The Old Vic's CEO Laura Stevenson talks to City AM about the building expansion

The Old Vic’s CEO Laura Stevenson talks to City AM about the theatre’s new ‘Backstage’ development, which includes a new 100-seater theatre, and cafe and restaurant

Photo of Laura by Jonny Ruff

In The Old Vic theatre’s new 100-seater performance space, modern lighting rigs are fitted inches from wooden ceiling rafters dating back to the early 19th century.

Renovating this fabled theatre will inevitably fuse history with modernity, although there is not much else that feels old-fashioned about Backstage, the Old Vic’s hulking new attraction incorporating a new restaurant, bar and — yes — live performance venue.

It is the first time the theatre has been properly extended in its 207-year history, and the id

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