Secondly, I know restricted sightlines are the rule for the upper level seats, but that *entire* rear magenta-ish area looks like it will be cut off by the proscenium, leaving the people in the highest seats only seeing one third to one half of the stage. Surely modern architects, with all the freedom available to them, should be able to design a theatre with sightlines that are good for almost everybody.

The loading dock is extremely poorly designed. The entrance to the theatre from the loading dock looks to be barely eight feet high, creating severe restrictions on the size of what can be brought in, and the hydraulic lift up to the stage creates restrictions on the weight of what can be shifted at a time. In addition, it ties up the stage crew who have to wait on the hydraulic lift to get up to stage level and then for the crew “up top” to move the scenery before any more can be loaded in. This is going to be time-consuming and irritating.

The fly system is a good idea, but where are they going to hang the lights? There doesn’t seem to be any indication that this is a factor in their design. I’ve worked in opera, and the best laid out theatres I’ve seen with a fly system have catwalks and grids that allow stage crew access to all points of the theatre and give the lighting crew something to hang the lights from. This is clearly not an option in this design.

Also, aren’t they going to have rehearsal rooms? This was claimed, but I’m not seeing them, unless they’re that rear stage area behind the fly system, which would be even stupider than having it be part of the working stage.

Finally, WHERE ARE THE DRESSING ROOMS? I can’t see any rooms here that look like they communicate with the stage. I suppose they could have set aside some of the “offices” as dressing rooms, but why wouldn’t they just say so?

Even so .. what a load of rubbish! I would be embarrassed to have something like this in my part 1 portfolio.

TOTALLY BULLSH*T!

Shit like this is what marginalizes our profession.