Royal National Theatre

The National Theatre from Waterloo Bridge

The Royal National Theatre in London, commonly known as the National Theatre^[1] (NT), is one of the United Kingdom's three most well known publicly funded performing arts center. It is known as the National Theatre of Great Britain.^[2] It was founded by Laurence Olivier.

Royal National Theatre Media

The Royal National Theatre a seen from the southwest
Entrance to the National Theatre
Axis view of Royal National Theatre to Olivier Theatre fly tower
Detail of the National Theatre showing the grain of the formwork
Denys Lasdun's building for the National Theatre – an "urban landscape" of interlocking terraces responding to the site at King's Reach on the River Thames to exploit views of St Paul's Cathedral and Somerset House.
Laurence Olivier became the first artistic director of the National Theatre in 1963. Shown in a photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 1939
Facing east; towards the City of London, from Waterloo Bridge. Showing St. Paul's, and other major City buildings – to the right, the illuminated National Theatre.
An artistic lighting scheme illuminating the exterior of the building
The statue of Laurence Olivier as Hamlet was unveiled in September 2007
The terrace entrance between the mezzanine restaurant level and the Olivier cloakroom level, reached from halfway up/down Waterloo Bridge