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O'Donnell & Tuomey: theatre, Belfast, UK.


O'Donnell & Tuomey's Lyric Theatre Lyric Theatre may refer to:
  • Lyric Theatre (London), England
  • Lyric Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
  • Lyric Theatre (New York), United States
  • Lyric Theatre (Stuart, Florida), United States
  • Lyric Players' Theatre, Belfast, Northern Ireland
 replaces the existing building on a sloping parkland site by the Lagan river For other uses, see Lagan.

Lagan is one of four main westcoast rivers in Sweden. It flows through South and Mid-Sweden. It is with 244 kilometers the longest rivers in southern Sweden.
. Though the old theatre was popular, it had limited rehearsal and back of house facilities. The new building is conceived as a production house for drama, with company activities brought out from hiding behind the stage. This is reflected in both physical and organisational transparency, with traditional theatre hierarchies unfolded and wrapped round the auditorium to make the processes of staging and rehearsal legible leg·i·ble  
adj.
1. Possible to read or decipher: legible handwriting.

2. Plainly discernible; apparent: legible weaknesses in character and disposition.
 to audience and company.

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Seen from the river, the theatre is an object building in the landscape, a luminous, translucent translucent

slightly penetrable by light rays.
 presence, anchored to its site by taut taut  
adj. taut·er, taut·est
1. Pulled or drawn tight; not slack. See Synonyms at tight.

2. Strained; tense: nerves taut with anxiety.

3.
a.
 planes of Belfast brick. Rehearsal rooms float over the public entrance with river views, and the administration wing hovers on a mezzanine above the box office overlooking the foyer. With a 400 seat auditorium and a smaller studio theatre, the new Lyric will pulse with activity both on opening nights and between productions. C.S.

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Title Annotation:Culture
Publication:The Architectural Review
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:4EUUN
Date:Apr 1, 2005
Words:173
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