The Free Association is London's home of improv comedy: a 100-seat comedy theatre at Old Union Yard Arches on Union Street, Southwark, three minutes from Southwark tube, that also runs comedy classes and corporate improv training. By day its fully accessible ground-floor theatre, with a thrust stage and a staffed reception and foyer, is hired for meetings, presentations, pitches, rehearsals and performances; the upstairs workshop room with floor-to-ceiling windows takes up to 20; and the whole building, with its upstairs bar, can be hired exclusively.
The Free Association is London's home of improv comedy: a 100-seat comedy theatre at Old Union Yard Arches on Union Street, Southwark, three minutes from Southwark tube, that also runs comedy classes and corporate improv training. By day its fully accessible ground-floor theatre, with a thrust stage and a staffed reception and foyer, is hired for meetings, presentations, pitches, rehearsals and performances; the upstairs workshop room with floor-to-ceiling windows takes up to 20; and the whole building, with its upstairs bar, can be hired exclusively.
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The Theatre
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The Free Association's ground-floor theatre has 100 seats around a thrust stage, purpose-built for live comedy, with a staffed reception and foyer. It is fully accessible and suits meetings, presentations, pitches, rehearsals and performances.
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Seated100
Standing150
PrivacyPrivate
Price guideHire fee from £50
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The upstairs workshop room at The Free Association has floor-to-ceiling windows, double-glazed glass doors for privacy, up to 20 chairs and tables as required, for workshops, rehearsals, writers' rooms or meetings.
Seated
20
Standing
Unknown
Privacy
Private
Price guide
Hire fee from £35
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Exclusive hire of the whole Free Association building: the 100-seat theatre and foyer downstairs, plus the fully stocked bar and private workshop space upstairs, which works as a breakout area.