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Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham

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East Circus Street, The Park, Nottingham, NG1 5AL (View on Google Map)

Bar for Nottingham Playhouse popular for pre-show meals and drinks during intermissions. Ample seating inside on various levels and alongside a separate restaurant area. Closing times are typically at 11pm, but can vary depending on show so ringing ahead is advised.

Historic Interest

Cast is in a Grade II* listed building (No. 1255252) and is located in Nottingham City Council's Wellington Circus Conservation Area.

Once known as the Limelight, it was for many years a popular real ale pub when there were comparatively few in the City.

"Repertory theatre. 1961-3. By Peter Moro. Reinforced concrete. A square plan with a 2-storey foyer to Wellington Circus, which drops sharply with the fall of the hill to the rear to allow backstage workshops and dressing room space. Projecting arm to left contains rehearsal room, and bars and restaurants held by separate lessees and not of special interest. From within this square body rises the circular auditorium with stalls and a single circle, and behind it a higher flytower. EXTERIOR: glazed ground floor with above it the first floor treated as a low, horizontal band, chequer-patterned with opaque white panels and dark glazing - the pattern of light and dark is reversed at night. The effect serves to entice one into the interior. Foyer with open tread staircases and a balcony following the perimeter of the square outside walls; the round drum of the auditorium is largely left free, save for a sculpture by Geofrey Clarke. Circular auditorium clad with black timber treated as a series of vertical slats that continues the theme of the exterior whilst serving also as a covering for extra wiring or lighting. Proscenium-arch stage is adaptable as apron or thrust stage which can be raised over the orchestra pit and the front stalls; the surrounding row of seats can be adjusted round this altered form; a novelty in 1963. A circular grid serves this apron stage whilst contributing to the architectural form of the interior. HISTORICAL NOTE: the Nottingham Playhouse was the first theatre in England to break away from the conventional proscenium stage. It marks the beginning of a new and extremely successful period for the British theatre. Stylistically it is a crucial link between the Royal Festival Hall and the Royal National Theatre whilst standing as the supreme example of the new and successful wave of repertory theatres built outside London. (Interbuild : July 1959: 38-40; Architect's Journal : 2 Sep 1959: 209-10; Architect's Journal : 1 Jan 1964: 27-44; Architect and Building News : 11 Dec & 18 Dec 1963; Concrete Quarterly : October 1964: 2-5)." (Historic England).

[Nottingham City Council; Radford & Park Ward / Nottingham South Parliamentary Constituency]

Information for this venue is provided by the Nottingham Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Cast; Limelight
Local Authority
City of Nottingham (B)
Last updated
06/03/2024
Last surveyed
03/04/2014
Pub ID
NOT/32
Asset of Community Value
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Opening
Food
Monday
11:00am - 11:00pm
Noon - 8:00pm
Tuesday
11:00am - 11:00pm
Noon - 8:00pm
Wednesday
11:00am - 11:00pm
Noon - 8:00pm
Thursday
11:00am - 11:00pm
Noon - 8:00pm
Friday
11:00am - 11:00pm
Noon - 8:00pm
Saturday
11:00am - 11:00pm
Noon - 8:00pm
Sunday
11:00am - 11:00pm
Noon - 8:00pm
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Facilities
Lunchtime Meals Lunchtime Meals
Evening Meals Evening Meals
Require pre-booking
Live Music Live Music
Open mic on Mondays
Garden Garden
Patio area to front
Family Friendly Family Friendly
During matinees
Disabled Access Disabled Access
With disabled toilets
Dog Friendly Dog Friendly
Outside of food service
Function Room Function Room
For 30
Newspapers Newspapers
Restaurant Restaurant
Smoking Smoking
Outside seating
Wi Fi Wi Fi
Password at bar
Features
Transport
Close to bus routes (50m)
various
Close to metro (400m)
Royal Centre
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