Theatre in London, England
TheBridge Theatre is a commercial theatre nearTower Bridge inLondon that opened in October 2017.[1] It was developed by Nick Starr andNicholas Hytner as the home of the London Theatre Company, which they founded following their tenancy as executive director and artistic director, respectively, at theNational 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 (2018),A Midsummer Night's Dream (2019) andGuys and Dolls (2023-25) had the stalls seating removed with the audience standing around moving and raising platforms offering anin-the-round immersive experience in promenade andNightfall (2018) was performed on a thrust stage.[2] It was reported that the theatre cost £12 million to build.[3]
- Julius Caesar byWilliam Shakespeare, starringMichelle Fairley,Ben Whishaw,David Calder andDavid Morrissey, directed byNicholas Hytner (20 January – 15 April 2018)[5]
- Nightfall byBarney Norris, starringOphelia Lovibond,Ukweli Roach,Claire Skinner andSion Daniel Young, directed byLaurie Sansom (28 April – 3 June 2018)[6]
- My Name is Lucy Barton byElizabeth Strout, adapted byRona Munro, starringLaura Linney, directed byRichard Eyre (2–23 June 2018)
- Allelujah! byAlan Bennett, directed byNicholas Hytner (11 July – 28 September 2018)
- A Very Very Very Dark Matter byMartin McDonagh, starringJim Broadbent, directed byMatthew Dunster (10 October – 29 December 2018)
- My Name is Lucy Barton byElizabeth Strout, adapted byRona Munro, starringLaura Linney, directed byRichard Eyre (23 January – 16 February 2019, revival of 2018 production)
- Alys, Always a new play byLucinda Coxon based on the novel byHarriet Lane, starringJoanne Froggatt andRobert Glenister, directed byNicholas Hytner (25 February – 30 March 2019)
- A German Life – a new play byChristopher Hampton, drawn from the life and testimony ofBrunhilde Pomsel, starringMaggie Smith, directed byJonathan Kent (6 April – 11 May 2019)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream byWilliam Shakespeare, directed byNicholas Hytner (3 June – 31 August 2019)
- Two Ladies – a new play byNancy Harris, starringZoë Wanamaker andZrinka Cvitešić, directed byNicholas Hytner (14 September – 26 October 2019)
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, based on theLeeds Playhouse production, directed bySally Cookson, devised by the company (9 November 2019 – 2 February 2020)
- A Number – byCaryl Churchill, starringRoger Allam andColin Morgan, directed byPolly Findlay (14 February – 14 March 2020)
- Beat the Devil – byDavid Hare, starringRalph Fiennes, directed byNicholas Hytner (27 August – 7 November 2020)
- Talking Heads – byAlan Bennett (monologues performed byMonica Dolan,Lesley Manville,Rochenda Sandall,Kristin Scott Thomas,Tamsin Greig,Maxine Peake,Lucian Msamati andImelda Staunton) (28 September – 31 October 2020)
- A Christmas Carol – byCharles Dickens, starringSimon Russell Beale,Patsy Ferran and Eben Figueiredo, adapted and directed byNicholas Hytner (27 November 2020 – 16 January 2021, closed early due to theCOVID-19 pandemic)
- Straight Line Crazy – a new play byDavid Hare, starringRalph Fiennes, directed byNicholas Hytner (14 March – 18 June 2022)
- The Southbury Child – a new play byStephen Beresford, starringAlex Jennings, directed byNicholas Hytner (1 July – 27 August 2022)
- John Gabriel Borkman – byHenrik Ibsen, a new version byLucinda Coxon, starringSimon Russell Beale, directed byNicholas Hytner (24 September – 26 November 2022)
- A Christmas Carol – byCharles Dickens, starringSimon Russell Beale,Lyndsey Marshal and Eben Figueiredo, adapted and directed byNicholas Hytner (6–31 December 2022, revival of 2020 production)
Upcoming productions
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