Queen's Theatre in a modern style. The reconstructed theatre opened 8 July 1959 with John Gielgud's solo performance in "Shakespeare speeches and sonnets, Ages of Man". Since April 2004, the theatre has played host to Cameron Mackintosh's production of "Les Misérables" which transferred after 18 years at the nearby Palace Theatre. The musical celebrated its 20th anniversary at the venue on 8 October 2005 and overtook "Cats" as the longest running musical of all time a year later on 8 October 2006. The theatre was Grade II listed by English Heritage in June 1972. An extensive refurbishment was undertaken in the latter
At the Bridge Theatre At the Bridge Theatre "At The Bridge" Theatre () also known as the Authorial Theatre is a theatre in Perm, Russia. The theatre was founded by Sergei Fedotov in 1988 as a recreation centre for the workers of the telephone factory. In 1992 it has been formally registered as a theatre. It has won its fame with the Pannochka performance. Since then over 2000 performances took place there. The reason behind its colloquial name, the "mystical" theatre, is that the dominant theme of its shows is usually bound with mysticism. The repertoire consists of the works of such authors as