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The Young Vic
The Young Vic is a theatre in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
- Nearest railway station
- Waterloo East · 0.1 km
- Wheelchair accessible
About
The Young Vic is a working theatre in the United Kingdom, listed in OpenStreetMap as a public performance venue. Records date its origin to 1970. Address: 66, The Cut, London, SE1 8LZ. Wheelchair accessible (per OpenStreetMap). Coordinates: 51.5033°, -0.1073°.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Young Vic Theatre is a performing-arts venue located on The Cut, near the South Bank, in the London Borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom. The Young Vic was established by Frank Dunlop in 1970. Nadia Fall has been artistic director since 2025, succeeding Kwame Kwei-Armah, and David Lan before him.
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Background
History
In the period after World War II, a Young Vic Company was formed in 1946 by director George Devine as an offshoot of the Old Vic Theatre School for the purpose of performing classic plays for audiences aged nine to fifteen. This was discontinued in 1948, when Devine and the entire faculty resigned from the Old Vic, but in 1969 Dunlop became founder-director of The Young Vic theatre with Scapino, his free adaptation of Molière's The Cheats of Scapin, presented at the new venue as a National Theatre production. It opened on 10 September 1970 and starred Jim Dale in the title role, with designs by Carl Toms (decor) and Maria Björnson (costumes). Initially part of the National Theatre, the…
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- Coordinates
- 51.5033, -0.1073
- District
- Lambeth
- Parish
- Lambeth, unparished area
- Postcode
- SE1 8LZ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
- Established
- 1970
- Nearest railway station
- Waterloo East — 0.1 km
- Official site
- www.youngvic.org
Sources
- osm: w109866484 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Young Vic (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Young Vic.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is The Young Vic?
- The Young Vic is in London, United Kingdom (postcode SE1 8LZ), in the parish of Lambeth, unparished area.
- When was The Young Vic built?
- Built or established in 1970.
- Who owns The Young Vic?
- The Young Vic is owned by The Young Vic Company.
- How do I get to The Young Vic?
- The nearest railway station is Waterloo East, about 0.1 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode SE1 8LZ.