Almeida Theatre Reviews

Intimate theater with good sight lines and great theatre with superb actors.

Wonderful theatre. A very good cafe/ bar on site, but it does get busy after 6.15-ish. Lots of restaurants around for pre-theatre dinner, though.

Really small and comfy theatre. It s modern but really nice, the interior looks more like a brick pub than a theatre, but I like the style. It s weird that to access most of the sits, you have to pass from the street and not from the theatre s hall. I don t think there are many seats, but it is nice anyway. I was sitted lateral and I was missing a tiny bit of the stage, but I was really near it and was nice anyway. The acoustic was great. I think they usually run peculiar plays, and that s interesting. I went to see The Twilight Zone, and was quirky, funny and nostalgic. I enjoyed the place and the play a lot.

Great, challenging theatre. Also great drinks and food served at the cafe/restaurant

The Almeida Theatre, opened in 1980, is a 325-seat studio theatre with an international reputation, which takes its name from the street on which it is located, off Upper Street, in the London Borough of Islington.

Fantastic theatre! Very interesting plays with talented actors. Amazing settings and the audience around the stage makes it feel closer.

Here is a view from my seat D3. My husband seated at D2, on my left side, which is a partial view. There is a column in front of D2 seat but it did not block the view of the stage, the view was very good for a much cheaper seat price.
Very nice venue theatre. Just we arrived a little less than 30 minutes before the show but they were not serving food anymore. The spectacle was to last almost 3 hours so we quickly went to a convenience store to have a snack.

Great production in a beautiful and intimate location with a nice bar

I've loved this theatre since it (re)opened decades ago. I haven't loved the recent artistic policy so much. But the production of The Duchess of Malfi I saw there recently was very good, intelligent, lucid and funny when it needed to be. They cut the 'lu atics' scene - political correctness no doubt, which left the duchess nowhere to come from with 'the robin red breast and the nightingale never live long in cages.'

You might catch the best theatre in London at the Almeida (not always, but often). But the N1 Islington crowd are generally not that friendly (or diverse ...).

Really nice production in a small but nice venue. Got last minute tickets which turned out to be actually good enough.

Small, cosy theatre in Islington having only carefully selected productions. Each play here is thought provoking & "unconventional". Every serious theatre-goer is aware of this theatrical gem. Comfotable seating with good viewing on all seats and cheap tickets all the year around. A small cafe and bar is alco located here.

I did not enjoy the play. It was badly acted and the actual play was cruel concentrating on the characters bad point's

You can spend some time here for drinks watching people coming and going from the theater or in between acts

It's a good venue, the couple of productions I've seen have been solid good but not amazing

Wonderful theatre, great ambience and superb place for watching plays. Only downside is the cafe which is a bit congested.

In love with this theatre, top quality productions, art has a home here...

Really nice theatre, excellent view from our seats. Beware the lack of space in the bar for a sell out performance.

Very pleasant, queues can get a bit much but is an enjoyable experience.

Very nice theatre. Viewing was excellent and seats were comfortable.

Lovely theatre and a fantastix performance of The Twilight Zone

Favourite theater in all of London. Intimate and lovely cafe for a wine before, during, and after!

The theatre goers theatre - has a reputation, rightly earnt, as putting on the best plays. King Charles III and Ink to name but two. The venue itself is interesting with a circular stage. Nice cafe and bar inside, reasonably priced, especially given the area.

Very good theatre with excellent thought-provoking plays and award-winning actors, directors and writers. The theatre is an intimate space with stalls & circle, cafe & bar.

It is just off the main Islington shopping street with a range of independent shops, bars and restaurants. The bars are very busy at weekends with young people and the pavements can get very crowded, something to watch out for when you are walking to the Angel Islington tube.

The theatre is equidistant between The Angel Islington tube 'Angel' on the Northern Line and Highbury & Islington tube/mainline served by Victoria and Piccadilly lines, a 10-15 min walk from both stations to the theatre. There are several buses serving both tubes. You will need to check the theatre website for advice about parking.

Have just seen a brilliant play "The Doctor" directed by Robert Icke and loosely based on a play written by Viennese Arthur Schnitzler starring Juliet Stevenson and a brilliant cast. The play is about a doctor involved in an incident surrounding the death of a 14 year old girl at a hospital of which the doctor was the head. The play works on several levels and explores the nature of gender and identity as well as the role of medicine and religion and the people who work within these institutions in contemporary society.

The play also explores the changing nature of what it means to be a doctor, the part played by medical ethics and the more practical problems faced by an organisation dealing with an incident of this nature amid the braying nature of social media, the press and public opinion searching for a scapegoat to blame. Heartrending, human but reflective of the appalling society embedded in the digital culture we now live in.

Really great production of hamlet. Lovely ambience and good food and drink.

Saw Machinal, a great play, powerful with excellent acting and staging. However, seating is not good for those my height (six foot) with no leg/knee room; couldn't have sat any longer or for a second act (it was one act, 80 minutes). There appear to be a few seats at the end of several rows that don't have a seat back immediately in front.

Great little theatre, with a diverse programme. Punches above its weight.

An excellent theatre venue with a cafe and bar. Saw Mary Stuart in Jan '16 which was excellent.

Excellent. Lovely theatre & amazing performance by Dickie Beau.

Fantastic part of the Islington Arts scene. "Local", but does some fantastic productions worthy of the West End. The theatre itself is quite small and atmospheric, so get a ticket and check it out!

One of the most exciting producing theatres in Britain at the moment. Think Ink, Twilight Zone, Mary Stuart - awesome!

It is a small but very cosy theatre. Relaxed atmosphere. I will certainly go back there.

Tremendous, innovative productions in an intimate theater. MACHINAL, THE HUNT -- amazing productions -- DUCHESS OF MALFI -- everything they do is worth seeing. What a fabulous, friendly staff, too.

Extremely helpful at the box office finding and booking accessible tickets, and again on arrival finding our seats. I have yet to come across a theatre in London that is as considerate towards those with disabilities as the Almeida.

Nice coffee and a nice space but terribly slow and unfriendly service. I expected better.

wonderful local spirits here - Sacred G&T anyone? we love it..

One of the most professional access experiences I ve had in a theatre! All the front of house staff were respectful and professional, touch tour was very detailed, audio description very good and guide dog was well looked after during the More

always great performances, cafe staff is really friendly

Didn't know i could fall in love with a theater. Live the building and seating

Saw Twilight Zone. Great atmosphere and excellent view from row C.
For a uncontrollable fidgeter, the seats are the most comfortable ive sat in in a theatre so meant i didnt have to do the normal adjusting my butt every 10min

brilliant play, brilliant venue, quick ticket collection @box office, quick drink service -standard prices i guess, but a disengaged front of house team. Would happily see a show here again though

Great little theatre. Good productions and affordable.

We enjoyed ourselves immensely. The staff couldn't have been more helpful.

Stunning theatre space, always presents fascinating work. If the Almeida produced it, it's probably great.

A jewel of a theatre and where I have thoroughly enjoyed every performance