The new Soho Theatre offshoot in Walthamstow certainly opened in style. A launch party on Thursday, night graced by Ian McKellen among other luminaries, was followed on Friday by the opening of the first show there: Weer, from comedian Natalie Palamides.
To be honest, calling the Grade II listed building an offshoot does not do it justice. With an auditorium that seats almost a thousand — The Beatles and Rolling Stones once played here — it's much bigger than the Dean Street space. And glitzier too, with high ceilings and 1930s Spanish baroque and Moorish stylings.
