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The Barbican Centre is a performing arts centre in the Barbican Estate of the City of London, England, and the largest of its kind in Europe. [1] The centre hosts classical and contemporary music concerts, theatre performances, film screenings and art exhibitions.
This is a list of the longest-running shows (3,000 performances or more) in the West End, a well known professional theatre district in London.Nine currently running shows (two plays, seven musicals) have played more than 3,000 performances: The Mousetrap, Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, Mamma Mia!, The Lion King, Wicked, Matilda, The Book of Mormon, and The Play That Goes Wrong.
The first West End theatre, known as Theatre Royal in Bridges Street, was designed by Thomas Killigrew and built on the site of the present Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. [7] It opened on 7 May 1663 and was destroyed by a fire nine years later. It was replaced by a new structure designed by Christopher Wren and renamed the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
Theatre Location Opened Capacity Current Management Bacon Theatre: Cheltenham 1991 566 Theatre Manager – Debbie Godber Barbican Theatre: London 1982 1,156 Artistic Director – Louise Jeffreys Barons Court Theatre: London 1991 57 Owner – Geronimo Inns (Young & Co.’s Brewery) Barn Theatre: Cirencester 2018 203 Artistic Director – Iwan Lewis
Tom Pye for My Neighbour Totoro – Barbican Theatre. Miriam Buether for To Kill a Mockingbird – Gielgud Theatre; Ben Stones for Standing at the Sky's Edge – National Theatre Olivier; Mark Walters for Jack and the Beanstalk – London Palladium; Kimie Nakano for My Neighbour Totoro – Barbican Theatre
The Barbican Estate, or Barbican, is a residential complex of around 2,000 flats, maisonettes and houses in central London, England, within the City of London. It is in an area once devastated by World War II bombings and densely populated by financial institutions, 1.4 miles (2.2 km) north east of Charing Cross . [ 1 ]
Many major important theatres and National venues are sited beyond the traditional West End theatre land. They include the Royal National Theatre on the South Bank; the nearby Young Vic, Old Vic and Globe Theatres; Sadler's Wells in Rosebery Avenue and Barbican Arts Centre to the east; and the Royal Court Theatre in Chelsea.
The Barbican Theatre where Bailey made his professional acting debut at the age of seven for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Through his dance club in Henley-on-Thames, Bailey auditioned for and landed the alternating roles of Tiny Tim and Young Scrooge in the 1995 Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) production of A Christmas Carol at the Barbican Theatre in London at seven years old.