Stephen Joseph Theatre - Images
Images and designs from the Stephen Joseph Theatre (1996 - present). Click on an image to enlarge.Note: These images (as well as all material on the website relating to the SJT) only cover the period 1996 to 2009, when Alan Ayckbourn stepped down as Artistic Director of the company.
The Round auditorium at the Stephen Joseph Theatre. The stage dimensions and layout are identical to the company's former venue, the Stephen Joseph Theatre in the Round. However, an addition of a sixth 'bench' style seating increased the capacity by approximately 100.
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The McCarthy auditorium at the Stephen Joseph Theatre. An end-stage space used for both live performance and cinema. It is situated in the centre of the former circle of the Odeon and originally retained many of the cinema's architectural features such as light fittings, seats and a reproduction of the original carpet.
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The Boden Room at the Stephen Joseph Theatre; a hireable space for meetings, talks and workshops. It was named after Ken and Margaret Boden, two of the most significant figures in the history of the company with Ken largely responsible for saving the company after Stephen Joseph closed Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre in 1965.
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The restaurant at the Stephen Joseph Theatre. The Restaurant has gone through multiple changes over the decades, particularly with regard to the different companies responsible for running the restaurant.
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Harry Osborne, designer of the Stephen Joseph Theatre, with a white card model of the proposed theatre venue with the theatre's press officer Jeannie Swales (left).
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Cut away of the original design for the Stephen Joseph Theatre by Harry Osborne. Of particular note is the atrium splitting the building in two and providing an 'air-lock' between the two auditoria and the stage lift beneath The Round.
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All research by Simon Murgatroyd. Do not reproduce the images without permission of the respective copyright holder.