatre
COLAB Factory
Collective Theatre
Courtyard
Drayton Arms Theatre
Ashcroft Theatre, Fairfield Halls
Finborough Theatre
Half Moon Theatre
Harrow Arts Centre
Hampstead Theatre
Hen and Chickens
Hope Theatre
ICA Theatre
Aces and Eights
Cadogan Hall
Founder's Hall
Greenhouse, Canary Wharf
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Duke of York’s Theatre
Vaults Theatre
Chiswick House & Gardens
EartH, Dalston
Actor's Church, Covent Garden
COLAB Tower
Coach & Horses
Giffords Circus
26 Crowndale – (previously known by Theatro Technis)
Alexandra Palace Theatre
Almeida Theatre
artsdepot
Barons Court Theatre
Blue Elephant Theatre
Bridge House Theatre
Bromley Little Theatre
Camden People's Theatre
Canada Water Theatre
Charing Cross Theatre
Chickenshed
Colour House Theatre
Crypt, Bethnal Green Parabolic Theatre
Donmar Warehouse
Esher Theatre
Gate Theatre
Hoxton Hall
Arundel and Ladbroke Gardens
Draper Hall
Fellowship Square
Hackney Town Hall
One Ninety Four
Cubic Theatre
The Divine
Polka Theatre
Outernet
Questors Theatre
Studio 3 Arts
Theatre Peckham
Wilton's Music Hall
The Garden Vauxhall
Lloyd Park
Never For Ever (NW5)
Stone Nest
Pleasance Theatre
Network Theatre
Riverside Studios
Theatre Deli
Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Stephen Lawrence Gallery, Greenwich
Stanley Arts Centre
Tower Theatre
Iris Theatre
King’s Head Theatre
Menier Chocolate Factory
Museum of Comedy
Marylebone Theatre
October Gallery Theatre
Space, The
Toynbee Studios
Ye Olde Rose and Crown
The Glory
Open Bar
Prince Of Wales Theatre, Drury Lane
Oxo Tower
Kenneth More Theatre
Leicester Square Theatre
Lyric Hammersmith
New Wimbledon Theatre
Orange Tree Theatre
Rose Theatre Kingston
Soho Theatre
Tara Theatre
Stratford East
Watermans
Middle Temple Hall
Painted Hall, ORNC
Science Gallery London
Sheraton Grand
Jack Studio Theatre
Kiln Theatre
St Peters, Bethnal Green
Shoreditch Town Hall
Watford Palace Theatre
ZOO Venues
New Diorama
Normansfield/The Langdon Down Centre
Spitalfields Market
Omnibus
Punchdrunk Enrichment Stores
The Old Waiting Room
Pentameters
Prince Albert, Twickenham* (Fuller's Pub)
Poplar Union
Queen's Theatre Hornchurch
Roundhouse
Rialto Casino’s Backstage Bar, Leicester Sq
Peacock Theatre
Royal Academy of Music
The Bridge Theatre
County Hall
Master Shipwright’s House
Southwark Playhouse
Leake Street Arches/The Graffiti Tunnel
Underbelly
Royal Docks
Shakespeare in the Squares
Playhouse East
Round Chapel, Hackeny
Shakespeare North Playhouse
The Underglobe
The Other Palace (Studio)
Hillingdon Theatres
Hillingdon Theatres
Chelsea Theatre
Hillingdon Theatres
Jacksons Lane
Millfield Arts Centre
Old Red Lion Theatre
Playground Theatre
Rich Mix
Secret Cellar
Seven Dials Playhouse
Caravan Theatre Gate Theatre
Fuller's Pub
Pilot. Greenwich (Fuller's Pub)
St James' Churchyard
Lesnes Abbey
Pump House Theatre
Chats Palace Arts Centre
Coronet Theatre
Hackney Empire
Park Theatre
Royal Court Theatre (Studio)
Royal Vauxhall Tavern
Formosa Garden W9
St Bartholomew the Great
Cervantes Theatre
The Place
Etcetera Theatre
Greenwich Theatre
Rosemary Branch
Golden Goose
Soho Theatre Walthamstow
Bathway Theatre
Big House, The
White Bear Theatre
The Well Walk Theatre
Puppet Theatre Barge
St Paul's Church, SW4
Tabernacle
Empress Museum
Tabard Theatre
Tramshed
Theatre503
Soho Poly
Waterloo East Theatre
Wonderville
Young Vic
Jazzbourne
Marissa’s Theatre
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100 Petty France
Outdoor Venues
Various Venues
One Cartridge Place
Online
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Asher
Hoxton Community Gardens
St James' Courtyard, Piccadilly
Gothic Opera
Spiegeltent
Tea House Theatre
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