Performances in the 950 seat theatre and 600 seat capacity hall will range from classical theatre to musicals, cabaret, and comedy. The cultural venue will also house a specially commissioned photography collection with works from prominent photographers like Koos Breukel, Hans Eijkelboom, Cuny Jansen, Erwin Olaf, Viviane Sassen, and Rineke Dijkstra.
The grand drapes for both of the theatre's stages were created from ShowTex's Gaudi Mohair Velvet velour sewn into Wagner curtains that part in the middle to reveal the stage, instead of being raised or lowered.
All acoustic drapes, borders, legs, and stage skirting are made from more than 1500 m of flame retardant black wool fabric. The Dutch team at ShowTex also supplied sharkstooth scrim in grey and black gobellin tulle, custom cycloramas in filled cloth, and hundreds of metres of black molton masking drapes.
(Jim Evans)
