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The Theatre Royal Stratford East (commonly referred to as just Stratford East) is a 460 seat Victorian producing theatre in Stratford in the London Borough of Newham.Since 1953, it has been the home of the Theatre Workshop company, famously associated with director Joan Littlewood, whose statue is outside the theatre.
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Miss Littlewood is a stage musical with music, lyrics and book by Sam Kenyon. It is based on the life of theatre director Joan Littlewood and the formation of the Theatre Workshop which found residency at Theatre Royal Stratford East.
The Big Life is a British ska musical with book and lyrics by Paul Sirett and music by Paul Joseph, originally produced by the Theatre Royal Stratford East in 2004. It combines Shakespeare's Love's Labours Lost with the story of the Windrush immigrants [1] [2] (those Jamaicans who arrived in Britain aboard HMT Empire Windrush in 1948, which began an era of multiculturalism).
More images: Stratford Shoal: Stratford Centre: 2012: Studio Egret West Sculpture — [36] Untitled: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park: 2012: D. J. Simpson: Mural — [32] More images: Statue of Joan Littlewood: Gerry Raffles Square, outside the Theatre Royal Stratford East
In 1999, Philip Hedley was instrumental in organising the Theatre Royal Stratford East's Musical Theatre Initiative, [13] which aimed to develop and eventually produce new musicals. Led by lecturers from Tisch School of the Arts in New York City , the workshops explored the craft of musical theatre writing and collaboration.
Stratford Circus was situated on a site which was occupied by a chemical works until the 1970s. In 1995, London Borough of Newham and Theatre Royal Stratford East successfully bid to the National Lottery for funds to construct Stratford Circus and to refurbish the Theatre Royal. In 1998, Jon Harris was appointed to lead the building project and ...
Meet Mo (2020) produced online by Theatre Royal Stratford East, a short musical composed by Leo Butler, directed by Eva Sampson. [21] Cinderella (2022) produced by Theatre Royal Stratford East book and lyrics by Leo Butler, music and lyrics by Robert Hyman, directed by Eva Sampson. [22] Innocent Creatures (2023) produced by National Theatre ...