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Kiln Theatre
Kiln Theatre is a theatre in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
- Nearest railway station
- Brondesbury · 0.3 km
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Kiln Theatre is a working theatre in the United Kingdom, listed in OpenStreetMap as a public performance venue. Records date its origin to 1980. Address: 269, Kilburn High Road, London, NW6 7JR. Coordinates: 51.5431°, -0.2003°.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Kiln Theatre (formerly the Tricycle Theatre) is a theatre located in Kilburn, in the London Borough of Brent, England. Since 1980, the theatre has presented a wide range of plays reflecting the cultural diversity of the area, as well as new writing, political work and verbatim reconstructions of public inquiries. The theatre has produced original work by playwrights such as Lynn Nottage, Patrick Barlow, Richard Bean, David Edgar, Stephen Jeffreys, Abi Morgan, Simon Stephens, Roy Williams, Lolita Chakrabarti, Moira Buffini, Alexi Kaye Campbell, Florian Zeller, Ayad Akhtar and Zadie Smith. The theatre was founded in 1980 by Ken Chubb and Shirley Barrie. The current artistic director is Amit Sharma, who succeeded Indhu Rubasingham, in December 2023, who in turn had succeeded Nicolas Kent in 2012. The theatre's name was changed from the Tricycle to Kiln Theatre in April 2018.
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Background
Description
After securing the support of Brent London Borough Council, the Greater London Council and Arts Council England, the company was given a lease and began converting the Foresters' Hall on the Kilburn High Road into the Tricycle Theatre ("Wakefield" being dropped from the company's name at this point), opting for this space due to the lack of local entertainment facilities for the residents of Kilburn at the time. The Foresters' Hall, which was built for the Ancient Order of Foresters, had previously been used for various purposes, including as a cinema and as a music and dance hall and as temporary offices for Brent Housing Department and Rent Tribunal. The then 235-seat auditorium, designed…
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- Coordinates
- 51.5431, -0.2003
- District
- Brent
- Parish
- Brent, unparished area
- Postcode
- NW6 7JR
- Parliamentary constituency
- Queen's Park and Maida Vale
- Established
- 1980
- Nearest railway station
- Brondesbury — 0.3 km
- Official site
- kilntheatre.com
Sources
- osm: w77665068 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Kiln Theatre (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Kiln Theatre.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Kiln Theatre?
- Kiln Theatre is in London, United Kingdom (postcode NW6 7JR), in the parish of Brent, unparished area.
- When was Kiln Theatre built?
- Built or established in 1980.
- Who owns Kiln Theatre?
- Kiln Theatre is owned by Kiln Theatre Ltd.
- How do I get to Kiln Theatre?
- The nearest railway station is Brondesbury, about 0.3 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode NW6 7JR.