Queen Elizabeth Hospital School

• Theatre ID
  3021
• Built / Converted
  1990
• Dates of use
  • 1990: continuing
• Current state
  Extant
• Current use
  Theatre (Educational venue)
• Address
  Berkley Place/Jacob’s Wells Road, Clifton, Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1JK, England

Details

The theatre was built for the Queen Elizabeth Hospital School’s drama department, but also hosts visiting productions. This is a particularly successful use of a difficult and sloping site bounded on the one side by a Georgian terrace and, on the other, neo-Elizabethan school buildings. This new construction has an exterior which is horizontally banded with yellow and brown bricks linked to a glazed drum which lies behind mature trees and a castellated gateway with mock portcullis. The interior has foyers and stairs which link the ground level with the higher school buildings which are within the drum. The auditorium is an irregular octagon with 250 fixed seats and an open thrust stage.

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• Events
  • 1990 Use: continuing
  • 1990 Design/Construction:
    • Moxley Jenner Ltd - Architect
  • 1990 Design/Construction:
    • WPE Ltd - Consultant: Quantity Surveyor
    • MRM - Consultant: Structural Engineer
    • Fergusson Partners - Consultant: Mechanical Consultant
  • Owner/Management: Queen Elizabeth Hospital
• Capacities
  • Original: 210
  • Current: 210
• Listings
  • Grade Not listed
• Stage type
  • Open thrust
• Dimensions
  • Height to grid: 5m