Rsc Courtyard Theatre

By Ian Ritchie

In November 2004, the Royal Shakespeare Company commissioned Ian Ritchie Architects to design a one-thousand-seat theatre. It was to be sited in the centre of Stratford-upon-Avon, and to be ready to stage its first performance less than twenty months later during the Complete Works Festival. As well as this challenging schedule, the theatre was to be a vehicle for research into the design of a large thrust-stage auditorium - research that would inform the transformation of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre - and it was to be temporary, a transitional building that could be unbolted and recycled, and cost less than GBP6 million. This book tells the story of the Courtyard Theatre, from the roots of the design in the history of thrust stages to the details of collaboration and leadership that delivered what Michael Billington in The Guardian called 'a bit of a smasher'.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1904662056
• ISBN13: 9781904662051
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Categorical Books
• Length: 96 Pages