The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse is an indoor, candlelit wooden theatre with a capacity of 340 people, located on Bankside next to the Globe Theatre. It opened in January 2014 and is modelled on candlelit theatres of Shakespeare's London, echoing the Blackfriars Playhouse used by Shakespeare's theatre company from 1609. It forms part of the Shakespeare's Globe complex in Southwark.
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse has 8 upcoming events listed, mostly play and drama and kids activity. It is 6 minutes' walk from London Bridge tube station.
The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse is an indoor theatre forming part of the Shakespeare's Globe complex, along with the recreated Globe Theatre on Bankside in Southwark, London. Built by making use of 17th-century plans for an indoor English theatre, the playhouse recalls the layout… Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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