Turbine Theatre

{{Short description|Theatre in Battersea, London, England}}

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| operator = Battersea Power Station Development Company

| capacity = 94

| type = Commercial producing theatre

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| yearsactive = 2019–2024

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The Turbine Theatre was a commercial theatre on the banks of the River Thames at Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth, which opened in 2019.

The theatre was established as part of the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theturbinetheatre.com/about-us|title=The Turbine Theatre: About Us|access-date=31 May 2021}} The inaugural artistic director is Paul Taylor-Mills, who was previously artistic director of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Other Palace theatre.

The theatre has seating capacity of 94.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theturbinetheatre.com/visitorguide|title=The Turbine Theatre: Visitor Guide|access-date=22 July 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/turbine-theatre|title=Time Out: Turbine Theatre|access-date=31 May 2021}} It is located within railway arches under the Grosvenor Bridge.{{Cite web|url=https://batterseapowerstation.co.uk/eat-drink-leisure/retailer/the-turbine-theatre|title=Battersea Power Station: The Turbine Theatre|access-date=31 May 2021}}

The opening production was Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song Trilogy{{Cite web|url=https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatres/turbine-theatre|title=London Theatre: Turbine Theatre|access-date=31 May 2021}} featuring Matthew Needham as Arnold,{{Cite web|url=https://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/play/torch-song-trilogy/L1374369792/|title=Turbine Theatre: Torch Song Trilogy|access-date=31 May 2021}} followed by High Fidelity, set in London as in Nick Hornby's original novel.{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/turbine-theatre|title=Time Out: Turbine Theatre|access-date=31 May 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/musical/high-fidelity/L02120725645/|title=Turbine Theatre: High Fidelity|access-date=31 May 2021}}

Other notable productions include My Son's a Queer (But What Can You Do?), Eugenius! and But I'm a Cheerleader.

In October 2024, Taylor-Mills announced that due to a shifting theatre landscape and various economic pressures, the Turbine Theatre would close at the culmination of the theatre's 2024-25 Christmas season.{{cite web |last1=Wood |first1=Alex |title=The Turbine Theatre to close down |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/the-turbine-theatre-to-close-down_1639844/ |website=WhatsOnStage.com |access-date=16 October 2024}}