Sunday, March 6, 2011

Working Day 1: Work begins on the Henry Travers Studio, 28 February 2011

Work has commenced on the Henry Travers Studio. We're going to keep updating our blog as progress continues towards creating this world-class new venue.

So, we started with this:




At 7.30am on Monday 28 February, George Hepburn & Son, the first of our four contractors, arrived on site to commence the work. At that point, the Studio looked like this:


George's team of builders had arrived to build the new corridor on the right of the photo above. This corridor is essential to link Front of House with the dressing rooms, green room, orchestra pit and Main House Stage, so that people can access these areas while a performance or film is taking place in the studio.

You can see in the 3d image below the corridor and sound-reducing double-entry doors which George's team arrived to construct. The double doors at the centre top of the image are designed to create a 'sound-lock' to reduce the noise transference from a busy box office into the studio during performances and film screenings.


By the end of day one, the new corridor was taking shape:


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