Royal National Theatre
The National Theatre, officially the Royal National Theatre and sometimes referred to in international contexts as the National Theatre of Great Britain, is a performing arts venue and associated theatre company located in London, England, adjacent to the Southbank Centre.Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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- Type: Theater
- Description: theater company in London, Great Britain
- Also known as: “London National Theatre”, “National Theatre”, “National Theatre in London”, “National Theatre of Great Britain”, and “NT”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and London Eye.
Leicester Square
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London. The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.
London Eye
Ferris wheel
Photo: Khamtran, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The London Eye, originally the Millennium Wheel, is a cantilevered observation wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. It is the world's tallest cantilevered observation wheel, and the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom with over three million visitors annually. London Eye is situated 1,800 feet southwest of Royal National Theatre.
Waterloo Bridge
Bridge
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Waterloo Bridge is a road and foot traffic bridge crossing the River Thames in London, between Blackfriars Bridge and Hungerford Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridges. Waterloo Bridge is situated 670 feet northwest of Royal National Theatre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Bank and Gabriel’s Wharf.
South Bank
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The South Bank is on a sharp 90° bend of the Thames in central London and one of the city's cultural centres. It is a small area but it contains many artistic and creative sites, as well as an eclectic range of other attractions, boutique shopping and trendy food and drink places.
Gabriel’s Wharf
Locality
Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The South Bank is an entertainment and commercial area on the south bank of the River Thames, in the London Borough of Lambeth, central London, England.
Waterloo
Suburb
Photo: Nigel Mykura, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Waterloo is a district in Central London, and part of the Waterloo and South Bank ward of the London Borough of Lambeth. It is situated 1 mile east of Charing Cross.
Royal National Theatre
- Categories: charitable organization, theater company, concert hall, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Lambeth, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Royal National Theatre” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Royal National Theatre”
- Arabic: “المسرح الملكي الوطني”
- Armenian: “Ազգային արքունական թատրոն”
- Basque: “Royal National Theatre”
- Belarusian: “Каралеўскі нацыянальны тэатр”
- Bulgarian: “Кралски национален театър”
- Catalan: “Royal National Theatre”
- Chinese: “皇家劇院”
- Chinese: “皇家国立剧场”
- Chinese: “皇家國家劇院”
- Chinese: “皇家國立劇場”
- Chinese: “英國皇家國家劇院”
- Cornish: “Gwariva Genedhlek Riel”
- Cornish: “Gwariva Genedhlek”
- Czech: “Královské národní divadlo”
- Czech: “Národní divadlo Londýn”
- Czech: “Royal National Theatre”
- Danish: “Royal National Theatre”
- Dutch: “Royal National Theatre”
- Esperanto: “Reĝa Nacia Teatro”
- Finnish: “National Theatre of Great Britain”
- Finnish: “National Theatre”
- Finnish: “Royal National Theatre”
- Finnish: “The Royal National Theatre of Great Britain”
- French: “Royal National Theatre”
- German: “Royal National Theatre”
- Greek: “Βασιλικό Εθνικό Θέατρο”
- Greek: “Εθνικό Θέατρο του Ηνωμένου Βασιλείου”
- Hebrew: “התיאטרון המלכותי הלאומי”
- Hungarian: “N.T.”
- Hungarian: “National Theatre of Great Britain”
- Hungarian: “National Theatre”
- Hungarian: “NT”
- Hungarian: “Royal National Theatre”
- Indonesian: “Royal National Theatre”
- Italian: “Royal National Theatre”
- Japanese: “ナショナル・シアター”
- Japanese: “ロイヤル・ナショナル・シアター”
- Japanese: “国立劇場劇団（the National Theatre company）”
- Korean: “로열 내셔널 시어터”
- Korean: “영국 국립극장”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Royal National Theatre”
- Norwegian: “Royal National Theatre”
- Persian: “تئاتر ملی سلطنتی”
- Polish: “Royal National Theatre”
- Portuguese: “Royal National Theatre”
- Romanian: “Teatrul Național din Londra”
- Russian: “Королевский Национальный театр”
- Slovak: “Royal National Theatre”
- Spanish: “National Theatre”
- Spanish: “Royal National Theatre”
- Swedish: “Royal National Theatre”
- Turkish: “Kraliyet Ulusal Tiyatrosu”
- Ukrainian: “Королівський національний театр”
- Welsh: “Theatr Genedlaethol Frenhinol”
- Welsh: “y Theatr Genedlaethol Frenhinol”
- Wu Chinese: “皇家国家剧院”
- Yue Chinese: “皇家國立劇場”
- “Royal National Theatre”
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