WHO ARE THESE THEATRES
Lyric Hammersmith
Address: King Street, London W6 0QL
Number of seats: 550 + 120
Average number of ticket buyers per year: 135,000
One of the most original and extraordinary venues in London, presenting a wonderfully diverse programme of first class theatre, live music and uplifting education projects in the Victorian splendour of Sir Frank Matcham's gilt and velvet auditorium.
Most likely to be remembered for: Shockheaded Peter, The Firework-Maker's Daughter and A Christmas Carol.
Greenwich Theatre
Address: Crooms Hill, London SE10 8ES
No.of seats: 421
Average number of ticket buyers per year: 110,000
Opened 150 years ago as a Victorian music hall and occasional skittle alley, Greenwich Theatre was reborn in the 60s thanks to huge local support and grew into an astoundingly varied and innovative power-house of new talent.
Most likely to be remembered for: the premiere of A Voyage Around My Father, The Norman Conquests, and the revival of the Broadway musical, Golden Boy
Theatre Royal Stratford East
Address: Gerry Raffles Sq, Stratford, London E15 1BN
Seats: 465
Average number of ticket buyers per year: 70,000
As famous for its lively multi-cultural audience as its cutting edge programming, this great little theatre was built in 1884 on the site of a wheelwright's shop, refurbished by the great architect Sir Frank Matcham in 1902 and revolutionised by Joan Littlewood and Gerry Raffles in the 1950's a revolution that continues in spirit, joyful and unabashed, to this day. 'It is one of the most radical, popular community based theatres which produces first-class drama.'(The Sunday Times)
Most likely to be remembered for: Oh What a Lovely War, East is East, The Big Life.
Hampstead Theatre
Address: Eton Avenue, Swiss Cottage, London NW3 3EU
Seats: 325
Average number of ticket buyers per year: 75,000
Internationally famous as a home for new and emerging writers, this theatre started out life in a Scout Hall in the 1950's, moved to a much loved portacabin and now to a breathtakingly modern award-winning new building with epic stage and intimate auditorium. Hampstead is committed to investing in theatre for the future and supports an Education Department whose range of activities attract over 25,000 participants a year.
Most likely to be remembered for: Abagail's Party, Little Malcolm and his Struggle against the Eunuchs, Burn This.
To discuss further, please call Sofie Mason
on 020 7277 1511
or email sofiemason@tiscali.co.uk
