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The V & A's Theatre and Performance galleries open in March 2009 replacing those at the Theatre Museum in Covent Garden, closed since 2007. The galleries hold the UK's national collection of material about live performance since Shakespeare's day. All aspects of theatre are covered including drama, dance, musical theatre, circus, music hall, rock and pop. Items on display include works of art, costumes, ephemera, video recordings, puppets, posters and photographs. Among more than 250 objects in the collection are a 1623 first folio of Shakespeare's plays, the tutu worn by Margot Fonteyn in Swan Lake, and the original artwork of the Rolling Stones lips logo. Through these works the process of performance is examined, from the initial conception, the design and development stages, through to audiences' reactions.
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Theatre & Performance Galleries Rudolf Nureyev and Nadia Nerina rehearsing Don Quixote, 1962 By Anthony Crickmay (born 1937) © V & A Images
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London > Attractions > Museums
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London > Attractions > Museums
Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7 | 3 minutes from Theatre & Performance Galleries
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Science Museum, Exhibition Road, SW7 | 3 minutes from Theatre & Performance Galleries
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Brompton Road, South Kensington, London SW7 | 2 minutes from Theatre & Performance Galleries
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1 Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London SW7 | 7 minutes from Theatre & Performance Galleries
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Victoria and Albert (V & A) Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 | Same location as Theatre & Performance Galleries
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Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 | 4 minutes from Theatre & Performance Galleries
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Exhibition Road, Knightsbridge, South Kensington, London SW7 | 3 minutes from Theatre & Performance Galleries
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London > Entertainment > Cinemas
Institut Francais Cultural Centre, 17 Queensberry Place, South Kensington, London SW7 | 5 minutes from Theatre & Performance Galleries
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London > Entertainment > Classical Music
Prince Consort Road, South Kensington, London SW7 | 5 minutes from Theatre & Performance Galleries
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Old Brompton Road, South Kensington, London SW7 | 4 minutes from Theatre & Performance Galleries
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268 Brompton Road, Knightsbridge, London SW3 | 5 minutes from Theatre & Performance Galleries
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3 Cromwell Road, SW7 | 2 minutes from Theatre & Performance Galleries
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232-236 Brompton Road, Knightsbridge, London SW3 | 3 minutes from Theatre & Performance Galleries
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London > Education > Evening Classes
165 Queen's Gate, South Kensington, South Kensington, London SW7 | 6 minutes from Theatre & Performance Galleries
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23 Kensington Square, Kensington, London W8 | 16 minutes from Theatre & Performance Galleries
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1 Hester Road, SW11 | 22 minutes from Theatre & Performance Galleries
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