Mermaid [London]
type: Item
description: Theatre building in London, United Kingdom
description: theater in City of London, Verenigd Koninkrijk @nl
alternative label: Mermaid
EUTA building identifier: 1140
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: United Kingdom
City: London
GPS: Point(-0.102 51.5113)
Wikidata source: Q6819864
opening date: 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
Web: www.the-mermaid.co.uk
architect: Ove Arup
Theatres Trust Database ID: 2743
city section: City of London
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 1117
theatricalia id: 1x/mermaid-theatre-london-london
Note: Built 1957-1959 by Elidir L. W. Davies for Bernard Miles, by converting the remains of a warehouse destroyed in World War II. Stage design by Michael Stringer and C. Walter Hodges. Opened 28 May 1959 with Laurie Johnson's musical Lock Up your Daughters. The complex includes a main auditorium (610 seats) and a studio theatre. Originally used for drama and musical performances, later also for conferences. Closed as a theatre in 2003. Later called The Mermaid - Event Space London and mainly used for corporate entertainment, congresses, functions, and art exhibitions.