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Chicago Shakespeare Theater unveils intimate and innovative new venue on Navy Pier
by Kim Megson | 04 Oct 2017
Visitors to Chicago’s Navy Pier can now enjoy a show inside one of the world’s most flexible theatres, which has been constructed inside the attraction's Skyline Stage. Theatre design consultancy Charcoalblue and design firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG) have collaborated on the ambitious reuse project, called The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare. Rather than constructing a new theatre from scratch, the duo instead designed a fully enclosed, year-round
All the world's a stage: Construction imminent on shipping container replica of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
by Kim Megson | 24 Aug 2017
Construction is about to start on a close replica of William Shakespeare’s famous Globe Theatre, with only two key differences from the original: this version will be located in Detroit and it will be built entirely out of stacked shipping containers. The Container Globe is the brainchild of entrepreneur Angus Vail, who wants to build cost-effective venues around the world to host performances of the Bard and other live events.
Week's top news: Design Museum unveils first exhibition, Norman Foster wins 'golden brain' award and shipping containers recreate Shakespeare's Globe
by Kim Megson | 30 Sep 2016
Here are some of the stories that appeared on CLAD this week, from West Elm's first hotel brand to a Serpentine Galleries' Zaha Hadid retrospective. Monday • Jiangnan Global Harbor, one of the world’s largest leisure-led retail schemes, has officially opened near Shanghai. Read here. • Stadiums and arenas built for events such as the FIFA World Cup and Olympic Games should all be temporary, according to South African architect
‘Punk reimagining’ of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre uses shipping containers and scaffolding
by Kim Megson | 26 Sep 2016
Plans are underway to recreate William Shakespeare’s iconic Globe Theatre around the world using nothing but scaffolding and re-purposed shipping containers. The original Globe was built by Shakespeare in 1599 in the London borough of Southwark as a theatre in the round, which allowed huge crowds get as close as possible to the onstage action. The theatre was destroyed in 1644, but a replica was created in 1997 using the
Shakespeare theatre on Chicago's Navy Pier to undergo US$35m expansion
by Tom Anstey | 03 Mar 2016
The Chicago Shakespeare Theater is expanding its footprint on the city’s iconic Navy Pier, with US$35m (€32.2m, £24.9m) being used to develop a flexible third stage capable of being adapted based on the performance. With audience capacity ranging from 150 to 850 in an enclosed space beneath the domed Skyline Stage area, the theatre, known as The Yard at Shakespeare, will have the capability to project images onto the underside
Re-discovered Shakespeare Theatre to provide cultural heart of £750m London mixed-use scheme
by Kim Megson | 09 Feb 2016
The Elizabethan theatre where William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and Henry V were performed for the first time is at the centre of a new £750m (US$1bn, €968.7m) mixed-use destination for London. The historic remains of The Curtain Theatre, which dates back to 1577, were discovered buried three metres beneath a disused Victorian goods yard earmarked for development in 2011. The Curtain was home to Shakespeare’s Theatre Company and the
£1.5m gift for Shakespeare's Globe scheme
by Pete Hayman | 28 Feb 2012
Shakespeare's Globe has received a £1.5m gift from an anonymous private donor towards its plans to open the historic London arts venue's Indoor Jacobean Theatre next year. The £1.5m donation will be used to match every pound raised by the Globe and it is hoped the match-giving scheme will encourage more people to contribute towards the project. Allies and Morrison were appointed last summer to work on the £7m scheme,
Shakespeare's Globe plans indoor theatre
by Pete Hayman | 16 Aug 2011
Shakespeare's Globe has chosen architects Allies and Morrison to lead the design of a new indoor Jacobean Theatre, which is to be developed alongside the iconic London venue. According to Shakespeare's Globe chief executive Neil Constable, the development is set to fulfil Sam Wanamaker's bid for the venue to stage both indoor and outdoor performances. Allies and Morrison will work with reconstruction architect Jon Greenfield and the Globe's Architecture Research
New theatre for Shakespeare playhouse site
by Pete Hayman | 11 Mar 2009
The Tower Theatre Company (TTC) has unveiled plans to build a new theatre on a site confirmed by Museum of London Archaeology as being the location of London's first purpose-built playhouse. An excavation of the site in Shoreditch, which is currently occupied by a disused warehouse, has uncovered what is believed to be the inner wall of The Theatre, a polygonal theatre built by James Burbage in 1576. Trustees of
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