State-of-the-art West End theatre opens its doors with a season including plays by Cormac McCarthy and Lucy Prebble
A “novel in dramatic form” by Cormac McCarthy, a revival of Lucy Prebble’s The Effect and dramas directed by Kathy Burke and Yaël Farber have been announced for the inaugural season at London’s Boulevard theatre. The cutting-edge new venue is part of a £40m redevelopment of Walker’s Court, the none-too-salubrious Soho alley once dominated by “world centre of erotic entertainment” the Raymond Revuebar.
The Boulevard takes its name from a former sister venue to the striptease club, which was part of porn baron Paul Raymond’s empire. As well as staging drama, the original Boulevard became a beer-soaked home to the Comic Strip group of comedians. The stylish new theatre opens to the public later this month with Ghost Quartet, a haunting song cycle by the American composer Dave Malloy, who had a recent Broadway hit with Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812.
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