Hampstead Theatre

• Theatre ID
  3136
• Built / Converted
  2003
• Dates of use
  • 2003: continuing
• Current state
  Extant
• Current use
  Theatre
• Address
  Eton Avenue, Camden, London, NW3 3EU, England
• Website
  • http://www.hampsteadtheatre.com

Details

The new Hampstead Theatre was built at a cost of £8.7m to replace a 125-seat 'temporary' theatre in Avenue Road. The exterior is glass and slatted timber with the zinc-clad elliptical auditorium rising through the roof. The foyers, stairs and walkways are glass, dominated by zinc-clad surfaces and by the cantilevered supports for the auditorium. This seats 325 in three configurations: proscenium, thrust and in-the-round, and is covered by a tension wire grid. The theme of timber slats continues along the balcony front and walls, and the soft furnishings are red. The stage elevator has traps and is designed so as to produce a raked stage when required. Other facilities include a rehearsal room, workshop, studio space and offices. The theatre is said to replicate the intimacy and character of the Avenue Road building.

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• Events
  • 2003 Use: continuing
  • 2003 Design/Construction:
    • Theatre Plan with Neil Morton - Consultant: Theatre
    • Arup Acoustics - Consultant: Acoustics
    • Bennetts Associates - Architect
• Capacities
  • Original: 325
• Listings
  • Grade Not listed
• Stage type
  • Flexible