Sadler's Wells [London]
type: Item
label: Sadler's Wells Theatre @nl
label: Teatro de Sadlers Wells @es
description: Theatre building in London, United Kingdom, opened in 1879
description: theater in het Verenigd Koninkrijk @nl
alternative label: Sadler's Wells
EUTA building identifier: 1073
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: United Kingdom
City: London
GPS: Point(-0.1063 51.5294)
opening date: 1998-10-11T00:00:00Z
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 135854
Address: Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1R 4TN, England
Web: www.sadlerswells.com
Postal Code: EC1R 4TN
Theatres Trust Database ID: 2037
city section: Islington
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Wikidata source: Q118491554
Arthur Lloyd.co.uk page: SadlersWellsTheatre.htm#new
location hosted performance space: 1683-01-01T00:00:00Z
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q189928
Carthalia ID: 4408
theatricalia id: 3f/sadlers-wells-theatre-london
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: The site has been used for entertainment purposes since 1663 when the first, wooden theatre opened as Musick House. A stone theatre was built 1765 by Thomas Rosoman. After 1772 interior rebuilding. 1802 major auditorium rebuilding by Rudolph Cabanel. The theatre featured a large water tank used for aquatic drama performances. 1838 major alteration. 1879 rebuilding by C. J. Phipps. Since 1896 used as a cinema. 1901 rebuilding by Bertie Crewe. Closed 1915 and left to dereliction. - [1931 a new theatre was built by F. G. M. Chancellor of Matcham and Co. Re-opened 1931. Since 1934 used for opera and ballet by the Vic-Wells Opera Company (that would later become the English National Opera). 1938 extension. 1988 addition of the Lilian Baylis Theatre. 1998 major rebuilding by RHWL Architects.]