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Earls Court Theatre: Earls Court Theatre Founded in 1980, The Earls Court Theatre could be called with the name, Finborough Theatre, Earls Court Theatre is situated in Earls Court, in the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, presents new British writing, UK premieres of overseas drama (particularly from the United States, Canada, and Ireland), music theatre, and rarely performed rediscovered plays from the last 150 years. Musical Theatre The Earls Court Theatre is becoming increasingly known for its productions of musical theatre, including the UK premiere of Darius Milhaud’s opera Médée; the musical Schwartz It All About which transferred to Edinburgh and the King"s Head Theatre, the UK premieres of Lucky Nurse and Other Short Musical Plays by John Michael LaChuisa and Myths and Hymns by Adam Guettel, Three Sides by Grant Olding, and an acclaimed series of musical theatre - The Finborough Gaieties – celebrating British musical theatre from the Victorian and Edwardian era with Florodora, Our Miss Gibbs, The Maid of the Mountains and A Gilbert and Sullivan Doublebill featuring Sweethearts, a play by W.S. Gilbert, and The Zoo, an operetta by Arthur Sullivan and Bolton Rowe. Awards The Earls Court Theatre won the "Guinness Award for Theatrical Ingenuity" in 1996 and 1997; the prestigious "Pearson Playwrights Scheme" bursary for writers Chris Lee in 2000, Laura Wade in 2005 (also for "Pearson Award Best Play"), James Graham in 2006 and Al Smith in 2007; was shortlisted for the "Empty Space Peter Brook Award" in 2003, and in 2004; and the "Empty Space Peter Brook Award"s Dan Crawford Pub Theatre Award" in 2005. In 2004, the theatre was named by Variety as one of the top five fringe venues in London. Earls Court Tickets 2007/2008: Kaiser Chiefs & We Are Scientists Tickets 14/12/2007 (Fri 7:00 PM) Earls Court - London Kaiser Chiefs & We Are Scientists Tickets 15/12/2007 (Sat 07:00 PM) Earls Court - London
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