Bridge Theatre

The Bridge Theatre is a commercial theatre near Tower Bridge in London that opened in October 2017. It was developed by Nick Starr and Nicholas Hytner as the home of the London Theatre Company, which they founded following their tenancy as executive director and artistic director, respectively, at the National Theatre.

Format
The theatre seats 900 and is a flexible space to accommodate each production. For example, the opening production, Young Marx, featured a traditional proscenium arrangement, Julius Caesar (2018), A Midsummer Night's Dream (2019) and Guys and Dolls (2023-25) had the stalls seating removed with the audience standing around moving and raising platforms offering an in-the-round immersive experience in promenade and Nightfall (2018) was performed on a thrust stage. It was reported that the theatre cost £12 million to build.

Production history

 * Young Marx by Richard Bean and Clive Coleman, starring Rory Kinnear and Oliver Chris, directed by Nicholas Hytner (18October – 31December 2017)


 * Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, starring Michelle Fairley, Ben Whishaw, David Calder and David Morrissey, directed by Nicholas Hytner (20January – 15April 2018)
 * Nightfall by Barney Norris, starring Ophelia Lovibond, Ukweli Roach, Clare Skinner and Sion Daniel Young, directed by Laurie Sansom (28April – 3June 2018)
 * My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout, adapted by Rona Munro, starring Laura Linney, directed by Richard Eyre (2–23June 2018)
 * Allelujah! by Alan Bennett, directed by Nicholas Hytner (11July – 28September 2018)
 * A Very Very Very Dark Matter by Martin McDonagh, starring Jim Broadbent, directed by Matthew Dunster (10October – 29December 2018)


 * My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout, adapted by Rona Munro, starring Laura Linney, directed by Richard Eyre (23January – 16February 2019, revival of 2018 production)
 * Alys, Always a new play by Lucinda Coxon based on the novel by Harriet Lane, starring Joanne Froggatt and Robert Glenister, directed by Nicholas Hytner (25February – 30March 2019)
 * A German Life – a new play by Christopher Hampton, drawn from the life and testimony of Brunhilde Pomsel, starring Maggie Smith, directed by Jonathan Kent (6April – 11May 2019)
 * A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, directed by Nicholas Hytner (3June – 31August 2019)
 * Two Ladies – a new play by Nancy Harris, starring Zoë Wanamaker and Zrinka Cvitešić, directed by Nicholas Hytner (14September – 26October 2019)
 * The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, based on the Leeds Playhouse production, directed by Sally Cookson, devised by the company (9November 2019 – 2February 2020)


 * A Number – by Caryl Churchill, starring Roger Allam and Colin Morgan, directed by Polly Findlay (14February – 14March 2020)
 * Beat the Devil – by David Hare, starring Ralph Fiennes, directed by Nicholas Hytner (27August – 7November 2020)
 * Talking Heads – by Alan Bennett (monologues performed by Monica Dolan, Lesley Manville, Rochenda Sandall, Kristin Scott Thomas, Tamsin Greig, Maxine Peake, Lucian Msamati and Imelda Staunton) (28September – 31October 2020)
 * A Christmas Carol – by Charles Dickens, starring Simon Russell Beale, Patsy Ferran and Eben Figueiredo, adapted and directed by Nicholas Hytner (27November 2020 – 16January 2021, closed early due to the COVID-19 pandemic)


 * Bach and Sons – a new play by Nina Raine, starring Simon Russell Beale, directed by Nicholas Hytner (23June – 11September 2021)
 * White Noise – by Suzan-Lori Parks, directed by Polly Findlay (5October – 13November 2021)
 * The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage – by Philip Pullman, adapted by Bryony Lavery, directed by Nicholas Hytner (2December 2021 – 26February 2022)


 * Straight Line Crazy – a new play by David Hare, starring Ralph Fiennes, directed by Nicholas Hytner (14March – 18June 2022)
 * The Southbury Child – a new play by Stephen Beresford, starring Alex Jennings, directed by Nicholas Hytner (1July – 27August 2022)
 * John Gabriel Borkman – by Henrik Ibsen, a new version by Lucinda Coxon, starring Simon Russell Beale, directed by Nicholas Hytner (24September – 26November 2022)
 * A Christmas Carol – by Charles Dickens, starring Simon Russell Beale, Lyndsey Marshal and Eben Figueiredo, adapted and directed by Nicholas Hytner (6–31 December 2022, revival of 2020 production)


 * Guys and Dolls – music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows based on the story and characters by Damon Runyon, starring Daniel Mays, Marisha Wallace, Celinde Schoenmaker, Andrew Richardson, Cedric Neal, Owain Arthur and Gina Beck, directed by Nicholas Hytner (27February 2023 – 4January 2025)
 * Richard II – by William Shakespeare, starring Jonathan Bailey, directed by Nicholas Hytner (10February – 10May 2025)