New Wimbledon Theatre
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The New Wimbledon Theatre is situated on The Broadway, Wimbledon, London. It is a five minute walk from Wimbledon rail, tube and tramlink station. It is a ten minute walk from South Wimbledon tube station. This Edwardian theatre is a Grade II listed building, first opened in 1910.
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[edit] Venue statistics
The theatre has approximately 1,700 seats making it the sixth largest venue in London following the London Palladium, Drury Lane Theatre, Apollo Victoria Theatre, Dominion and Lyceum.
It also contains the smaller New Wimbledon Studio Theatre, which seats up to 70 people in a more intimate and flexible space.
[edit] Recent history
In autumn 2003, Wimbledon Theatre was bought out by the Ambassador Theatre Group, the second largest theatre owner in London's West End and around the UK. Following a name change to the New Wimbledon Theatre, the venue reopened in February 2004 with Matthew Bourne's production of The Nutcracker. Following this, the theatre has gone from strength to strength, with major productions in 2004 and 2005 including Saturday Night Fever, Blood Brothers, Footloose, Jesus Christ Superstar, Fame, Jekyll & Hyde and the London revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats.
It has since played host to a large variety of touring productions, plus the UK launch of Josef Weinberger's UK collection of Disney musicals available to amateur companies throughout the British Isles. Most recently saw the launch of a brand new UK pantomime company formed from a collaboration between Howard Panter of the Ambassador Theatre Group and David Ian of Live Nation Theatrical and called First Family Entertainment. The company has produced 8 pantos across the UK for 2005-6, with their flagship production being Cinderella at New Wimbledon, starring Susan Hampshire, Richard Wilson, John Barrowman, Naomi Wilkinson, Peter Duncan and Tim Vine. 2006 sees the premiere of Peter Pan starring Henry Winkler, Bobby Davro and Sarah Jane Honeywell.
[edit] Past productions
- The King & I (5 - 10 September 2005)
- Grease (12 - 17 September 2005)
- Strictly Ballroom (3 - 8 October 2005)
- Twelfth Night (11 - 15 October 2005)
- The Nutcracker (17 - 19 October 2005)
- Thoroughly Modern Millie (25 - 29 October 2005)
- Rebecca (31 October - 5 November 2005)
- Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake (8 - 12 November 2005)
- Annie Get Your Gun (14 - 19 November 2005)
- The Mikado (22 - 26 November 2006)
- Cinderella (9 December 2005 - 15 January 2006)
- Romeo & Juliet (24 - 28 January 2006)
- Chinese State Circus (30 - 31 January 2006)
- Horrible Histories (7 - 11 February 2006)
- Moscow City Ballet (20 - 25 February 2006)
- Buddy (2 - 4 March 2006)
- Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands (7 - 11 March 2006)
- Noise Ensemble (16 March 2006)
- Disney's Beauty and the Beast (21 March - 1 April 2006)
- Fimbles (11 - 12 April 2006)
- Anything Goes (17 - 22 April 2006)
- The New Statesman: Project 2006 - The Blair B'Stard Project (24 - 29 April 2006)
- Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (1 - 6 May 2006)
- Chişinău National Opera - Rigoletto and La Bohème (10 - 13 May 2006)
- The Rocky Horror Show (15 - 20 May 2006)
- The Canterville Ghost (English National Ballet) (25 May - 4 June 2006)
- Tonight's The Night (12 - 17 June 2006)
- The Jungle Book (20 - 24 June 2006)
- Dance Overture (11 - 15 July 2006)
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (18-23 September 2006)
- Girls Night (25-29 September 2006)
- Dara O'Brien (30 September 2006)
- Slava's Snowshow (3 - 7 October 2006)
- Grumpy Old Women - Live (8 October 2006)
- Russian Classical Ballet Theatre (9-14 October 2006)
- The Pirates of Penzance (16-21 October 2006)
- Arsenic and Old Lace (23-28 October 2006)
- Blood Brothers (30 October - 4 November 2006)
[edit] Upcoming season 2006
- This is Elvis - The Musical (6-11 November 2006)
- Starlight Express (14 November - 2 December 2006)
- Peter Pan (7 December 2006 - 14 January 2007)
- Music Hall Matinee (17 January 2007)
- Chinese State Circus (19-21 January 2007)
- To Kill a Mockingbird (30 January - 3 February 2007)
- Omid Djalli (4 February 2007)
- Tap Dogs (5-10 February 2007)
- Horrible Histories (27 February - 3 March 2007)
- Colin Fry (5 March 2007)
- Russian State Ballet of Siberia (7-10 March 2007)
- Scooby Doo Live (29 March - 1 April 2007)
- Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story (5 - 7 April 2007)
- Me and My Girl (9-14 April 2007)
- Singalonga Abba (6 May 2007)
- Pam Ann (30 May 2007)
