Venue: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, commonly known as Drury Lane, is a West End theatre in Covent Garden, in the London borough of Westminster. The building faces Catherine Street and backs onto Drury Lane. The current building is the most recent in a line of four theatres which were built at the same location, the earliest of which dates back to 1663, making it the oldest theatre site in London. For its first two centuries, Drury Lane could "reasonably have claimed to be London's leading theatre". For most of that time, it was one of a handful of patent theatres, granted monopoly rights to the production of "legitimate" drama in London.
The first theatre on the site was built at the behest of Thomas Killigrew in the early years of the English Restoration. Initially known as "Theatre Royal in Bridges Street", its proprietors hired a number of prominent actors who performed at the theatre on a regular basis, including Nell Gwyn and Charles Hart. In 1672 the theatre caught fire and Killigrew built a larger theatre on the same plot, designed by Sir Christopher Wren; renamed the "Theatre Royal in Drury Lane," it opened in 1674. This building lasted nearly 120 years, under the leaderships of Colley Cibber, David Garrick and Richard Brinsley Sheridan, the last of whom employed Joseph Grimaldi as the theatre's resident Clown.

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Oklahoma! is holding auditions: in Random Location 42 from 18:30 to 18:30 on Mon 18th Feb - more details
Avenue Q is holding auditions: in Random Location 10 from 11:00 to 11:00 on Wed 20th Feb - more details
Cabaret is holding auditions: in Random Location 2 from 12:30 to 12:30 on Fri 22nd Feb - more details
Avenue Q is holding auditions: in Random Location 35 from 17:15 to 17:15 on Fri 22nd Feb - more details
Woyzeck is looking for: Publicity Designer, Publicist, Director, Master Carpenter, Costume Designer, Producer, Set Designer, Technical Director, Production Manager, Sound Designer - more details
Antony and Cleopatra is looking for: Costume Designer, Publicity Designer, Technical Director, Publicist, Sound Designer, Master Carpenter, Production Manager, Director, Set Designer, Producer - more details
Avenue Q is looking for: Lighting Designer, Costume Designer, Set Designer, Producer, Technical Director, Publicist, Director, Sound Designer, Production Manager, Publicity Designer - more details
Hedda Gabler is looking for: Master Carpenter, Sound Designer - more details
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead is looking for: Lighting Designer, Master Carpenter, Set Designer, Technical Director, Director, Sound Designer, Producer - more details
Oklahoma! is looking for: Sound Designer, Publicity Designer, Lighting Designer, Publicist, Set Designer, Production Manager, Master Carpenter, Costume Designer - more details
Show Boat is looking for: Lighting Designer - more details
Shrek the Musical is looking for: Set Designer, Sound Designer, Publicist - more details
Richard II is looking for: Set Designer, Lighting Designer, Master Carpenter, Publicity Designer, Technical Director, Producer, Director, Production Manager, Sound Designer, Publicist - more details
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Lysistrata has announced: Random text 25 - more details
Woyzeck has announced: Random text 90 - more details