The courtyard is a theatre housed in the former public library originally known as the passmore edwards free library in pitfield street in hoxton london borough of hackney england it is a grade ii listed building.
Courtyard theater london. The courtyard operates both a 150 seat main house and an 80 seat studio theatre. This quirky east london theatre venue is a hub for new fringe shows and has its own on site drama school. The courtyard hosted the first london horror festival. Courtyard s school of the arts branch is designed to help our theatre kids get more training specifically in dance though also including voice acting stage combat tumbling set design etc.
Courtyard theatre spanish corral any temporary or permanent theatre structure established in an inn s courtyard in england or a residential courtyard in spain. It is also home to the iambic wine bar. It temporarily replaced the other place theatre during the redevelopment of the royal shakespeare rst and swan theatres the last performance at the courtyard theatre took place in 2010. The courtyard theatre s roomy grade ii listed victorian building hosts both a 150 seater main space and an 80 seater studio.
Under elizabeth i many plays were performed in the courtyards of london inns with the first recorded innyard performance in 1557 by 1576 there were five courtyard theatres in london but they declined thereafter since by then. It was replaced by the other place in 2016 which.