the first floor contains both male and female toilets. there used to be an upstairs bar located in the area here, which was later converted into a pool hall, as well as a lounge bar. it then became a private-hire function room. since november 2013 the hope theatre is housed on the second floor of the pub. it was started by the king's head theatre as an experimental theatre aiming at giving stage to new writing, before matthew parker took over as artistic director in october 2014. it is now a fully functioning, award-winning off west end theatre staging innovative and groundbreaking productions every week of the year.