Wilton's Music Hall
Music hall in Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets, London, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wilton's Music Hall is a Grade II* listed building in Shadwell, built as a music hall and now run as a multi-arts performance space in Graces Alley,[1] off Cable Street in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is one of very few surviving music halls of the East End of London and retains many original features.
1828 Prince of Denmark Public House 1839 Mahogany Bar 1878 Frederick's Royal Palace of Varieties | |
Address | Graces Alley, Cable Street Tower Hamlets, London |
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Coordinates | 51.510680°N 0.066930°W / 51.510680; -0.066930 |
Owner | Wilton's Music Hall Trust |
Designation | Grade II* listed |
Type | Saloon music hall |
Capacity | 300 hall and gallery |
Current use | Theatre |
Construction | |
Opened | 1859 |
Rebuilt | 1878 J. Buckley Wilson 1979–89 Peter Newson |
Years active | 1859 – 1888 1999 – present |
Architect | Jacob Maggs |
Website | |
www.wiltons.org.uk |
Wilton's has been a producing venue since 2004. It produces imaginative, distinctive work that has roots in the early music hall tradition but reinterpreted for an audience of today, which means presenting a diverse and distinct programme including opera, puppetry, classical music, cabaret, dance, and magic. Situated at the heart of the historic East End within easy walking distance from The Tower of London, the River Thames and the City, it is a focus for theatrical and East End history, as well as a living theatre, concert hall, public bar and heritage site.
The venue underwent an extensive programme of restoration work from 2012 to 2015. The theatre did not close at any point during the building works: instead running an interim arts programme called The Chrysalis Club. The award-winning[2] spaces reopened in October 2015.