November 23 2010

A three and a half year redevelopment of two Royal Shakespeare Company theatres reaches its conclusion on Wednesday with the unveiling of a revamped Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
 
£112m has been spent to introduce a 1,000 seat auditorium, 36m observation tower and a colonnaded link to the nearby Swan Theatre.

Bennetts Associates sympathetic reworking retains many period art deco and Victorian features including its historic stage boards.

RSC artistic director Michael Boyd said: "Our new home isn't just about brilliant brick work, inviting public spaces, and nearly trebling the number of ladies' loos, thought it has those.

"It's a miraculous marriage of the epic and the intimate."

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