National Theatre
Britain's National Theatre is one of the key elements of the South Bank arts complex alongside BFI Southbank and the Royal Festival Hall.
The National Theatre was established in 1963 and was initially based at The Old Vic, moving to its purpose-built home designed by Denys Lasdun in 1976.
The building houses three performance spaces - the Olivier Theatre, the Cottesloe and the Lyttelton. The foyers are regularly used for exhibitions and musical recitals.
Web: www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
Open: Foyers open Mon-Sat 9.30am-11pm; Sun 12 noon-6pm
Open: Foyers open Mon-Sat 9.30am-11pm; Sun 12 noon-6pm
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Admission FREENews & features about National Theatre
- Shell Centre ticket office at Waterloo tube station could be shut down (18 Mar 2010)
- Knighthood for National Theatre boss Nicholas Hytner - plus other SE1 honours (31 Dec 2009)
- Fiona Shaw inspects her Morley College portraits (27 Oct 2009)
- National Theatre plans £50 million modernisation of South Bank home (26 Oct 2009)
- High Court upholds Hazel Blears' approval of 44-storey Doon Street tower (17 Sep 2009)
- Shell Centre becomes 'Hell Centre' as Climate Campers descend on Waterloo (1 Sep 2009)
- Climate Camp activists 'swoop' near South Bank's Shell Centre (26 Aug 2009)
- SE1 arts bosses warn against cuts to Tate Modern extension and BFI Film Centre (27 Jul 2009)
- Andy Burnham and Hazel Blears on South Bank to launch 'World class places' policy (15 May 2009)
- Waterloo skyscrapers: "exemplary and inclusive" or "unjustified harm to heritage"? (29 Apr 2009)
- Waterloo skyscrapers: public inquiry gets under way (15 Apr 2009)
- Rambert's South Bank dance HQ could go ahead without Doon Street tower (7 Apr 2009)
- South Bank demo at National Theatre over 'racist' play (28 Feb 2009)
- Waterloo City Square plans now on show (2 Feb 2009)
- Go-ahead for Hatfields ballet school and student accommodation (21 Jan 2009)
- David Suchet cuts Old Vic's Twelfth Night cake (12 Jan 2009)
- National Theatre appoints architects to produce master plan (28 Dec 2008)
- Shakespeare's Globe: a 10-year theatre experiment on Bankside (30 Oct 2008)
- Interview: Canon Richard Truss leaves St John's Waterloo (9 Oct 2008)
- High Court challenge "likely" in Doon Street Tower row (9 Sep 2008)
- Doon Street Tower decision could be challenged in High Court (20 Aug 2008)
- Blears approves 43-storey tower at Doon Street on South Bank (20 Aug 2008)
- Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson filming on South Bank (21 May 2008)
- The Good Soul of Szechuan at the Young Vic (15 May 2008)
- National Theatre turns orange to promote Dutch Queen's Day (18 Apr 2008)
Forum discussions about National Theatre
- The Coffee Bean Mobile van between Gabriel's Wharf and National Theatre. (near OXO tower)
- Take a National Theatre backstage tour for £1
- Bookstores in SE1?
- Earth Hour 2009
- The Blue Fin Building- style??? (need to find post-modernist building)
- ethnic minorities - 40 to 50 % of London?
- Lost Tabby, South Bank & The Cut
- Fireworks Tonight
- Concrete classics
- Rollerskating at Hungerford Car Park, Jubilee Gardens
- Southwark Cathedral Shakespeare Window
- Flake £3.50?!?!?!
- Dustin Hoffman filming today...
- If Charles Dickens stood in Potters Fields today....
- Quiet space to write in
- Recommendations for a quiet indoor place in the evenings
- Help! Parking @ Waterloo
- Gormley Figures Petition
- Coin Street's revised plans for a tower of only 43 storeys - still a betrayal of their founding principles?
- Councillor Stanton’s Failure at Potter’s Field
Restaurants, pubs & bars close to National Theatre
- Terrace Bar and Food (28 yards)
- Mezzanine Restaurant (28 yards)
- Espresso Bar (104 yards)
- Benugo Bar & Kitchen (116 yards)
- Concrete (156 yards)
- The Riverfront Bar and Kitchen (160 yards)
- Chez Gerard (166 yards)
- Pizza Express (168 yards)
- Royal House Cafe (198 yards)
- Canteen (258 yards)
- The Mulberry Bush (258 yards)
- Film Cafe (260 yards)
- House of Crepes (268 yards)
- Giraffe (272 yards)
- Pieminister (280 yards)
- Riverside Terrace Cafe (284 yards)