Royal Court Theatre [London]
type: Item
label: Royal Court Theatre
label: Divadlo Royal Court @cs
description: Theatre building in London, United Kingdom, opened in 1870
description: theater in Kensington en Chelsea, Verenigd Koninkrijk @nl
alternative label: Belgravia Theatre
EUTA building identifier: 813
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: United Kingdom
City: London
GPS: Point(-0.1566 51.4926)
Wikidata source: Q1169370
opening date: 1888-01-01T00:00:00Z
Building date: 1870-04-16T00:00:00Z
Capacity: 465
Address: Sloane Square, London, Kensington & Chelsea, SW1W 8AS, England
Web: royalcourttheatre.com
architect: Bertie Crewe
architect: Walter Emden
Theatres Trust Database ID: 2071
city section: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Arthur Lloyd.co.uk page: RoyalCourtTheatreLondon.htm
Carthalia ID: 6550
Modern Opera Houses index: III. p. 115.
theatricalia id: 6v/royal-court-theatre-london-london
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1888 by Walter Emden and Bertie Crewe on the East Side of Sloane Square as a successor to a former Royal Court Theatre on the south side of Sloane Square (a converted chapel opened as New Chelsea Theatre in 1870, demolished in 1877). 1920 auditorium rebuilding. 1935-1940 used as a cinema. Damaged by bombs in 1940. Interior redesign by Robert Cromie. Re-opened 1952 as a live theatre. Various rebuildings. 2000 rebuilding by Haworth Tompkins. The theatre contains the main auditorium (Jerwood Theatre Downstairs with 370 seats) and a studio theatre (opened 1971, now named Jerwood Theatre Upstairs with originally 63, now 85 seats).