The Battersea Arts Centre (often abbreviated to "BAC") is a performance space near Clapham Junction in Battersea, London which specialises in music and theatre productions. It is best known as "The National Theatre of the Fringe" a venue where new productions are first performed and honed prior to tours or possible transfers to the theatres of the West End. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Clapham Junction is a railway station located in Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth. ... Battersea is a place in the London Borough of Wandsworth. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Allegory of Music on the Opéra Garnier Music is an art form that involves organized and audible sounds and silence. ... For other usages see Theatre (disambiguation) Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle &#8212... // West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre in London, or sometimes more specifically for shows staged in the large theatres of Londons Theatreland . Along with New Yorks Broadway Theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of theatre in the... The interior of Covent Garden Market in the West End The West End of London is an area of central London, containing many of the citys major tourist attractions, businesses, and administrative headquarters. ...

BAC pioneered the "scratch" methodology as part of its "ladder of development" for new work, where performances are shown at various stages of development to an outside audience, whose input and criticism guides the further evolution of the work.

Founded in 1980 in a Grade II* listed building which originally opened in 1893 as the Battersea Town Hall and converted to a community arts centre in 1974, the building was designed in 1891 by E. W. Mountford. It currently receives a grant towards the building's operating costs from the local Wandsworth Borough Council. 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... The London Borough of Wandsworth is a London borough in South West London, England and forms part of Inner London. ...

David Jubb is the organisation's artistic director. David is one of subsidised theatre's most respected producers and is a pioneer of 'creative producing' in the industry. Creative producing underlines BAC's artistic philosophy and, as such, has been the basis of creating one of theatre's most ground-breaking artistic programmes

The venue takes part in the annual London International Mime Festival. The London International Mime Festival is an annual festival of mime performance which takes place in London every January. ...

Productions which were developed or started here have included

• Richard Thomas's early work as Kombat Opera including, Tourette's Diva, leading to the development of Jerry Springer - The Opera, which premiered here in 2002, before becoming a big hit at the National Theatre.

• Jackson's Way - the winner of the 2004 Perrier Award in Edinburgh. A one man show which both mocks the world motivational speaking and embraces it through encouraging 'pointless actions'.

Companies and artists performing at BAC have included David Soul stars as Jerry Springer. ... The Royal National Theatre from Waterloo Bridge The Royal National Theatre is a building complex and theatre company located on the South Bank in London, England immediately east of the southern end of Waterloo Bridge. ...

• Cartoon de Salvo
• Ra-Ra Zoo
• Gecko
• Blind Summit
• Kneehigh Theatre
• Shunt
• Will Adamsdale
• Stewart Lee
• Frantic Assembly
• Told By An Idiot
• Meadlew Rayken
• David Glass Ensemble
• Matt Fraser
• Patter
• Filter theatre
• Liquid Theatre
• Kaos

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External links

• Battersea Arts Centre