Planning a live entertainment venue involves much more than just configuring a stage and auditorium. Public and staff accommodation also needs to be integrated into a complete working environment together with the correct level of technical facilities.

Our team of consultants includes theatre practitioners, users and operators of places of public entertainment and brings years of experience to guide a project through to a successful completion, whether it is new construction or a renovation project in a listed building.

Theatre planning

Functional planning of public areas, stage and backstage spaces

Planning audience circulation areas, bars, toilets and hospitality facilities

Integrating dressing rooms, wardrobe, laundry, workshops, scene dock, delivery access routes

Proposing options for the forestage, orchestra pit, sub-stage zones and fly tower

Advising on stage floor, stage house, technical equipment levels and stage engineering

Establishing structural loading, power and environmental strategies