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 Nikolai Gogol, Mikhail Bulgakov, Fyodor Dostoevsky, William Shakespeare, Evgeny Shvarts, and Leonid Andreyev. Modern writers such as Martin McDonagh are also represented. The theatre participates in 17 Russian and 36 international festivals. It has toured a number of cities of Russia and European countries. The auditorium of the theatre accommodates 160 seats. • Perm from the foundation to the present day. -- Perm: World Book, 2000 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