Novello Theatre

In 2005, the theatre closed for a major six-month, £4.5 million refurbishment to celebrate its centenary. It re-opened on 8 December 2005 under its new name of the Novello Theatre. Since then the RSC has presented three notable Shakespeare seasons at the theatre, Debbie Allen's compelling production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof transferred from Broadway and more recently the musical comedy Betty Blue Eyes, set in an impoverished 1947 Britain, and adapted from Alan Bennett's screenplay for the film A Private Function, lifted our spirits in today's 'austerity Britain'.