The Bridewell Theatre
The Bridewell Theatre,
Bride Lane Fleet Street,
London EC4Y 8EQ
T 020 7353 3331 F 020 7353 1547
E info@stbridefoundation.org
The St. Bride Foundation brings together exhibition spaces, a theatre, educational centre and what is undoubtedly one of the most significant collections of typography and historical printed reference in the world. We also provide a first rate facility for conference and events with reduced rates for community organisations.
Situated off Fleet Street in the narrow streets surrounding St. Bride’s Church the St. Bride Institute was established in 1891 to meet the educational, cultural and social needs of a community working within the burgeoning print industry of the Victorian era.
Though the presses have moved away, there continues to be a working community around Fleet Street. In the spirit of its philanthropic originators, the Foundation continues to provide a stimulating, community environment that creates a focal point for encouraging and developing everyone’s potential through a broad range of activities.
Waiting for Godot
by Samuel Beckett
directed by Robert Pennant Jones
presented by Tower Theatre
Waiting for Godot is possibly the greatest play of the 20th century and everyone should see it at least once. It is both brilliantly funny and deeply profound. It invites us to think about the human condition and the point of our being. It treats of the conflicts and mutual dependencies of body and soul; of domination and slavery; of damnation and salvation. Two flawed specimens of humankind wrestle with such absolutes as action and thought; grief and happiness; good and evil.
Tuesday - Saturday, 25 Mar - 29 Mar 2008
Performances at 7.45pm
Saturday 29 Mar 2008
Matinée 3pm
Tickets £11.00
Concessions £9.00
Book online or call 020 7353 1700
The Glass Menagerie
by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Martin Buttery
presented by the Tower Theatre
In 1930s St Louis, a faded southern belle struggles to accept her life in a run down tenement with a shy ‘disappointing’ daughter and an explosive son who refuses to live his life to her rules. The arrival of a longed for ‘gentleman caller’ should settle everything – instead it exposes a family too fragile for life's harsh realities.
Tuesday - Saturday, 1 Apr - 5 Apr 2008
Performances at 7.45pm
Saturday 5 Apr 2008
Matinée 3pm
Tickets £11.00
Concessions £9.00
Book online or call 020 7353 1700
Red Hot & Black
Conceived by Angus Jacobs
Directed by Angus Jacobs
Presented by SEDOS
Using Bob Fosse’s styling as inspiration, Red Hot & Black is a musical revue with an original edge.
Comprising songs from well known musicals interspersed with some iconic pop, it will be a vibrant and provocative production - with a few surprises!
Tuesday - Saturday, 8 Apr - 12 Apr 2008
Performances at 7.30pm
Saturday 12 Apr 2008
Matinée 3pm
Tickets £15.00
Concessions £12.50
ROAD
By Jim Cartwright
Directed by Chris de Pury and Matt Harrison
Presented by SEDOS
Voted “36th best play of the 20th century” in a poll by the National Theatre, ROAD weaves a path through the lives of ordinary working class Lancastrians enduring the dark days of Thatcherism which veers between gleeful satire and poignant despair.
Tuesday - Saturday, 15 Apr - 19 Apr 2008
Performances at 7.45pm
Tickets £12.50
Concessions £10.00
INTO THE WOODS
by STEPHEN SONDHEIM & JAMES LAPINEA
directed by AMANDA NOAR
presented by ADRIAN JECKELLS FOR LONDON SCHOOL OF MUSICAL THEATRE
Bewitching crew of classic characters romp through a "happily ever after" kingdom. With wit, melody and sentiment, Into The Woods celebrates choices, companion-ship and the knowledge that fairytales do not always have happy endings.
Saturday 26 Apr 2008
Monday - Wednesday, 28 Apr - 30 Apr 2008
Performances at 7.30pm
Saturday 26 Apr 2008
Sunday 27 Apr 2008
Matinée 3pm
Tickets £12.50
Book online or call 020 7407 4455
BIG TOP
by CHARLES MILLER & KEVIN
directed by JAMES TILLITT
HAMMONDSA
presented by ADRIAN JECKELLS FOR LONDON SCHOOL OF MUSICAL THEATRE
thrilling new musical by Miller and Hammonds. A 1930s ‘journey into the unknown’ circus extravaganza, as a unhappy child leaves home, dons the greasepaint and joins the rogues and vagabonds of the Big Top on his quest for family happiness and answers.
Tuesday - Saturday, 6 May - 10 May 2008
Performances at 7.30pm
Saturday 10 May 2008
Matinée 3pm
Tickets £12.50
Book online or call 020 7407 4455
