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Everyman Theatre redevelopment by Haworth Tompkins wins approval in UK

Published: 27-Aug-2010

Liverpool City Council in the UK has approved the £28 million ($43.2 million) redevelopment scheme of ‘Everyman Theatre’ in Liverpool proposed by London-based architectural practice Haworth Tompkins.

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Everyman Theatre located on Hope Street in Liverpool will get a new look from Haworth Tompkins, which will retain ‘the character and charm of the existing theatre while providing vastly enhanced facilities that will make a positive cultural contribution’.

Architects have given new incarnation to Everyman’s dynamic and inclusive 400-seat ‘thrust’ stage auditorium, legendary basement bistro and iconic Everyman sign. These will be complemented by vital facilities it currently lacks. Most of these new facilities will also serve its sister theatre, the Playhouse. These will include a Youth and Community Space for the theatres’ vast and growing work with education and community groups; rehearsal space, workshops and offices for production staff; and a hub for writers to develop their work.

Designed to be naturally ventilated throughout, the theatre incorporates a number of low energy strategies and is on course to achieve a BREEAM-Excellent rating. The project will be built of red brick and will incorporate a new west frontage on Hope Street comprising 105 life-sized, abstracted portraits of Liverpool people transferred onto cut aluminium shutters, as a physical representation of the community to which the theatre has always belonged.

The multi-million redevelopment project is scheduled to go on site in 2011 so that the new Everyman will be opened in 2013. Since the recent announcement £2.4 million ($3.7 million) Northwest Regional Development Agency funds would no longer be available to support the project, the Everyman management team has been engaged in positive discussions with all project stakeholders to close this gap and maintain the quality and momentum of the project.

The planning application was submitted in May 2010 at which time Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) described the design as ‘an exemplar in all aspects of its design.’

Everyman Theatre was established in 1964 to perform works of relevance to the inhabitants of Liverpool. The building was originally a chapel built in 1837 and was later closed in 1853, when it was turned into a concert hall. In 1912 the hall was converted into the Hope Hall cinema, which lasted until 1959. It was opened again in 1961, as the Everyman Theatre showing a range of classical films.

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