A 3,000-seat theatre could come to the Greenwich Peninsula in what is being billed as “a new landmark for London”.

Troubadour Theatres wants to open two auditoriums with 1,500 seats each next to the London Cable Car, on land currently used for coach parking and recently occupied by the HQ of the Silvertown Tunnel project.

The site is earmarked for redevelopment in the long term by the peninsula’s major landowner, Knight Dragon, but in the meantime, the space is to be given to Troubadour to help turn the area into a “world-class destination for the arts”. Troubadour hopes to operate the theatre for ten years.

Troubadour already operates a theatre at Wembley Park, in the old Fountain television studios once used for The X Factor, and will open up at Canary Wharf next month with the first stage adaptation of The Hunger Games. It also has studios at Brent Cross, northwest London, and Meridian Water in north London.

View of coach park and tower
The site of the theatre was also home to portable buildings housing Silvertown Tunnel project workers. Image: The Greenwich Wire
Render of theatre from the Thames
The theatre would be on site for ten years. Image: Haworth Tompkins/Troubador Theatres

“From reimagined performance spaces to international premieres, Troubadour has consistently transformed unexpected locations into thriving cultural landmarks,” the company said. “Greenwich Peninsula Theatre marks the company’s boldest step yet, reaffirming its reputation as one of London’s most innovative theatre-makers.”

The theatre site is close to where the David Beckham Academy – later the London Soccerdome – was between 2005 and 2014. Other “meanwhile” uses of sites on the peninsula include the Magazine events venue and a planned pickleball club.

Last month the Now Gallery on Peninsula Square closed, but The Dial, a new bar for Meantime Brewing, is being built next door and a new gallery, Firepit, recently opened by the riverside.  A radio station, Loose FM, has also moved into an old shipping container crowned with two glowing eyes.

A public consultation into the theatre plans has begun and will last until September 24, before a full planning application is submitted.

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