Mermaid Theatre

Mermaid Theatre
The closed Mermaid Theatre, now primarily a conference centre
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AddressPuddle Dock
London, EC4
United Kingdom
Coordinates51°30′41″N 0°06′07″W / 51.511306°N 0.101972°W / 51.511306; -0.101972
Public transitLondon Underground National Rail Blackfriars
OwnerBlackfriars PD Ltd
TypeOpen-stage
Capacity600-seated on one level
Current useConference centre and recording
Construction
Opened28 May 1959
Closed2003
ArchitectOve Arup
Website
www.the-mermaid.co.uk

The Mermaid Theatre was a theatre encompassing the site of Puddle Dock and Curriers' Alley[1] at Blackfriars in the City of London, and the first built in the City since the time of Shakespeare. It was, importantly, also one of the first new theatres to abandon the traditional stage layout; instead of this, a single tier of seats surrounded the stage on three sides.

  1. ^ "Ancestry". Archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved 7 July 2022.