Shepherd's Bush to get new Capital Theatre at Westfield next Autumn

A caller 620 spot theatre is to unfastened astatine Westfield London successful Shepherd’s Bush adjacent autumn, the Standard tin reveal.

Named Capital Theatre, the venue volition beryllium acceptable implicit 35,000 quadrate feet and located astatine the southwest country of the buying centre wherever a section Debenhams store utilized to be.

Plans for the abstraction - to beryllium operated by Adam Kenwright successful concern with shaper Karl Sydow - includes seating customers successful the auditorium nary much than 9 rows from the show signifier area.

The theatre volition motorboat adjacent October with it’s archetypal accumulation of the worldwide smash deed Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story connected Stage. Tickets for performances, to commence connected October 23, volition beryllium connected merchantability from Friday.

Mr Sydow, who who has produced the play for much than 20 years, successful assorted parts of the satellite from Sydney to Paris, said: “We person a batch of plans and goals which we anticipation to fulfil to marque this a unsocial theatrical acquisition for people. We anticipation to usage that to heighten soiled dancing.

“For years present we've been having a treatment astir doing this and it took a portion to find the close abstraction but it was truly breathtaking erstwhile we did.

“What’s truthful peculiar astir this abstraction is we're taking the theatre to the audience, successful what is Europe's largest buying centre,” the award-winning movie and signifier shaper added.

The venue volition see a welcoming foyer café and an onsite container office, alongside a fig of facilities.

The auditorium has been envisioned by the designer and plan squad down The Bridge Theatre, The Young Vic and the Kit Kat Club.

Mr Kenwright, Founder and Managing Director of Kindred Partners who volition run the venue, hopes it volition gully successful caller audiences fixed the abstraction is to big “one of the capital’s astir accessible theatres”.

The venue is situated adjacent to galore nationalist transport links served by 4 London underground stations, including Shepherd’s Bush, White City, Wood Lane and Shepherd’s Bush Market. There volition besides beryllium nonstop entree to the theatre from wrong Westfield itself.

“To beryllium capable to physique thing from scratch is simply a privilege that is precise uncommon to have,” Mr Kenwright said. “And to bash that with Dirty Dancing, which we anticipation volition person a truly agelong and palmy tally successful our theatre, is simply a thrill.

“It's a classical communicative and we deliberation everyone’s going to consciousness truly adjacent to the acquisition of watching it connected stage; we anticipation soiled dancing has a truly agelong and palmy tally successful our theatre.”

He continued: “It’s beauteous to deliberation there’s a caller request for a theatre space. There person been rather a fewer theatres that person opened successful the superior implicit the past decennary and they’ve each 1 truly well, truthful we anticipation to articulation that.”

Laura Waters, General Manager astatine Westfield London, said: “As the UK’s starring destination for buying and leisure, Westfield London is continually evolving to connection unparalleled experiences, and this purpose-built, state-of-the-art theatre is an exceptional addition. We look guardant to welcoming audiences to this spectacular caller venue to bask a world-class show.”