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Wolverhampton Grand Theatre Temporary Building
Midlands Arts Development, England, UK ? design by Keith Williams Architects
13 Mar 2019
Temporary Theatre for the Wolverhampton Grand
Design: Keith Williams Architects
Location: Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK
Keith Williams Architects Temporary Theatre for the Wolverhampton Grand wins approval

visualisation : Lichfield
Keith Williams Architects? proposals for a new 160 seat temporary theatre on a site adjoining the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre on Lichfield Street in the city centre, have been approved by the City Council.
Wolverhampton Grand Theatre by the architect Charles Phipps opened in 1894 and is the city?s principal theatre centred on a magnificent 3 tiered main auditorium of 1200 seats.
image courtesy of architects
Williams? proposals on an adjoining site currently occupied by a long redundant 1960s post office building, include a new adjoining studio form theatre, bars and public spaces beneath a lightweight steel framed sawtooth roof.
The new theatre will be inserted between the flank walls of the Grand Theatre and the listed Grand Post House (1895), the city?s former post office and sorting centre, to create a new semi-outdoor arts space in the city centre. The project is intended to open up and greatly expand the Grand Theatre?s versatility and artistic programme to reach new audiences, and is the first phase of the cre...