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Rudolf Steiner House is a Grade 2 listed building near Regent's Park,
London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
, which is the home of the
Anthroposophical Anthroposophy is a spiritualist movement founded in the early 20th century by the esotericist Rudolf Steiner that postulates the existence of an objective, intellectually comprehensible spiritual world, accessible to human experience. Followers ...
Society of Great Britain. It is a cultural hub and contains a library, bookshop, cafe, 220-seat theatre, and a therapy and wellness centre. The house operates talks and workshops on philosopher
Rudolf Steiner Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner (27 or 25 February 1861 – 30 March 1925) was an Austrian occultist, social reformer, architect, esotericist, and claimed clairvoyant. Steiner gained initial recognition at the end of the nineteenth century as ...
's teachings, as well as art events. The building was designed by Montague Wheeler (1874-1937) in the "expressionist" style, and was constructed in stages between 1926 and 1937.https://manchesterhistory.net/architecture/1930/steiner.html


Theatre productions

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Romeo & Juliet ''Romeo and Juliet'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with ''Ham ...
'', Perform International, dir. by Sarah Kane, May / June / August 2016 *'' The Tempest'', Perform International, dir. by Geoffrey Norris, April / May 2016 *Shakespeare Festival, April 2016 *Easter Festival, March 2016 *
Eurythmy Eurythmy is an expressive movement art originated by Rudolf Steiner in conjunction with his wife, Marie, in the early 20th century. Primarily a performance art, it is also used in education, especially in Waldorf schools, and – as pa ...
Festival, March 2016 *'' The Guardian of the Threshold'' by Rudolf Steiner, dir. by Richard Ramsbotham, February 2015 *Wine, Sonnets and Songs, Perform International / Victoria Jane Appleton / Manish Srivastava / Aisha Kent, 14 February 2016 *Gala Concert of Laureates, 2nd All Britain Youth Festival-Contest of Performing Arts, May 2015


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Official website
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