Stephen Joseph Theatre - Designs

The Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, was the company’s third home and was a conversion of the town's former Odeon Cinema. It opened on 24 April 1996 with The Round holding 404 seats and The McCarthy holding 165 seats.
The Stephen Joseph Theatre was designed by Harry Osborne.
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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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A ground-plan for the main auditorium at the Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough. This shows the new familiar Y-shaped design for the voms (stage entrances) with the run-round for the actors indicated by the red shading in the smaller ground plan.

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