Saturday evening we are seeing a play at the Royal Exchange. Earlier in the day we decided to locate it and take a look around. Its quite a spectacular structure. The outside is that of an old Corn Exchange in Manchester, but the inside has received a very signiicant makeover.
An entire theatre 'in the round' has been build inside the building. It is suspended from some steel struts which appear to take the load of the new construction.
This gives the Exchange a 'building within a building' feel and indeed the outer shell of the Exchange has mood lightig which can be controlled to suit the time of day or ambience required. The inner building is a very intimate theatre, which can hold something like 750 people, all of whom get excellent views of the circular stage.
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