The Garrick Club
Arts & CultureFounded in 1831 as a club for actors and gentlemen of refinement, the Garrick holds a major collection of British theatrical art and admitted its first women members in 2024.
At a glance
- Location
- Covent Garden, London
- Established
- 1831
- Membership
- Arts & Culture
- Admits
- Mixed
- Website
- garrickclub.co.uk
History
The Garrick Club was established in 1831 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, as a place where actors and men of refinement could meet on equal terms, and moved to its current Garrick Street premises in 1864. It holds over 1,000 paintings, drawings and sculptures documenting British theatre history. In May 2024 the club voted to admit women as members, accepting a legal opinion that its rules had never explicitly excluded them.
Address
15 Garrick Street, London WC2E 9AY
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