1828 Prince of Denmark Public House 1839 Mahogany Bar 1878 Frederick's Royal Palace of Varieties | |
.jpg) The entrance to Wilton's Music Hall on Graces Alley | |
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| Address | Graces Alley, Cable Street Tower Hamlets, London |
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| Coordinates | 51°30′38″N 0°04′01″W / 51.510680°N 0.066930°W |
| 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 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.
Wilton's has been a producing venue since 2004. It presents a diverse and programme including opera, puppetry, classical music, cabaret, dance, and magic. 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 during the building works, instead running an interim arts programme called The Chrysalis Club. The award-winning[2] spaces reopened in October 2015.
- ^ Graces Alley is named after the former Cistercian house that stood on the site, known as St Mary of Graces, founded in 1350, by Edward III in gratitude for the naval victory at Sluis. Between 1348 and 1349, the district had been used as one of the City of London's main plague pits.
- ^ "Wilton". Architecture.com. Retrieved 16 August 2016.