sondheim theatre
Client
Delfont Mackintosh Limited
Location
London
Status
Completion 2019
Value
Withheld
Category
Performing Arts, Conservation, Interiors
Role
Architect
project summary
A radical rethink and upgrade of back stage areas at the home of the iconic musical Les Miserables. Works at the II* listed theatre included creation of new dressing rooms; new sanitary facilities; re-planning the substage area to deliver an effective stage trap, workshops, and production team offices; new infrastructure for communications, IT/ media installations and future cooling units; creation of new habitable areas in found spaces; replacement of the dock door with improved safe access and acoustic insulation; and an upgraded and enlarged Stage Door area. A palette of hard-wearing, characterful materials were chosen to give the back stage a feeling of quality appropriate to the project vision.
The project involved close collaboration with operating and production team as well as the owner client.
The project involved close collaboration with operating and production team as well as the owner client.
project team
Architect: Suzie Bridges Architects
Structural Engineer: Conisbee
Services Engineer: Bryden Wood
Theatre Consultant Charcoalblue
Project Manager: Devonshire
Cost Consultant: Banks Wood and Partners
Photography: Phillip Vile & Suzie Bridges Architects