Friday 25th March 2016
Times and Star
‘Theatre Royal Hand Over’ (Click to open)
Photograph by Tom Kay Friday 18th March 2016
Monday 11th February 2016
Progress report and images (Click to open)
James Watson
Natural Regeneration Consultancy
The Foyer
The Auditorium
The Rehearsal Room
Events that took place in the Rehearsal Room in the so called “Good old Days”
Mens dressing room
James Watson
Natural Regeneration Consultancy
Tuesday 11th December 2015
Progress report and images (Click to open)
James Watson
Natural Regeneration Consultancy
Lift Installed
Can’t wait to start rehearsing in this wonderful space!
Wednesday 25th November 2015
Progress report and images (Click to open)
James Watson
Natural Regeneration Consultancy
Wednesday 4th November 2015
Progress report and images (Click to open)
James Watson
Natural Regeneration Consultancy
Tuesday 13th October 2015
Progress report and images (Click to open)
James Watson
Natural Regeneration Consultancy
Friday 9th October
TIMES AND STAR ARTICLE BY FEDERICA BEDENDO
Thursday 1st October 2015
Progress report and images (Click to open)
James Watson
Natural Regeneration Consultancy
Monday 14th September 2015
James Watson
Natural Regeneration Consultancy
The removal of asbestos in the basement requires an air-tight space. A slight vacuum is created while the asbestos is being removed in a very controlled, dust-free environment. Here, the auditorium floor has been completely sealed
The temporary entrance to the basement. The machine on the left controls the air pressure inside
The new opening between the wardrobe and fitting room where the chimney breasts have had to be removed
The new opening from the first floor of 30 Wilson Street, looking into the new central stair/lift core
Repairs to roof purlins
Looking along the length of the new sound recording studio. Internal walls removed, structural steelwork in place, joists braced to stiffen the floor above
The new community/training room on the top floor of 26 Wilson Street. Stud wall in place, staircase removed and floor extended to join the party wall
View from the community/training room to the new central stair core
View from beneath – staircase removed, structural steelwork installed and floor joists extended across
Looking down into the central stairwell where work has just started on breaking through to the ground floor level
Soundwave’s new office
First fix electrics already under way
One or two different angled photographs from Gordon Rushton
Above photos show the new wall dividing the old workshop
New doorways from flat to Old Theatre Upstairs
New doorway into Soundwave
Wednesday 2nd September 2015
James Watson
Natural Regeneration Consultancy
Major Revamp for Theatre Royal (click to open)
May 2015
- Pears and Torney removed plaster from the walls in 26, 28 and 30 Wilson Street checking for any defects such as ingress of water, dry rot etc.
- Small wardrobe room
- Window at the end of the first floor corridor
- Large wardrobe room
- Theatre Upstairs
- West Coast Thermal have removed the asbestos from the basement.
- Workshop is being moved into the Props Store by the Stage Crew.
- Scripts housed in the front office are being sorted through and the Script Catalogue updated.
- Stage Crew are fitting out the new workshop. Work bench being fitted.
EARLY JULY 2015
It is as though the theatre is waiting for something to happen…
- Front of House
- Foyer tables and chairs have been taken away by IMACT
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- The stage
- Dear old ‘Ice Warrior’ cleared
- The old workshop almost cleared
- The new workshop is looking really good!
Monday 20th July
- The day the theatre had to be cleared! Work on the theatre starting on the 23rd July 2015!
Times and Star 24th July 2015
Monday 27th July 2015
Work on the Foyer and Auditorium has started!
- John Stobart of Jacob Stobart and Peter Inglis were interviewed and filmed by ITV this morning for a feature on the Theatre refurbishment.
- As you can see from the pictures below, work has started in earnest. Peter was pleased to see the auditorium chairs stored on the stage and upstairs on the balcony have been sheeted over to protect them from the dust.
Saturday 1st August 2015
- Let’s not bother with separate foyer and auditorium. Let’s just have one big space!
Friday 21st August 2015
Auditorium and Foyer
- Coming in through the back door from Wilson Street.
- A view straight into the Mens’ Dressing Room
- No Corridor!
- View showing walls down between Men’s dressing room, corridor and the small wardrobe room on the first floor.
Theatre Upstairs!
- Chimney breast removed
Second Floor of ‘Ice Warrior”
First Floor Wilson Street – Wardrobe
