 The Drill Hall
16 Chenies Street, London, WC1E 7EX
What's on at Drill Hall
Nearest underground:
Goodge Street (Northern Line)
Nearest rail:
Euston
A centre of varied arts, the Drill Hall is not just a 200-seat theatre, but in addition contains a cabaret style studio theatre, a photographic darkrooms, rehearsal rooms and studio space and also runs courses. The building it is all housed in was constructed in 1882 by architect Samuel Knight as a drill hall for the Bloomsbury Rifles; it is still remembered and visited by old soldiers from all corners of London.
The Drill Hall has had several notable moments in its artistic history. The great Russian ballet impresario Diaghilev and his Ballet Russes rehearsed here in the 1900s and during the war years Ralph Reader performed his Gang Shows here. In the late 1960s it was the venue for the Tate Gallery’s McAlpine exhibition and then was finally acquired by its present owners Central London Arts in 1984. From then on, the Drill Hall has pursued an agenda of supporting gay and lesbian works, women artists, music theatre and provided a home for works that do not easily fit in elsewhere.
What's on at Drill Hall
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