Thift Deluxe, is this a brutalist building you're aware of? I thought you would be interested in seeing it, so when we went recently, I took my camera specially and took some pictures.
Chichester Festival Theatre, located in West Sussex, England, was designed by Philip Powell and Hidalgo Moya, and opened by its founder Leslie Evershed-Martin in 1962.
Chichester Festival Theatre is one of very few 20th Century buildings to be Grade II* listed. When it opened in 1962, it caused a stir with its strong Brutalist design. After fifty years of use, the building required thorough modernisation. This project restored much of the original design, removing all previous extensions and remodelling the foyer and auditorium, as well as adding a new steel extension.
I have seen shows in here, first The Rocky Horror Show and then The Master and Margarita, which was quite the experience before the show! I had gone with a friend of Andy as she had a spare ticket. Amongst the pre show chit chat, I was asked if I go to the theatre often. I was vague in answering as I had been to the theatre, but to pantomimes and most frequently, The Rocky Horror Show and I suspected that those things weren't as high brow as the people asking would have liked!
This sits opposite and in front of the smaller Minerva Theatre.
What a fantastic building, ad you chose the perfect sky as a backdrop!
ReplyDeleteI've never been to that area of the country but I am aware of the building as the architects also designed some other beauties - Churchill Gardens, and of course Skylon. I like the look of the sculpture trail too, I will walk to see Geoffrey Clarke's work!
Thanks so much for sharing.
What an unusual building. I find that some people who go to the theatre can be a bit snobbish about it. There is nothing wrong with a good old pantomime! Just keep going to what you enjoy and be your sparkling self xx
ReplyDeleteThat's really fantastic - you get a real feeling of the 'world of tomorrow!' spirit that brutalism can have at its best.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love that theatre, what a fantastic building and what a relief that it's Grade II listed. It wouldn't have looked out of place at EXPO 58. xxx
ReplyDeleteDefinitely a statement building. I bet the light inside is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteIt's the sculpture i'm in love with. Who did it? xxx
Brutalist architecture is, after a few decades starting to grow on me. If nothing else, a building like that will have good seating and accoustics.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to visit there! It looks such a fab building!!
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