Finborough Theatre

Finborough Theatre

Founded in 1980, the Finborough Theatre in Earls Court, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea presents new British writing, UK premieres of overseas drama (particularly from the United States, Canada, and Ireland), music theatre, and rarely seen rediscovered 19th and 20th century plays.The Finborough Theatre has won the Pearson Award bursary for playwrights Chris Lee in 2000, Laura Wade in 2005, James Graham in 2006 and Al Smith in 2007 – as well as the Pearson Award for Best Play for Laura Wade in 2005 and - under its new name - the Catherine Johnson Best Play Award in 2007 for James Graham. Playwright-in-Residence Alexandra Wood was also shortlisted for the Pearson Award in 2007.

The Finborough Theatre was the inaugural winner of the Empty Space Peter Brook Award’s Dan Crawford Pub Theatre Award in 2005 which it also won again in 2008. It has also won the Empty Space Peter Brook Mark Marvin Award in 2004 and was shortlisted in 2006, 2007 and twice in 2008, and was shortlisted for the Empty Space Peter Brook Award for Up-and-Coming Venues in 2003, and for Studio Theatres in 2007.

In 2004, the theatre was named by Variety as one of the top five fringe venues in London, and, in 2007, by Time Out as one of the 50 best small venues in London.