Menier Chocolate Factory

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What first springs to mind when you think of a trip to the theatre in London? The seedy glitz of the West End? Stuffy Victorian playhouses with their velvet seats and proscenium arches? Of course this all exists, but as with Broadway and New York, the big venues are only half the story.

One of London’s most exciting fringe theatres resides in a side street near London Bridge. No prizes for guessing what the Menier Chocolate Factory was in a previous incarnation; now this attractive late Victorian building has been converted into a studio theatre with a gallery space and restaurant attached. Under the management of David Babani, the Menier has quickly gained a reputation, carving a niche for itself as the producer of small-scale but imaginative musicals. Recent hits have included versions of Jonathan Larson’s Tick, Tick…Boom! and Jason Robert Brown’s song cycle The Last Five Years.

Both their productions of Sondheim’s Sunday in The Park With George and kitsch cult classic Little Shop of Horrors ended up West-End bound. Make a full night of it with dinner in the restaurant beforehand, where the menu is often themed in accordance with whatever’s playing in the theatre.

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