More seats, more panto, and absolutely no portable toilets. Executive director, Steve Mannix, tells us what we can expect from the iconic theatre’s temporary home.
Just three weeks ago, part of a ceiling came down in the Mercury Theatre.
A busy night at the Mercury makes for a heaving front-of-house, so this will be expanded.
Actors will get more rehearsal space and dancers will get a professional studio to practice in.
“If they want to do a show, if they want to put a band on, it should be theirs.”
However, this is all a good while away.
Abbey Field will be the home of the Mercury’s productions until next summer.
He added: “And it will have nice loos. Not your horrible portable loos.”
As for the number of seats, this was contradictory, but for a good reason.
Could one of the Mercury’s temporary venue become a permanent fixutre?
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