Theatres
The RSC has two permanent theatres in Stratford-upon-Avon:
- The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, a 1,040+ seat theatre with thrust stage (re-opened 24 November 2010 after Transformation project)
- The Swan Theatre, a smaller thrust stage, approx 450 capacity
It also has The Courtyard Theatre which was built as a temporary theatre to house the Company's work when the RST and Swan were closed for the Transformation project. It provided a full-scale working prototype for the new RST's auditorium, seating 1,045 people around a thrust stage. It is being used in 2012 for productions in the World Shakespeare Festival including Much Ado About Nothing in an Indian setting.
The company's London presence has included tenancies of the Aldwych Theatre, The Place in Duke's Road, Euston, the Donmar Warehouse in Covent Garden, the Barbican Theatre and The Pit at the Barbican Centre in the City of London. There have also been seasons at The Mermaid Theatre, the Almeida Theatre (1988 and 1989), the Roundhouse in Camden, the Young Vic, the Playhouse Theatre, the Novello Theatre and the Gielgud Theatre.
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