Almeida Theatre

Founded in 1980, the Almeida Theatre has become one of the key theatres in London. For over two decades it's operated in Islington, a fashionable district in inner North London, staging its own productions of mainly high-brow plays, including Shakespeare, and acquiring an artistic reputation comparable to the leading theatres in central London.

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London - Islington - Shakespeare

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The theatre was conceived by Lebanese-born, Oxford-educated Pierre Audi in 1978, when he acquired a derelict Salvation Army Hall in an unfashionable part of Islington in North London. In 1990, Ian McDiarmid and Jonathan Kent took over the artistic direction and the Almeida became a full-time theatre for the first time. It is a non-profit producing theatre whose productions regularly play to packed houses and frequently transfer to the West End. Director Michael Attenborough took over as head of the theatre in 2002.

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Pierre Audi - 1978 - Salvation Army - North London - Ian McDiarmid - Michael Attenborough

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