Alison Croasdale, 29, English teacher
Six of our readers talk us through their favourite London theatres – from a hidden West End gem to London's biggest amateur theatre.
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For our reader takeover issue, we’ve invited six readers to big up the out-of-the-way theatres that they love
Six of our readers talk us through their favourite London theatres – from a hidden West End gem to London's biggest amateur theatre.
‘Islington is home to many wonderful things and a trip here becomes better still with a visit to the King’s Head Theatre, which can boast being London’s first pub theatre since Shakespeare’s day. It opened in 1970 at the back of the Victorian pub on fair Upper Street, where we lay our scene. Whether your main priority is to devour some very satisfying pub food (the cheese and charcuterie board is my favourite), listen to live music or partake in the weekly quiz night with some carefully selected friends (the top prize is currently a bar tab), make sure you don’t miss the pub’s theatre.’
Amy Trakos, 29, civil servant
‘I love Dalston’s Arcola Theatre. I started going in 2003 when I was living a road away from its then-location on Arcola Street. I was captivated by the play ‘Crime and Punishment in Dalston’, which explored racial tension between local black and Turkish communities through Dostoyevsky. This was relevant to the school students I teach so I brought them down – starting a beautiful relationship, with some going on to star in Arcola productions. In 2011 the Arcola relocated to its new home on Ashwin Street. If you don’t know the place, get down early on a Tuesday and take a chance on a pay-what-you-can show. You’ll love it.’
Christopher Lancaster, 40, drama teacher
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