The Cockpit Theatre, Marylebone (also known at the Cockpit Youth and Arts Centre) in Gateforth Street, London, NW8, was built on the edge of the Lisson Green estate for ILEA in 1969-70. It was designed as a Theatre in the round by Edward Mendelsohn. The ILEA created the first Theatre in Education company to be entirely housed within a Local Education Authority. It employed seven actor-teachers and a stage manager and focused its work on secondary schools and Further Education. As well as traditional T.I.E. the Cockpit team used the approach to develop shows analysing set texts. When ILEA was abolished in 1990 ownership of the theatre transferred to the London Borough of Westminster.