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Knocked together out of breeze blocks for a minimal budget in 1970, Lawrence Olivier's experimental theatre was intended to last for five years, and provide an inspiration for the new generation of performers. But this was an experiment that worked and, years later, the Young Vic remains south London's premier venue for the contemporary, the shocking, the controversial, and the bizarre. With audiences, actors and production teams visibly younger than the National Theatre down the road, and with a policy of inviting 5000 local schoolchildren from the local boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark to each season, it has done as much as anywhere to ensure the continued popularity of theatre in this country, and on a slender budget. The versatile auditorium is redesigned for every show, while the excellent bar and restaurant make intervals a pleasure.
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157 Waterloo Road, SE1 | 2 minutes from The Young Vic
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284-302 Waterloo Road, SE1 | 5 minutes from The Young Vic
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2-8 Great Suffolk Street, SE1 | 6 minutes from The Young Vic
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83-101 The Cut, South Bank, London SE1 | 1 minute from The Young Vic
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103 The Cut, South Bank, London SE1 | 1 minute from The Young Vic
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229 Union Street, SE1 | 5 minutes from The Young Vic
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1 Launcelot Street, SE1 | 5 minutes from The Young Vic
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1 Charlie Chaplin Walk, South Bank, South Bank, London SE1 | 6 minutes from The Young Vic
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Westminster Bridge Road, South Bank, London SE1 | 6 minutes from The Young Vic
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38-40 Glasshill Street, SE1 | 7 minutes from The Young Vic
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77 The Cut, South Bank, London SE1 | 1 minute from The Young Vic
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22 Cornwall Road, South Bank, London SE1 | 3 minutes from The Young Vic
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53 The Cut, South Bank, London SE1 | 1 minute from The Young Vic
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33 The Cut, South Bank, London SE1 | 1 minute from The Young Vic
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49 The Cut, SE1 | 1 minute from The Young Vic
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1 Cathedral Street, Borough Market, SE1 | 15 minutes from The Young Vic
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Lower Marsh, SE1 | 3 minutes from The Young Vic
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Upper Ground, South Bank, South Bank, London SE1 | 7 minutes from The Young Vic
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36 The Cut, South Bank, London SE1 | 1 minute from The Young Vic
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London > Nightlife > Pubs
25 Roupell Street, South Bank, London SE1 | 3 minutes from The Young Vic
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23 Baylis Road, SE1 | 3 minutes from The Young Vic
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47-51 Union Street, SE1 | 6 minutes from The Young Vic
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South Bank, South Bank, London SE1 | 8 minutes from The Young Vic
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