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Tate Modern architects Herzog & de Meuron went for a shimmering, plastic-clad building when tasked with designing the Laban building, a place where excellence in contemporary dance is both nurtured and displayed. The stunning building with its semi-transparent walls and translucent glow, awarded the 2003 Stirling Prize, lends itself perfectly to the creative processes and performances that take place within. The move to this stunning purpose-built space in 2002 created the largest contemporary dance school in Europe. Included are 12 dance studios, a 294-seat theatre and outdoor amphitheatre which are all put to multiple uses - there's an excellent programme of dance and theatre performances; degree level courses in choreography and dance; fitness, pilates, yoga and dance classes open to all; and physiotherapy, osteopathy and massage therapies. Graduates of Laban include Matthew Bourne. In 2005, Laban merged with Trinity College of Music bringing music and dance under one well designed roof.Laban images
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British Dance Edition Sadler's Wells Theatre, EC1R 4TN 2nd February 2012 - 5th February 2012 In 2012, London's Olympic year, the biennial British Dance Edition, the UK dance...
London > Hotels > Budget Chain Hotel Double/Twin Rooms: 77% off from £57
Bugsby Way, SE10 | 1.6 miles from Laban
Staying at this hotel puts you right in the centre of Greenwich, with a thousand years of British naval history on your doorstep, as well shops, ...More
London > Hotels > Luxury Chain Hotel Double Rooms: 53% off from £117
173-185 Greenwich High Road, SE10 | 7 minutes from Laban
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London > Hotels > Mid-Range Chain Hotel Double/Twin Rooms: 56% off from £87
30 Stockwell Street, SE10 | 11 minutes from Laban
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London > Entertainment > Theatres
30 Creekside, London, SE8 | 1 minute from Laban
The Bonnie Bird Theatre is the Laban centre's chic modern performance space. Designed by Tate Modern architects, Herzog & de Meuron, the Laban building is a ...More
London > Entertainment > Theatres
Greenwich Station Forecourt, 189 Greenwich High Road, London, SE10 | 6 minutes from Laban
The Greenwich Playhouse is one of the most modern theatres in the London area. It's certainly not the biggest - it has seating capacity for 84 ...More
London > Entertainment > Theatres
Douglas Way, Deptford, London, SE8 | 7 minutes from Laban
Originally established in 1894 as the Deptford Fund, The Albany has a long history of entertaining within the Deptford community. But it was in the early ...More
London > Entertainment > Cinemas
180 Greenwich High Road, London, SE10 | 10 minutes from Laban
This Greenwich cinema has not been a resounding success. Since opening in 1989 it's gone bankrupt twice, closing down for long periods. Fortunately for locals - ...More
London > Entertainment > Comedy Clubs
302 Creek Road, Greenwick, London, SE10 | 10 minutes from Laban
Located in Greenwich, South East London, Up The Creek is one of the UK’s best comedy venues, offering true intimacy with a diverse range of acts ...More
London > Entertainment > Arts Centres
136a Tanners Hill, London, SE8 | 14 minutes from Laban
The Utrophia project space gives artists, musicians and filmmakers the chance to get together and gives them the space to present their works to the public. Anyone ...More
London > Events > Comedy Dates: Saturday 26th May 2012 - 8.45pm
Up the Creek, 302 Creek Road, Greenwick, SE10 | 10 minutes from Laban
Quick-fire gags and physical humour from Paul Pirie, plus Paul Ricketts, Rudi Lickwood and MC Ninia Benjamin....More
London > Events > Theatre Dates: Saturday 26th May 2012 at 11am and 1pm
Greenwich Theatre, Crooms Hill, SE10 | 13 minutes from Laban
Puppet adaptation of Faustin Charles and Michael Terry's moral fable....More
London > Events > Concerts Dates: Saturday 26th May 2012 - 7.30pm
Greenwich Theatre, Crooms Hill, SE10 | 13 minutes from Laban
The ensemble plays experimental chamber pop and folk....More
London > Attractions > Museums
12 Crooms Hill, London, SE10 | 13 minutes from Laban
This unique museum houses the world's finest collection of fans including exquisite examples from the 18th and 19th centuries. The Fan Museum is housed in a ...More
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
King William Walk, London, SE10 | 13 minutes from Laban
The Old Royal Naval College was built on the site of the Tudor Palace in Greenwich in which Henry VIII and Elizabeth I were born. William ...More
London > Attractions > Boats and Bridges
King William Walk, Greenwich, London, SE10 | 14 minutes from Laban
NOTE: The Cutty Sark is due to re-open on Thurday 26 April 2012. The restoration of the Cutty Sark has seen £50 million spent on the ...More
London > Shopping > Food and Drink Shops
26 Royal Hill, London, SE10 | 11 minutes from Laban
A small but perfectly formed cheese shop in a pretty little street off the main Greenwich High Road. With over 100 different types to choose from, ...More
London > Shopping > Food and Drink Shops
20 Royal Hill, London, SE10 | 11 minutes from Laban
This unusual fruit and veg shop in Greenwich is certainly worth the detour from the main high street. It's just a short walk away, a left ...More
London > Shopping > Books
74 Tranquil Vale, Blackheath, London, SE3 | 34 minutes from Laban
A book lovers gem. As one of London's oldest and last remaining second-hand bookshops, this bookshop stocks signed first editions and collectables as well as local ...More
London > Restaurants > Cafes and Delis
Creekside, Deptford, London, SE8 | At Laban
The café, Feast Your Eyes at Laban, at this landmark dance venue serves healthy bites in an award winning building for which architects Jacques Herzog and ...More
London > Restaurants > Cafes and Delis
121-123 Deptford High Street, London, SE8 | 6 minutes from Laban
For once, you won't care that this train carriage isn't going anywhere. Pitched on Deptford High Street, the disused 1960s South East Train carriage has been ...More
London > Restaurants > Modern European restaurants
19 Greenwich Street, London, SE10 | 9 minutes from Laban
Modern European cuisine. Booking advised. ...More
London > Education > Professional Training
Elephant & Castle, London, Elephant and Castle, London SE1 | 3.7 miles from Laban
From a clutch of excellent courses in London, this is the best and among the premier specialist media courses in the world. Formerly London College of ...More
London > Education > Adult Education
121 Roman Road, London, Tower Hamlets, London E2 | 3.7 miles from Laban
For 30 years Four Corners has been training, producing and supporting the full range of film and photographic requirements. Services on offer include filmmaking facilities and ...More
London > Education > Evening Classes
10 Sunbury Workshops, Swanfield Street, London, Shoreditch, London E2 | 4.1 miles from Laban
Learn some crafty manouveurs at Making Space where classes on mask making, glass engraving, pyrography (burning patterns into wood or leather), chainmail knitting, and book hollowing ...More
London > Leisure > Activities
Unit 4, Wood Wharf, Preston Road, Canary Wharf, London, Tower Hamlets, London E14 | 1.7 miles from Laban
This fab game emerged in 1980 and has taken the world by storm. Popular with adrenalin junkies, paintballing is an action-packed, mission-driven past-time that is ...More
London > Leisure > Activities
Arches 422-424 Mile End Park, Burdett Road, London, Tower Hamlets, London E3 | 2.8 miles from Laban
It's not exactly Formula 1 but get behind the wheel of a go-kart and you'll certainly feel like you're ready to give Lewis Hamilton a ...More
London > Leisure > Parks and Gardens
Romney Road, London, SE10 | 22 minutes from Laban
As a World Heritage Site marking the site of the Greenwich Meridian (the base point for World Time and the location of Longitude 0) Greenwich is ...More
London > Nightlife > Pubs
460 New Cross Road, Deptford, London, SE14 | 9 minutes from Laban
Freehouse very well received by the locals who include Goldsmith's Art College students and indie kids. Under its previous guise (as the Paradise Bar), Bloc Party, ...More
London > Nightlife > Pubs
388 New Cross Road, London, SE14 | 11 minutes from Laban
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London > Restaurants > Gastropub
56 Royal Hill, London, SE10 | 11 minutes from Laban
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London > Nightlife > Wine Bars
31 Fisherman's Walk, London, Tower Hamlets, London E14 | 1.9 miles from Laban
At ground floor level on Fisherman’s Walk at Canary Wharf, tables, chairs and merry-makers spill out of doors on to the riverside during the summer months. ...More
London > Nightlife > Bars
The Pepys Building, Old Royal Naval College, London, SE10 | 13 minutes from Laban
Located within the grounds of the Old Royal Naval College and a stone's throw from the world's last tea clipper, the legendary Cutty Sark, The Old ...More
London > Nightlife > Nightclubs
338 Boord Street, Greenwich, London, SE10 | 37 minutes from Laban
Formely The House And Terrace, THAT London is a large 1,800-capacity nightclub venue a five minute walk away from The O2 Arena on the Greenwich peninsula. ...More
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London > Business > Venue Hire
Creekside, Deptford, London, SE8 | At Laban
Tate Modern architects Herzog & de Meuron went for a shimmering, plastic-clad building when tasked with designing the Laban building, a place where excellence in contemporary ...More
London > Business > Venue Hire
Peninsula Square, London, SE10 | 1.9 miles from Laban
The second most embarrassing legacy of Tony Blair's time in government struggled for years to find a role after the millennium show shut up shop. It's ...More
London > Business > Venue Hire
Greenwich Foundation for the Old Royal Naval College, 2, Cutty Sark Gardens, Greenwich, London, SE10 | 13 minutes from Laban
The Old Royal Naval College was built on the site of the Tudor Palace in Greenwich in which Henry VIII and Elizabeth I were born. William ...More
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What's On Today Near Laban NRg Dance: Workshop (Ages 13-18) Sporting Events | Until 26th May 2012 Greenwich Dance Agency, The Borough Hall 10 minutes walk from Laban Learn inventive, high energy Hip Hop and Street Dance routines....More Up The Creek Comedy | On 26th May 2012 Up the Creek 10 minutes walk from Laban Quick-fire gags and physical humour from Paul Pirie, plus Paul Ricketts, Rudi Lickwood and MC Ninia Benjamin....More Saturdays at Inc Bar Clubbing and Nightlife | Until 26th May 2012 Inc Bar 12 minutes walk from Laban Resident DJs spin house....More ![]() Greenwich Market Shopping | Until 31st January 2013 Greenwich Market 13 minutes walk from Laban Greenwich boasts a number of glorious markets offering a variety of traditional, hand-crafted goods, antiques, clothing and food stalls. The ...More North Sea Radio Orchestra Concerts | On 26th May 2012 Greenwich Theatre 13 minutes walk from Laban The ensemble plays experimental chamber pop and folk....More The Selfish Crocodile: Blunderbus Theatre Theatre | On 26th May 2012 Greenwich Theatre 13 minutes walk from Laban Puppet adaptation of Faustin Charles and Michael Terry's moral fable....More Shenanigans Clubbing and Nightlife | Until 26th May 2012 Release Nightclub 16 minutes walk from Laban DJs Hitman, Psyche, Dancefloorlandmine, Hamst0r and Soundwave spin rock, goth, punk and indie....More Most Wanted: The Wanted Tribute Concerts | On 26th May 2012 The Venue 17 minutes walk from Laban ...More Saturdays at Goldsmiths Tavern Clubbing and Nightlife | On 26th May 2012 Goldsmiths Tavern 18 minutes walk from Laban Resident DJs spin R&B....More ![]() Royal River: Power, Pageantry and the Thames Exhibitions | Until 9th September 2012 National Maritime Museum 18 minutes walk from Laban The National Maritime Museum celebrates its seventy-fifth anniversary with Royal River: Power, Pageantry and the Thames, an exhibition curated by ...More
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