Apart from the Soho residency, from the time of its handover from the Greater London Council to the City of Westminster College until 2011 it was used as a training venue for the City of Westminster College's performing arts, theatre lighting, sound engineering and media students, along with regularly visiting students from Ball State University and young people from The Prince's Trust.

The Cockpit hosted regular training opportunities in technical theatre skills such as rigging and pyrotechnics, and was (and continues to be) popular with drama schools and youth groups.

In January 2011, owners City of Westminster College moved into their new main building at Paddington Green which included another theatre.

[8] This change meant The Cockpit was no longer used for day-to-day teaching and instead commenced extensive full-time programme development as one of the larger fringe theatre venues in London, retaining its commitment to young and emerging artists.

Today The Cockpit presents over 90 theatre titles a year as a mix of visiting shows, co-productions, collaborations as well as home grown productions.

The Cockpit also hosts events and shows relevant to its local communities in the Westminster ward of Church Street and plays an active part in plans to re-new and improve the area.

The cockpit remains a campus of United Colleges Group and continues to develop as a London fringe theatre and key innovator in the field of live events & media training within a professional venue context.

Fortuitously, the original design of the foyer floor incorporated a roundel motif which linked nicely to the idea of a plane's cockpit.

Amongst talent showcased in the 22 episodes were the National Youth Jazz Orchestra (having already made the Cockpit their home), who were featured on 7 May 1972 and Marc Bolan on 23 April 1972.

Mythos started life as a Theatre Maker' branded supported run for a young company and now tours globally, returning to The Cockpit when in London.