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Hampstead Theatre
Hampstead Theatre is a theatre in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
- Nearest railway station
- Swiss Cottage · 0.1 km
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Hampstead Theatre is a working theatre in the United Kingdom, listed in OpenStreetMap as a public performance venue. Records date its origin to 2003. Address: Eton Avenue, London, NW3 3EU. Coordinates: 51.5438°, -0.1737°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Hampstead Theatre is a theatre in South Hampstead, in the London Borough of Camden. It specialises in commissioning and producing new writing, supporting and developing the work of new writers.
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Background
History
The original Hampstead Theatre Club was formed in 1959, in Moreland Hall, a parish church school hall in Holly Bush Vale, Hampstead. James Roose-Evans was the founder and first Artistic Director, and the 1959–1960 season included The Dumb Waiter and The Room by Harold Pinter, Eugène Ionesco's Jacques and The Sport of My Mad Mother by Ann Jellicoe. In 1962, the company moved to a portable cabin in Swiss Cottage, where it remained for nearly 40 years, before, in 2003, the new purpose-built Hampstead Theatre opened. The main auditorium seats 373 people. The studio theatre, Hampstead Downstairs, seats up to 100 people and was turned into a laboratory for new writing in 2010. In 2022, Arts…
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- Coordinates
- 51.5438, -0.1737
- District
- Camden
- Parish
- Camden, unparished area
- Postcode
- NW3 3EU
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hampstead and Highgate
- Phone
- +44 20 7722 9301
- Established
- 2003
- Nearest railway station
- Swiss Cottage — 0.1 km
- Official site
- www.hampsteadtheatre.com
Sources
- osm: w123702968 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Hampstead Theatre (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Hampstead Theatre - geograph.org.uk - 485799.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Hampstead Theatre?
- Hampstead Theatre is in London, United Kingdom (postcode NW3 3EU), in the parish of Camden, unparished area.
- When was Hampstead Theatre built?
- Built or established in 2003.
- Who owns Hampstead Theatre?
- Hampstead Theatre is owned by Hampstead Theatre Company.
- How do I get to Hampstead Theatre?
- The nearest railway station is Swiss Cottage, about 0.1 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode NW3 3EU.