Summary
It's a dramatic redevelopment which involved smashing into a bank and burying a four-tonne vault door under the stage. Rebekah Ashby reports on the curtain going back up at Newcastle's Theatre Royal.
After completing phase one of its extension, the Theatre Royal, Newcastle, re-opened its doors with a production of the much-loved 1950s musical Grease. The Grade I-listed venue in Grey Street closed last July for three months when its pounds 7m redevelopment project began by extending into the former Barclays Bank, bought in 2003 for pounds 1m.See the full content of this document
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Giving Measure for Measure
Builders have extended the stage by 76sq m, enabling the theatre to accommodate a greater range of productions and a new flying system has been i...
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