Theatres · East Midlands
Theatre Royal
Theatre Royal is a theatre in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
- Nearest railway station
- Nottingham · 1.0 km
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Theatre Royal is a working theatre in the United Kingdom, listed in OpenStreetMap as a public performance venue. Records date its origin to 1865. Designed by Charles J Phipps. Address: Upper Parliament Street, Nottingham, NG1 5ND. Wheelchair accessible (per OpenStreetMap). Coordinates: 52.9554°, -1.1515°.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Theatre Royal in Nottingham, England, is a theatre venue in the heart of Nottingham City Centre and is owned by Nottingham City Council as part of a complex that also includes the city's Royal Concert Hall. The Theatre Royal attracts major touring dramas, opera, ballet, West End musicals and an annual pantomime.
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Background
History
The Theatre Royal was completed in 1865, after six months of work and costing the clients of Nottingham Theatre Company, owned by lace manufacturers John and William Lambert, £15,000. The Classic façade and Corinthian columns designed by Charles J. Phipps are still a major Nottingham landmark. The Theatre Royal opened on Monday, 25 September 1865 with Sheridan’s The School for Scandal. Its managers staged the full range of productions. For some six years to early 1897 the manager was H. Cecil Beryl before he went off on his own account to operate and then buy theatres in Glasgow including its Royal Princess`s Theatre. The new lessee from 1897 was the newly formed limited company The Robert…
Description
The theatre has four tiers of seating, the stalls, dress circle, upper circle and balcony with a total capacity of 1,186 seats. It has seven fully licensed bars including The Green Room Cafe Bar on the ground floor and The Restaurant on the dress circle level. In the second half of 2019 into 2020 the premises were refurbished and re-decorated. The theatre is served by the adjacent Royal Centre tram stop on the Nottingham Express Transit.
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- Coordinates
- 52.9554, -1.1515
- District
- Nottingham
- Parish
- Nottingham, unparished area
- Postcode
- NG1 5ND
- Parliamentary constituency
- Nottingham East
- Established
- 1865
- Nearest railway station
- Nottingham — 1 km
- Official site
- trch.co.uk
Sources
- osm: w16464923 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Theatre Royal, Nottingham (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Theatre Royal, Nottingham - geograph.org.uk - 997109.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Theatre Royal?
- Theatre Royal is in the East Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode NG1 5ND), in the parish of Nottingham, unparished area.
- When was Theatre Royal built?
- Built or established in 1865. Designed by Charles J Phipps.
- Who owns Theatre Royal?
- Theatre Royal is owned by Nottingham City Council.
- How do I get to Theatre Royal?
- The nearest railway station is Nottingham, about 1.0 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode NG1 5ND.