Venue Information
National Theatre - Lyttelton TheatreAddress: Upper Ground, SE1 9PX
Nearest Tube or Train: Waterloo (Jubilee line, Northern line, Bakerloo line)
Nearest Buses: 1, 4, 26, 59, 68, 76, 139, 168, 171, 172, 176, 188, 243, 341, 521, X68, RV1
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Theatre Quick Facts
Date opened: 16 March 1976Designer: Sir Denys Lasdun and Peter Softley
First production: Shakespeare's Hamlet
Number of seats: 890
Theatre History
The Lyttelton Theatre auditorium at the National Theatre is named after Oliver Lyttleton, the first chairman of the National Theatre Board. The Queen officially opened the National Theatre complex on 25 October 1976.
Designed by Denys Lasdun, the Lyttelton is a proscenium theatre, conventional in its basic shape though exceptional in the excellence of its sightlines and acoustics.
The first production in the Lyttelton was on 16 March 1976, with a performance of Shakespeare’s Hamlet starring Albert Finney, directed by Peter Hall.
Theatre Previous Shows
Past shows playing at the National Theatre - Lyttelton Theatre:
'Master Harold'... And The BoysJane Eyre
Here We Go
The Motherf**cker with the Hat
Man and Superman
Dara
JOHN
Ballyturk
3 Winters
Great Britain
A Taste Of Honey