New Theatres Opening in London

The question is would Odeon sell it? they do have a lot of cinemas within that radius so it's possible. I've alway thought the Empire Haymarket would make a great theatre again but a lot of the stage elements have long been demolished.

I like the idea of Cross theatre: patrons are allowed a two minute rant on any subject before the show starts.

Nice in theory, but only if the theatre has a capacity of about ten people: imagine if you had a bumper crowd of Parsleys having a rant before a show starts?

I noticed that also, when cycled past last week.

No reason for them to wait for Crossrail to open, when the new Battersea extension on the Northern Line opened last month TFL only gave 2 weeks notice, as not to get bad publicity if it didn’t open, I expect similar to Crossrail opening at very short notice. Theatre needs a lot more notice than that. Also great that part of Charing Cross Road is now 2 way, used to be a pain on a bike, turning right to get to Charing Cross.

However let’s not disregard that London is getting a new theatre and a new underground metro line, which both will be soon open.

Just received notification of a planning permission request for a new theatre in White City (and the option to object - not that I would).

Not too many details, but it looks likes it's the same company as the Troubadour Wembley and almost across the road from where the Troubadour White City used to be. A temporary structure for 10 years according to the letter.

They took the previous one down in about a week, so I wonder if it's the previous theatre due to come out of storage (and how long it will take to re-erect). Perfect area for a theatre too.

The address given is:
Land bounded by 58 Wood Lane and Westway London W12 7RZ

Which I think is the other side of Wood Lane (the previous site I believe has since been built up)

Edit - have found the planning application online (if anyone has the patience to go through the many attachment):

public-access.lbhf.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=R2ZDS8BIFL000

And looks like the theatre will be called Troubadour Light City

Planned opening date April 2022. It does look like it's the same physical buildings as the previous theatre. The location is on the land where Imperial College are building, the other side of the tube line.

Didn't CM plan this years ago? I think the original plan included a studio theatre on the roof called the Sondheim.

while we're here, I cycled past this recently - under the radar but significant. A bunch of elite cultural brands adding capacity out east. If you click the link and look at the first photo, from right to left:

Sadler's Wells - a new mid-size auditorium to complement the 1500-seater near Angel
a new BBC concert auditorium, studios, etc
London College of Fashion under one roof (6,500 students)
V&A adding huge display space

ENB have already set up home in Docklands

stratfordwaterfront.commonplace.is/overview

Wasn't The Smithsonian meant to be opening something there as well?

Isn’t Newsies rumoured for a troubadour theatre? This might make sense

Good for Southwark although I can't help thinking two venues a mile or apart will cause confusion and lead to folk missing this first act.