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Sir Alistair Spalding on turning a London wasteland into a cultural destination

 26/03/2026 1 Views
Sir Alistair Spalding on turning a London wasteland into a cultural destination


Sir Alistair Spalding, artistic director and co-CEO of Sadler’s Wells in London, is not a man blighted by pessimism or narrow vision.

When he was appointed in 2004, Sadler’s Wells – “stranded and unloved”, as one of the London newspapers put it – was considered a theatre that merely hosted visiting companies. Spalding decided it should become its own creative force.

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