Tricycle Theatre Review

A theatre that has lost the plot and brimming with too much self importance over the Jewish Festival boycott

After the recent extensive refurbishment it is now a fantastic venue with a very caring team at its heart.

Fantastic local theatre, particularly following the refit. Good sightlines from all seats by the looks of it.

Under major renovation. Vastly improved facilities to look forward to

First time experience. Nice ambiance if eating or having a drink there. Went to see When the Crows Visit, good, be it a serious subject play. Seating in the theatre perfect with respect to distance from stage and the number and comfort of seats. Also has a cinema there which I would be keen to visit one day.

Love this place so much...It's having a face lift at the moment but a great venue ....

This show was incredible. I recommend that if you get a chance to see it you definitely do.

The theatre is really nice... Really intimate that it moves you with the performance.

This show only had 7 actors and they performed phenomenally. I had a blast.

Went to cinema here. Should go more often. Lovely place with many areas to hang out beforehand.

Gorgeous and trendy theatre. Bar and restaurant area with an lovely snacks and drinks. There is an independent cinemas well.

Great theatre for movies and plays. Feels very impersonal. No individualism.

My favourite theatre in London but why oh why change its famous name the tricycle?

First and foremost, the Tricycle deserves five stars because it is an excellent theatre that has hosted many outstanding productions and done considerable work to promote multi-cultural understanding, including with the Jewish Film Festival for several years. The reviews claiming that the Tricycle is anti-semitic are completely unfounded. It took the brave and principled decision to not accept funding from the Israeli embassy during this time of conflict in Gaza, and furthermore offered to make up this amount and host the festival again. The media has misrepresented the issue, I urge everybody to read the statements by the Tricycle and support its work.

Loved this theatre, cinema cafe. Food and drink slightly over priced but it has to be self supporting so I will forgive.

Not a lot you can say positively about a theatre that sponsors censorship.

Small but perfectly formed. Visited for 1st time to see "Blues in the Night", loved the show. Found all the staff friendly & the venue a delight. I will definitely be back , ticket prices half the price of the West End & top quality theatre, what's not to like.

Came here to watch "Wife". Having never been to a theatre outside of Central London and Edinburgh, I wasn't sure what to expect. Actually, Kiln Theatre is an awesome theatre place. The theatre has a very modern cafe and restaurant and prices are not outrageous like in London. The theatre interiors were nice and comfortably and I could see that although small to medium sized, the auditorium was actually quite compact and I had no trouble hearing the actors on stage. A nice day out.

Went for a meal and the food was outstanding would definitely recommend. The service was also impeccable. Thank you and we will see you again

A real gem for North West London. Welcoming & diverse with a great bar. I really hope the place continues to thrive, it's been such an integral cultural/arts feature of the area.

Great little theatre, interesting programme. Nice bar and the food is reasonable too. Closed at the moment for refurbishment.

Great cinema, good theatre, lovely place to have a drink. And one of a small number of quality cinemas that show foreign films, art films and quality films alongside the usual blockbusters.

We love our neighborhood gem. Never seen a bad production here, and even if we did, at least it would be cheap! Intimate theatre and an affordable cinema.

Very expensive place won't b going there again in a hurry .

Nice facility serving the ego of its artistic director . Very disability-unfriendly. Managers condone homophobic comment from staff (as I was shocked to discover after receiving copies of my data from a subject access request). After sucking up the lion's share of Brent Council arts funding, the artistic director changed the theatre name from the Tricycle. Banned Camden New for reporting the truth about the theatre decision t change the name without consulting the local community that its finances depend on. The theatre is led by a person who silences even constructive criticism. Journal to present at ser

What an absolute pleasure to have this on our doorstep! Can't believe we haven't been sooner! Well priced drinks and the cinema is large with good leg room. We came for the NT Live All About Eve and I can't recommend them enough either, really get to see the actors facial expressions which you miss in the theatre! Kiln or Tricycle, who cares, what is most important is what it brings to the community!

Shame it has been subject to hate campaign by Jewish community who are trying to boycott (don't know the background). Went to the cinema. Really comfortable seats and can take drinks from the bar in with you. Would definitely come here over one of the mainstream cinemas. Looking forward to coming to see some productions here!

Recently refurbished and great ambience. I had a great night!

What a great makeover...we have a drink at the bar, some food in the low key restaurant and then saw White Teeth. It was excellent from start to finish.

good food, great show. Shame about the programme seller

You can PASS OVER this one
Love this theater but this play was a rather inane.

can't wait to go check out this new place, Cinema is going to unreal

The terrible person who leads this wonderful organization is hellbent on destroying its legacy and establishing herself a career path towards the National theatre.
She seems to possess an incredible talent of alienating entire communities, first she forced the jewish community to boycot the establishment and then without bothering to hold a public consultation,, she decides to change the name from its historic tricycle to the kiln.
Over two thousand people signed a petition against it, her career building was way more important than the objections of thousands of loyal customers.
There needs to be a movement to oust her from our beloved theatre, the sooner that happens the better it will be for the theatre and the community.
#induout!

Cozy local cinema in Kilburn, now serving food as well.

Nice facilities great staff open lounge area bar,cafe, cinema had a great time.

Great show, great production, great venue! Don't miss it if you're in Kilburn

We saw 'When the crows visit'. Great atmosphere, great play. Very respectful.

I like the refurbishment of this theatre but not the new name. Enjoyed "The son" well acted and written, would have appreciated an interval.

Shameful Anti-Semites. Shameful cowards. No sheckles for them.

The old Tricycle theatre has had a refurbishment and rebranding and is now known as Kiln. What they haven't done - and really this is daft beyond belief - is made it easy to find the place. As far as I could see, there was no sign on the main road at all. And, while its official address might be on the High Road, the actual building and entrance are not. I walked right past the side road twice. I do admire their efforts to bring reasonably priced, interesting plays and films to Kilburn, an area that has been described as 'up-and-coming' for at least three decades as far as I know... so I'm being generous with the four stars. But when I went to see a film recently, I had to queue for ages to buy a ticket as there was only one person at the box office and everything happened very s-l-o-w-l-y. Come on, chaps, get some signs out there.

Great theatre, friendly atmosphere! Saw White Teeth there and it was awesome!

Clean, well maintained venue. Lots of live streamed events

Fabulous theatre and food in the restaurant was excellent.

Really don't like the name but still love the venue.

A decent smallish theatre with helpful front of office staff.

The entrance area is designed to be a little funky :-)

The seats are comfortable and well designed in the circle at least to give a good vewxof the stage. The audio throughout is very good.

Fantastic independent venue offering a great choice of cinema and theatre. The Artistic Director continuously excels at coordinating a great programme of events. The cinema is intimate and has some great value tickets on Monday nights and certain matinee shows. A great venue to support, highly recommended.

Great, modern looking, clean theatre. Small performance room for a full on theatre experience. Comfortable seats with enough leg room which is rare. They could put more staff behind the bar at the interval as it was chaotic and took a long time to be served

Superb team, thank you for making our evening. Definitely worth 2 hour drive through weekend traffic. Thank you for making our evening by letting us see the performance even though we were late.

A very interesting theatre - parking is a nightmare but I guess that's not their fault.

We went to see The Believers there recently and it worked perfectly in that environment.

Great little theatre, excellent on site dining from a limited menu - well worth the trek

Inclusive, updated, modern and for the community. The Kiln has updated itself under new leadership and it's programme looks great.

Great intimate venue. Some interesting productions coming up. Well done Kiln Theatre.

Ignoring the coordinated campaign of abuse the place has clearly suffered - all about a month ago - it's a nice venue, the production was excellent (True West) and the staff were great. The bar is a decent size too.

I went to watch "A Boy and His Soul" last night - a solo performance by Coleman Domingo - it was SO good - really funny, touching and entertaining. Coleman is a dancer and his movement on stage is so neat. He takes on the characters of his family as he goes back and reflects on childhood memories and life through the soul music that he grew up on in Philadelphia in the 70s. He also talks about coming out as gay to his family - wow.

At the end of the show, Coleman received a standing ovation. As he left the stage, we the audience remained clapping and dancing away in our seats.

This is on until 21st September - if you get a chance to go, do it! "Keep the records, keep your soul" - Coleman Domingo.

Fanastic performance, definitely worth a visit. I live band is awesome x

Wonderful theatre concept building with good restaurant & bar

Kiln is a wonderful theatre doing brilliant work with the Kilburn community. A joy to have such a brilliant and varied programme of theatre on our doorstep. Great cinema too.

The theatre is intimate and the productions well above what one would expect from a theatre so small. As a local the cinema is great and always comfortable! I've not used the restaurant so can't comment fully but it always looks and smells great any time I've been in the building. Great choice of beers at the bar all make me a happy person