Shaw Theatre
Looking down Ossulston Street: Shaw Theatre is on the left
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| Address | 100 Euston Road London, NW1 England |
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| Coordinates | 51°31′43″N 0°07′41″W / 51.5287°N 0.128°W |
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 King's Cross St. Pancras King's Cross St. Pancras
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| Capacity | 446 |
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| Opened | 1971 |
| Rebuilt | 1998 |
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The Shaw Theatre is a theatre in Somers Town, in the London Borough of Camden. It is located near the Euston Road, beside the British Library, equidistant from King's Cross-St Pancras station and Euston station.
Before being refurbished in 1998, the Shaw Theatre originally opened its doors in 1971 as a purpose built theatre within the St Pancras library. The opening production was the show Zigger Zagger with a cast that included Barrie Rutter and Paula Wilcox. In 1972, Simon Ward and Sinéad Cusack appeared in Romeo and Juliet. Later in the same year Vanessa Redgrave, Nyree Dawn Porter and Windsor Davies starred in Twelfth Night. Other stars who appeared in the early days include Sir Ian McKellen, Mia Farrow, Julia McKenzie and Raymond Francis. The theatre hosted a series of Sunday nights at the Shaw, with many notable actors including Dame Judi Dench, Dame Flora Robson, Patricia Routledge and Michael Williams. It also hosted numerous productions by the National Youth Theatre.
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