| White Bear Theatre Club | |
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The White Bear Theatre |
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| Address | 138 Kennington Park Road |
| City | Lambeth, London SE11 4DJ |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Capacity | 50 |
| Type | Fringe Theatre |
| Opened | 1988 |
| Years active | 1988 - present |
| Previous names | The White Bear Theatre Club, White Bear |
| www.whitebeartheatre.co.uk | |
The White Bear Theatre Club is a fringe theatre venue, established in 1988 in the White Bear pub in Kennington, London Borough of Lambeth.[1] It is run by Artistic Director Michael Kingsbury. Theatre practitioners who have worked at The White Bear include Joe Penhall, Hugh Allison, Mark Little, Emily Watson, Tamsin Outhwaite, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Vicky Featherstone, Torben Betts, Lucinda Coxon, Adam Spreadbury-Maher (Associate director 2008 - 2009) and Chris Loveless (Associate Director, 2009 - ). It is said to be one of the most interesting fringe theatres due to its small size and the intimacy of the acting space.[2]
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Previous productions include: Bodyclock (Time Out Critics Choice), Cosi, Dracula (a new musical by Alex Loveless adapted from the original story by Bram Stoker), Life's A Dream, Feathers, The Return of the Soldier, The Card Index, Spin and I Only Want To Be With You.
The theatre has been described by London review magazine Time Out as 'Fringe Theatre of the first order, The White Bear must be saluted for staging such work' and Michael Billington from The Guardian was quoted as saying 'Fringe theatre at his best.'
The White Bear has received numerous awards including Time Out Best Fringe Venue, Peter Brook Empty Space Award for Best Up and Coming Venue, Carling London Fringe Awards for Best Actor and Best Production.