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VEN

Venues and Companies

Theatres, buildings and the companies that fill them.

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4 entries

  1. Evening light on a red-brick Victorian theatre facade near Shaftesbury Avenue, brass signage glowing, pavement crowded with theatregoers holding tickets, taxi lights reflecting on wet asphalt.

    The Geography of Theatreland

    A walking guide to the cluster of West End playhouses around Leicester Square, Covent Garden and Shaftesbury Avenue, and how the district took shape.

    Entry VEN-004
  2. A dimly lit theatre office in late afternoon, a long table covered with printed calendars, coloured marker pens and annotated production schedules, stage plans leaning against a wall.

    Building a Theatre Season Piece by Piece

    An explanation of how theatre venues plan a season, balancing risk, bookings, co-productions and the practical needs of the building.

    Entry VEN-003
  3. The backstage of a mid-sized repertory theatre in the afternoon: flats and lengths of timber leaning against painted walls, a ladder under a rigging grid, work lights throwing long shadows across a bare stage.

    How Britain's Regional Producing Theatres Work

    An explainer on how Britain's regional producing theatres make shows, tour them around the country and feed work toward London.

    Entry VEN-002
  4. The curved glass frontage of a 1970s city-centre theatre at dusk, streetlights reflecting in the windows beside a pedestrian shopping precinct.

    The Haymarket: Leicester's Producing House

    How Leicester's Haymarket Theatre grew into a major producing house, why it closed, and what the building means today.

    Entry VEN-001