The Greenwich Playhouse in the central Greenwich

Greenwich

Greenwich is a district of south London, England, located in the London Borough of Greenwich.Greenwich is best known for its maritime history and for giving its name to the Greenwich Meridian and Greenwich Mean Time...

 district of the London Borough of Greenwich

London Borough of Greenwich

The London Borough of Greenwich is an Inner London borough in south-east London, England. Taking its name from the historic town of Greenwich, the present borough was formed in 1965 by the amalgamation of the former area of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich with part of the Metropolitan...

 is an eighty-four seat studio theatre

Studio Theatre

A studio theatre is a 20th-century term that describes a small theatre space. Studio theatres often have a flexible auditorium whose stage and seating may be re-arranged to suit the specific requirements of a production...

 which opened in 1990. It is situated above and has its entrance within, the St. Christopher’s Inn Pub. The pub is situated on the east side of the forecourt of Greenwich station

Greenwich station

Greenwich railway station is about 400 m southwest of the town centre of Greenwich, London, England. It is an interchange between National Rail trains between central London and Dartford , and the Docklands Light Railway between Lewisham to the south and the Docklands area and the City of London...

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The Galleon Theatre Company was founded as a touring company in 1988 by Alice de Sousa and Bruce Jamieson. In December 1995, they became the resident company at the Prince Theatre. In September 1998, the theatre closed and was to be lost. The theatre was revived after a campaign to save it, and re-opened with new facilities on 30 May 2000.

External links

• Galleon theatre company - The resident theatre company's homepage