sondheim theatre

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.

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
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