The Place's theatre is a 300-seat black box venue housed in a converted Victorian drill hall on Duke's Road, off Euston Road in central London.
In its first phase, 1969-77, it was used for experimental work in music and drama as well as dance. During that time The Place was the London venue for the RSC’s studio works, hence when that company opened a new studio theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, it was christened “The Other Place”.
Since 1982 The Place has focused singly on dance in its multiplicity of forms. The theatre continues to show the work of postgraduate and undergraduate dancers and choreographers from London Contemporary Dance School, alongside an extensive programme of professional danceworks from around the world.
This programme gave a platform for the early works of companies such as DV8, Adventures in Motion Pictures, Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company and Random Dance – all former resident companies – and the UK debuts of such internationally celebrated dance artists as Wim Vandekeybus, Sasha Waltz and Rui Horta.
The Place’s lottery-funded redevelopment, completed in 2001, provided the theatre with improved front-of-house and backstage facilities. Its programme since reopening has included works by Wim Vandekeybus, Marie Chouinard, Jerome Bel and Ko Murobushi, and extended runs from companies including Random Dance, Jasmin Vardimon Dance Company, Protein Dance and Phoenix Dance Theatre.
The theatre continues to present the best in emerging and innovative contemporary dance from the UK and around the world, including the biennial performances for The Place Prize, the UK's most prestigious dance competition.
We're working on developing a searchable archive of past performances at The Place.