Actors Centre

Centre providing a place for professional actors to maintain and develop their skills through classes in acting and other topics relating to drama, and a meeting place where actors can exchange ideas, information and mutual support. Most classes are open to Members of the Centre only. Introduction to Acting classes are open to members of the public. The Tristan Bates Theatre is a 70 seat studio presenting new and developing work.

  Ambassadors Theatre

Theatre showing plays and comedy shows. Private hire is possible.

  Bloomsbury Theatre

Theatre presenting wide ranging programme of theatre, music, dance, opera and alternative cabaret. 535 seat venue, available for hire.

  Cambridge Theatre

West End theatre seating 1200+.

  Camden Peoples Theatre

52-seat studio theatre specialising in radical and experimental new work. Includes The Basement, a studio for community arts, and rehearsal meeting space.

  Cochrane Theatre

Theatre with community links. Visting and in-house productions.

  Diorama Arts

BUILDING INACCESSIBLE FOR 18 MONTHS FROM MARCH 2008 FOR BUILDING WORKS. Arts centre with performance space and meetings space and workspace.

  Dominion Theatre

Theatre showing large scale musicals and occasional one night concerts.

  Donmar Warehouse At Thomas Neals

Theatre in Covent Garden.

  Drill Hall

200 seat theatre (Drill Hall 1), 50 seat theatre (Drill Hall 2). Run Sure Start parent and toddler drop-in sessions. Year round theatre programme champions the work of lesbian and gay artists, including a children's programme. Free mailing list send request to box.office@drillhall.co.uk or call the box office. Programme details and tickets available on the website.

  Embassy Theatre

Welcomes visitors to join the audience of plays by final year acting students and theatre practice students of the Central School of Speech and Drama. Evening classes and Summer Schools in theatre arts, presentation skills and spoken English are available to all with enthusiasm for theatre and performance.

  Etcetera Theatre Club

Alternative contact Michelle Flower. Fringe theatre. Membership fee. Ring for details of current productions or check in press.

  Hampstead Theatre

Theatre with up to 325 seats. The Michael Frayn Space studio, capacity 80 seated, is available for hire. Licensed cafe/bar open Mon-Sat 10.00-22.00.

  Lauderdale House

Exhibitions, musical and theatrical events including cabaret and music hall, dance, poetry, arts and crafts demonstrations. Classes and workshops for children and adults. Available for private functions and concerts. Antiques fairs and crafts fairs, Saturday morning children's shows for 3-8 year olds (check programme for age range). Annual photographic competitions. Cafe and restaurant Tel: 020-8341 4807. Grade II* listed building dating from 1582. Licensed to hold wedding ceremonies and other social functions.

  Little Angel Theatre

Puppetry shows for children at weekends and daily during the school holidays. Puppet operating courses. Woodcarving courses. School workshops and special school shows at the theatre.

  New End Theatre

Fringe theatre with 84 standalone seats. Can be hired out to incoming companies and also puts on in-house productions. Fully air-conditioned theatre and bar.

  New London Theatre

Theatre in Drury Lane.

  Only Connect Theatre

Theatre supporting ex-offenders.

  Open Air Theatre

Summer season includes plays by Shakespeare, musicals, children's shows and other events from May-September.

  Pentameters Theatre

Puts on new and classical plays and holds poetry readings and musical events.

  Phoenix Theatre

  Place (the Place)

Centre for contemporary dance including the London Contemporary Dance School (Tel: 020-7121 1111), Richard Alston Dance Company (Tel: 020-7121 1010) and The Robin Howard Dance Theatre (Tel: 020-7121 1101). A wide range of courses, evening and weekend classes including contemporary, ballet, yoga and pilates are available at all levels and ages (Tel: 020-7121 1090). Opportunities offered for dance practitioners include education, research and outreach projects.

  Pleasance Theatre Islington

Main theatre seating 289. Also studio seating 54.

  Roundhouse

Independant performance venue and Roundhouse Studios (run workshops, projects and events for young people including rehearsal/practice rooms for bands). Venue available for hire, email: hire@roundhouse.org.uk, cafe and bars email: roundhouseadmin@companyofcooks.com.

  Royal Academy Of Dramatic Art

Drama school offering full-time courses in acting and technical theatre arts including stage management and specialist technical courses. Also a broad range of workshops and short courses are run throughout the year (for full range of courses see website). Three theatres on site: the Jerwood Vanburgh, GBS (George Bernard Shaw), and The John Gielgud Studio. All performances are open to the general public. Discounts available to Camden residents.

  Saint Martins Theatre

Theatre which is 'Home of the Mousetrap'.

  Shaftesbury Theatre

Commercial West End Theatre.

  Shaw Theatre

446-seat theatre.

  Stagetext

Can supply captioning service to theatres to enable people with a hearing loss to gain full access to a stage production. The captions are shown at the same time as the actors speaking or singing. Sound effects and off-stage noises can be included too. Has a free mailing-list of forthcoming captioned performances.

  Theatro Technis

Theatre and other arts and community resource centre. Presents plays and a wide range of cultural events. Has a membership Theatre Group based on multilingual Community Theatre and library. Mounts a European Theatre and Arts festival. New Internet Art Cafe, upto 6 PCs with internet access and arts related information.

  Tricycle Theatre And Cinema

Contact the Marketing Manager. Theatre and cinema. Children's theatre and film shows, drama workshops. Adult classes in life drawing held Thu. Cafe, bar, art gallery. Rehearsal space for hire and children's party room (Sat).

  Upstairs At The Gatehouse

A theatre and entertainment venue based in a refurbished Victorian Music Hall. Theatre style (capacity 130) and cabaret style (capacity 140) available for hire. The venue is not suitable for social functions such as birthday parties and wedding receptions.

  Vocaleyes

Nationwide charity providing audio description service for blind and partially-sighted people in theatres, museums and galleries, based in Tower Hamlets. (The details shown here were taken from the organisation's website).