The theatre was established as part of the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station.

[1] The inaugural artistic director is Paul Taylor-Mills, who was previously artistic director of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Other Palace theatre.

[2][3] It is located within railway arches under the Grosvenor Bridge.

[4] The opening production was Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song Trilogy[5] featuring Matthew Needham as Arnold,[6] followed by High Fidelity, set in London as in Nick Hornby's original novel.

[7][8] Other notable productions include My Son's a Queer (But What Can You Do?