News: Fringe theatre the Print Room to move to Notting Hills Coronet

The Coronet in Notting Hill.

West London fringe theatre the Print Room is to relocate to former playhouse the Coronet in Notting Hill, in a move the company says secures its long-term future and will enable it to expand its programme of work.

The Print Room has been based at its current location a converted 1950s warehouse since 2010. It has been looking for a new home since its landlord revealed plans to demolish its current building and turn it into luxury accommodation.

Now, the Print Room is to take up permanent residency at the Coronet in Notting Hill, which was originally built as a theatre but has most recently been a two-screen cinema.

The Print Room will launch its inaugural season at the venue this autumn in the buildings smaller cinema space, which will be converted into a 100-seat theatre.

Eventually, the venue will comprise three flexible theatre spaces the largest of which will remain operational as a cinema, under the direction of the Print Rooms team, led by artistic director Anda Winters. There will also be rehearsal and workshop spaces, administration offices and a restaurant and bar. Architects Studio Indigo have been hired to oversee renovation work at the venue.

Winters said: We are thrilled to be moving to such a glorious new home in Notting Hill. The Print Room began its journey five years ago in a derelict printing workshop on Hereford Road, and we have found a permanent home on our doorstep. Its a truly grand space where we can keep delivering our eclectic programme of world-class drama, innovative dance, diverse music, poetry, exhibitions and other performing arts, with the addition of world-class cinema.

She added that the theatres involvement with the local community and its free and discounted ticket offers, as well as its education programme, would increase with the development of the new space.

The possibilities for the Coronet are extraordinary, and we will bring to it the same nurturing spirit we developed in our first life in Hereford Road. The move will secure the companys long-term future in the heart of Notting Hill, she said.

The Coronet first opened as a theatre in 1898, designed by William George Robert Sprague, who also designed Wyndhams Theatre and the Aldwych Theatre. It became a full-time cinema in 1923. A second, 150-seat cinema screen was installed at the venue in 2002.

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