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The Royal National Theatre of Great Britain is a building and theatre company on London 's South Bank , located immediately east of the southern end of Waterloo Bridge . The National Theatre was designed by Architect Sir Denys Lasdun and opened in 1976 . The honorific "Royal" was added to the name in 1988. In the years from 1963, before the south bank complex was completed in 1976, the '''National Theatre Company''', as it was then usually termed, was based at the Old Vic theatre in Waterloo . It houses three separate auditoria:
The National Theatre presents a highly varied programme, including Shakespeare and other classics, new plays by leading contemporary playwrights, and revivals of classic musicals. Each theatre can run up to three shows each in Repertoire or Repertory , thus further widening the number of plays which can be put on during any one season. The National Theatre's foyers are open to the public, with a large theatrical bookshop, restaurants, bars and exhibition spaces. Backstage tours run throughout the day, and there is usually live music in the foyer before performances. style of the National Theatre has sometimes been described as an obstacle preventing the general public from embracing the building. However a recent lighting scheme illuminating the exterior of the building, in particular its Fly Tower s, has proved very popular.]] ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
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