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Print Room (theatre)

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Address
  
The Coronet, 103 Notting Hill Gate, London, W11 3LB London United Kingdom

Opened
  
September 2010 (2010-09)

The Print Room is a fringe theatre located in the old Coronet Cinema in London, England. The company was founded in Westbourne Grove, West London, and opened in September 2010. It produces a programme of theatre, art, dance and music events. The theatre is run by artistic director Anda Winters.

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The theatre began in a converted 1950s warehouse which had served as a graphic design workshop in Westbourne Grove. The venue had two spaces: an 80-seater studio, which it used for its larger productions, and a 40-seater space for smaller theatre pieces, play readings and art exhibitions.

In July 2014, it was announced that the Print Room was taking over the Coronet Cinema in Notting Hill Gate as its new home.

The Print Room operates in the Coronet using the 180-seat main auditorium, and a smaller, 100-seat studio space.

The Print Room stages lesser-known work by classic authors such as T.S Eliot, Arthur Miller and Harold Pinter, and new works by contemporary dramatists such as Brian Friel and Will Eno.

Productions

On the 19th January 2017 a protest was held outside the theatre in a row over white actors playing characters with Chinese names. Hundreds of protesters accused The Print Room of yellow face casting for its production of Howard Barker's play In The Depths of Love.

  • Deathwatch by Jean Genet and translated by David Rudkin (11 April-7 May 2016)
  • Terra, written by Hubert Essakow and performed by the Print Room Dance Company (23 February-12 March 2016)
  • Five Finger Exercise by Peter Shaffer (18 January-13 February 2016)
  • Table of Delights by Theatre Damfino (23 November 2015 – 13 December 2015)
  • Trois Ruptures/Three Splits by Remi De Vos (11 November 2015 – 18 November 2015)
  • Ubu and the Truth Commission directed by William Kentridge in collaboration with Handspring Puppet Company (15 October 2015 – 7 November 2015)
  • The Cocktail Party by T.S. Eliot (14 September-10 October 2015)
  • Amygdala by Geraldine Alexander (25 November-14 December 2013)
  • The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter (27 October-23 November 2013)
  • The Last Yankee by Arthur Miller (7 September-5 October 2013)
  • The Summer Concerts, featuring Antonio Forcione and Adriano Adewale Duo, Death’s Cabaret: A Love Story and L’Homme Orchestre: Jean Michel Bernard (30 June-11 July 2013)
  • Tutto Bene, Mamma? by Gloria Mina in a new English version by April de Angelis (15 June-6 July 2013)
  • 4000 Miles by Amy Herzog (14 May-1 June 2013)
  • Screaming in Advance – a two-day festival, comprising four new plays in rehearsed readings performed by members of the company, and Howard Barker in discussion with the company and the journalist Mark Brown.
  • Molly Sweeney by Brian Friel (27 April -27 March 2013)
  • Ivy and Joan by James Hogan (14 January-26 November 2013)
  • Lot and His God by Howard Barker (3–24 November 2012)
  • Thom Pain (Based on Nothing) by Will Eno (15 September-12 January 2008)
  • Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov in a new version by Mike Poulton (21 March-28 April, and extended 18 June-7 July 2012)
  • Toujours Et Pres de Moi, a Print Room/Opera Erratica co-production (14–26 May 2012)
  • The Brodsky Quartet: Petit Fours (28 February 2012)
  • Judgement Day by Mike Poulton, a new version of Henrik Ibsen's When We Dead Awaken (16 November-17 December 2011)
  • One for the Road/Victoria Station by Harold Pinter (13 September-1 October 2011)
  • "Devils Festival" a two-week festival featuring work from the theatre's artistic apprentices: The Printer’s Devils (18 June-2 July 2011)
  • Kingdom of Earth by Tennessee Williams (28 April-28 May 2011)
  • Snake in the Grass by Alan Ayckbourn (9 February-12 March 2011)
  • Fabrication by Pier Paolo Pasolini (10 November-4 December 2010)
  • Awards & nominations

  • Peter Brook Empty Space Award Nominee 2011
  • Off West End Award for Best Set Designer 2012, for Kingdom of Earth, won by Ruth Sutcliffe
  • Off West End Award for Best Sound Designer 2012, for Snake in The Grass, won by Neil Alexander
  • Off West End Award for Best Production 2013, for Uncle Vanya
  • References

    Print Room (theatre) Wikipedia