It opened in 1882 in Great Queen Street and was accessed off Little Queen Street until 1905, and from the new Kingsway road from 1905 onwards. Its site is now occupied by an extension of Newton Street into Great Queen Street, and an office block. * Meet & Greet Entertainment [9] It also featured the 1915 premiere of Pearn and Elgar's The Starlight Express and the London premiere of the musical Oh, Boy! Regent Street Cinema hosts several Feature Films and Event Cinema experiences. * Living Statues Use our interactive map of London theatres to find the locations of West End, Off-West End and Fringe venues. * Walkabout Magicians & Mind Readers The theatre was also the subject of many other short-lived name changes, each time reverting to its original name - from 29 March 1883 to 5 January 1884 it was known as the, "Novelty Theatre, Great Queen Street, Holborn, London", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Novelty_Theatre&oldid=957459665, Buildings and structures demolished in 1959, Former buildings and structures in the London Borough of Camden, Demolished buildings and structures in London, Infobox mapframe without OSM relation ID on Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Mander, Raymond and Joe Mitchenson (1968), This page was last edited on 18 May 2020, at 23:50. The theatre closed in 1941 and was demolished in 1959. * Fortune Tellers & Tarot Readers [8], Its interior was rebuilt in 1898-1900 and 1907, reopening after the two reconstructions as the Great Queen Street Theatre (1900–1907) and Kingsway Theatre (1907–1941) respectively.

– Some famous people who started their careers as a street performer include David Bowie, Jewel and Robin Williams. [6] The Russian National Opera Company produced The Demon at the Novelty in 1888, and the theatre hosted the London premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House in 1889. Its first show was the comic opera Melita or the Parsee's Daughter,[1] composed by Henry Pontet, with a libretto by Juba Kennerley. In 1939 it hosted the premiere of Rutland Boughton's third symphony and finally closed on 11 May 1941. * Walkabout Animals & Creatures * Walkabout Robots We have every kind of street theatre act you can think of, all of which engage their audience and give them a unique experience with their energy and passion bringing every event to life. [7] The Merchant of Venice was presented at the theatre in 1897. The Bridge Theatre is operated by London Theatre Company Productions Limited (registered in England and Wales, Company number 1037977, registered office 7 Savoy Court, London, WC2R 0EX) (registered in England and Wales, Company number 1037977, registered office 7 Savoy Court, London, WC2R 0EX)