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Pub theatres are a British institution

Why pub theatres are thriving

13 November 2021

9:00 AM

13 November 2021

9:00 AM

Which is the oldest pub theatre in London? The King’s Head in Islington claims that its American founder, Dan Crawford, established the trend back in 1970. But a rival venue, Penta-meters, above the Horseshoe in Hampstead, maintains that its proprietor, Leonie Scott-Matthews, set it up as a fringe theatre in August 1968.

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