The title of our Exhibition ‘Portraits, Playhouses & People’ was invented by Quentin to encompass both of our subjects. It brings together my multicolour iPad prints of theatres, alongside the black & white pencil drawings of performers. Not only are the two ways of working worlds apart - but so are the pictures.
This is the South Bankbank Centre
Below - the National Theatre
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The Royal Opera House - detail of the new entrance
The Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester .
Originaly built in 1729 Damaged in the Manchester blitz & then bombed in 1996. Now the most extraordinary archictecturual design of all the theatres that I've visited so far. the auditorium is suspended from the cieling - & is the biggest theatre in the round in the UK - with 800 seats.
The Shaftsbury Theatre, London. & its building works 2023. Lets see how this goes ....
All the theatres below are by Frank Matcham, who designed & constructed over 90 theatres in the UK
The London Coliseum
The Theatre Royal, Wakefield. West Yorkshire
The Theatre Royal York, North Yorkshire
