Mikron Theatre Company at London Canal Museum

Theatre comes by boat

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Mikron Theatre Company (Registered Charity No 265169) is the best known touring theatre group specialising in canal and waterway related themes. London Canal Museum has been delighted to welcome them every summer summer since 1993.

Man and woman dressed in black holding a documentactors in costume playing music on a boat

Left: All Steamed Up, 2003. Right: Performing for the press on the bow of the Tyseley, in Battlebridge Basin, 26th June 2000. The company has been touring by boat for 39 years. .Left to right: Richard Povall, Elizabeth Eves, Anna Winslet, Edmund Harcourt

See a video clip

The video clip can be downloaded in a choice of formats:

Mikron Clip - Apple Quicktime .mov format

Mikron Clip - MP4 format

Mikron Clip - Windows AVI format

See Pictures of 2011

See past pictures of Mikron at London Canal Museum 2011 on Flickr

See Mikron in 2012

We look forward to welcoming Mikron Theatre back to the museum on 20th and 21st June 2012. 2012 will be Mikron's 41st year of touring the canals, bringing the magic of live theatre to new audiences.

The shows for 2012 will be Losing the Plot and Can you keep a secret?

There will be a cash bar available for interval drinks and pre-show drinks. Ice creams and canned drinks are available from the museum shop. The museum will open an hour before the performance begins.

Ticket Prices 2011

Adult £9 in advance or £10 on the day
Concessions (Senior Citizen aged 60+, Child aged 5-15, Student or unwaged with proof) £7 in advance, £8 on the day. Ticket prices for 2012 have not yet been announced, but the 2011 prices are given here as a rough guide. There will be a £1 booking fee for all telephone bookings, but seats will be available online with no booking fee payable.

The company tour the country on board the narrowboat Tysley, seen below outside the museum in 2009, with that year's cast posing for the camera. For three months the actors, who double up as the crew, the stage hands, and technicians, live aboard as they travel from venue to venue. The cast differs from year to year.

For further information about Mikron and pictures see the Mikron Theatre site.

Another scene from Mikron's 2009 tour

Mikron Theatre in All Steamed Up

Cast of Mikron 2009 pose on stern of narrowboat Tysley in Battlebridge BasinScene from the 2009 performance.

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Bookings are accepted as follows.