Royal Exchange Theatre (Manchester, England)
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found: Stephens, S. Port, 2002:t.p. (Royal Exchange Theatre)
found: The night watch, 2016:back cover (This stage adaptation of The Night Watch was premiered at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchestern on 16 May 2016)
found: Wikipedia, via WWW, February 23, 2017(Royal Exchange, Manchester; The Royal Exchange is a grade II listed building in Manchester, England; the complex includes the Royal Exchange Theatre and the Royal Exchange Shopping Centre; the theatre features a seven-sided steel and glass module that squats within the building's Great Hall; it is a pure theatre in the round in which the stage area is surrounded on all sides, and above, by seating; as the floor of the exchange was unable to take the weight of the theatre and its audience, the module is suspended from the four columns carrying the hall's central dome; only the stage area and ground-level seating rest on the floor; the 150-ton theatre structure opened in 1976; the theatre can seat an audience of up to 700 on three levels, making it the largest theatre in the round in Britain; there are 400 seats at ground level in a raked configuration, above which are two galleries, each with 150 seats set in two row; the Studio is a 90-seat studio theatre with no fixed stage area and moveable seats, allowing for a variety of production styles (in the round, thrust etc.); it acts as host to a programme of visiting touring theatre companies, stand-up comedians and performances for young people; the Royal Exchange gives an average of 350 performances a year of nine professional theatre productions; the company performs a varied programme including classic theatre and revivals, contemporary drama and new writing; Shakespeare, Ibsen and Chekhov have been the mainstay of its repertoire but the theatre has staged classics from other areas of the canon; the Royal Exchange also presents visiting theatre companies in the Studio; folk, jazz and rock concerts; and discussions, readings and literary events) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Exchange,_Manchester
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2003-06-06: new
2017-02-25: revised
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