Liverpool Playhouse 6450
The 1968 drum extension to the Liverpool Playhouse at night. Designed by Colin Wilson it alleviated the chronic overcrowding of the Playhouse's original foyers and bars. The Playhouse has a complex history, dating from 1866, when the Star Music Hall opened on the site of a former concert hall. It was designed by Edward Davies. In 1898 Harry Percival was responsible for a complete reconstruction of the auditorium, the form of which survives, but the box arrangement and plasterwork is the work of Stanley Adshead in 1911, as is the stalls bar and foyer which was excavated below the level of the floor. Then in 1968, to the design of Hall, Donaghue & Wilson with Ken Martin, a new box office, foyer and bars were created in a modern extension. Grade 2* listed.
City of Liverpool, Merseyside, North West England - Playhouse Theatre, Williamson Square
May 2010, image reworked 2022
Liverpool Playhouse 6450
The 1968 drum extension to the Liverpool Playhouse at night. Designed by Colin Wilson it alleviated the chronic overcrowding of the Playhouse's original foyers and bars. The Playhouse has a complex history, dating from 1866, when the Star Music Hall opened on the site of a former concert hall. It was designed by Edward Davies. In 1898 Harry Percival was responsible for a complete reconstruction of the auditorium, the form of which survives, but the box arrangement and plasterwork is the work of Stanley Adshead in 1911, as is the stalls bar and foyer which was excavated below the level of the floor. Then in 1968, to the design of Hall, Donaghue & Wilson with Ken Martin, a new box office, foyer and bars were created in a modern extension. Grade 2* listed.
City of Liverpool, Merseyside, North West England - Playhouse Theatre, Williamson Square
May 2010, image reworked 2022