The Egg (styled as the egg) is a

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in Bath, built specifically for the use of young people. It was converted from a former cinema and church hall by architects

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. The Grade II

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Victorian building houses the eponymous 'egg'-shaped auditorium, around which an arts cafe, rooftop rehearsal space and basement technical workshop are arranged. The idea was supported by the children's author

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. It opened in October 2005. In 2007, the

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made use of the space in order to stage a production of

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. The auditorium is flexible in enabling both fully day-lit or blacked out theatre and is usable end-on, in the round, flat floor and traverse.

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Official websiteReview of the theatre by the BBCHaworth Tompkins - architects for the new building
{{DEFAULTSORT:Egg, The, Bath Theatres completed in 2005 Theatres in Bath, Somerset Youth theatre companies

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