The Roundhouse is a performing arts and concert venue situated at the Grade II* listed former railway engine shed in

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, England. The building was erected in 1846–1847 by the London & North Western Railway as a roundhouse, a circular building containing a railway turntable, but was used for that purpose for only about a decade. After being used as a warehouse for a number of years, the building fell into disuse just before

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. It was first made a listed building in 1954. It reopened after 25 years, in 1964, as a performing arts venue, when the playwright Arnold Wesker established the Centre 42 Theatre Company and adapted the building as a theatre. The large circular structure has hosted various promotions, such as the launch of the underground paper ''

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'' in 1966, one of only two UK appearances by The Doors with Jim Morrison in 1968, and the

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in 1972. The Greater London Council ceded control of the building to Camden Council in 1983. By that time, Centre 42 had run out of funds and the building remained unused until a local businessman purchased the building in 1996 and performing arts shows returned. It was closed again in 2004 for a multi-million pound redevelopment. On 1 June 2006, the Argentine show '' Fuerzabruta'' opened at the new Roundhouse. Since 2006, the Roundhouse has hosted the BBC Electric Proms and numerous iTunes Festivals, as well as award ceremonies such as the BT Digital Music Awards and the Vodafone Live Music Awards. In 2009,

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performed a concert, and

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promoted a music iTunes Festival, at the venue. In line with the continuing legacy of

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productions, NoFit State Circus performed the show ''Tabú'' during which the audience were encouraged to move around the performance space.

History

The Roundhouse was built as a turntable engine shed (or roundhouse) for the

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. Known as the Great Circular Engine House, or the Luggage Engine House, it was built by Branson & Gwyther, using designs by architects Robert B. Dockray and Robert Stephenson. Construction started in 1846 and the building opened in 1847. Within ten years locomotives became too long for the building to accommodate, and the Roundhouse was used for various other purposes. The longest period of use (50 years, beginning in 1871) was as a bonded warehouse for gin distillers W & A Gilbey Ltd. In 1964 the premises were transferred to Centre 42, which prepared a scheme to convert the building into "a permanent cultural centre with a theatre, cinema, art gallery and workshops, committee rooms for local organisations, library, youth club and restaurant dance-hall". This was estimated to cost between £300,000 and £600,000 (£–£ in worth), and was supported by "well-known actors, playwrights, authors, musicians and others". In 1966 the Roundhouse became an arts venue, after the freehold was taken up by the then new Greater London Council. The opening concert was the 15 October 1966 ''All Night Rave'', in which Soft Machine and

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appeared at the launch of the underground newspaper ''

''. During the next decade the building became a significant venue for UK Underground music events '' Middle Earth'' and ''Implosion''. Many of these were hosted and promoted by Jeff Dexter. Other bands playing at the Roundhouse during this period included Gass,

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's Dantalian's Chariot,

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, Jimi Hendrix,

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, The Incredible String Band, Fleetwood Mac, Third World War, The Doors with Jefferson Airplane, Ramones,

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with The Jam, Elvis Costello, Elkie Brooks, Otis Redding, and

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, who appeared at the Roundhouse on 20 July 1975. The building was used in 1996 to film the promotional video for the

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' single " A Design for Life" prior to the start of redevelopment. Promotional videos for the singles " No Matter What" by Boyzone (1998), " Handbags & Gladrags" by Stereophonics (2001), and " Burn Burn" by Lostprophets (2003) were also filmed there. A scene from the comedy film '' Smashing Time'' set in the revolving restaurant at the top of the GPO Tower was filmed there in 1967. In July that year the Roundhouse hosted the "Dialectics of Liberation" with (among others) R. D. Laing, Herbert Marcuse and

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. The Roundhouse has also been used for theatre, and has had two periods of theatrical glory, with musicals such as ''

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'' (1969). Under administrator George Hoskins, the first phase also featured experimental theatre productions, such as the Living Theatre production of '' 1776'' and other plays directed by Peter Brook. The once controversial nude revue '' Oh! Calcutta!'' opened in July 1970, and started a run of nearly four thousand performances in London, and the anarchic "Evening of British Rubbish" with professor

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and The Alberts had one performance in 1967. The Greater London Council passed the building to the Camden London Borough Council in 1983, and attempts were made to establish it as a Black Arts Centre programming music, theatre and community projects; however, it was closed as a venue due to lack of funds. During this time, on New Year's Eve 1991/92, Spiral Tribe held a week-long party in the venue. During the party the generators cut out, so power had to be sourced from nearby

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train lines.

Restoration

The building lay largely empty until it was purchased for £6m in 1996 by the Norman Trust led by the philanthropist Torquil Norman. In 1998 he set up the ''Roundhouse Trust'' and led its redevelopment, with a board of trustees which included musicians Bob Geldof and Suggs, and filmmaker Terry Gilliam. The venue opened for a two-year period to raise awareness and funds for a redevelopment scheme, with former

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director Paul Blackman as its director. Shows promoted at this time included the

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's ''

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'', dancer Michael Clark's comeback performance, percussion extravaganza '' Stomp'', Ken Campbell's 24-hour-long show ''The Warp'' and the Argentine De La Guarda's ''Villa Villa'' which ran for a year, becoming the venue's longest running show, ending when the building was closed for redevelopment. The website dance.com, commenting on the redevelopment project, said: The renovated Roundhouse, designed by architects John McAslan & Partners in association with engineering company Buro Happold, reopened on 1 June 2006, promoting '' Fuerzabruta''. Since 1996 the renovations had cost £27m. On 20 December 2006, George Michael held a free concert for NHS nurses as a thank you for the care given to his mother Lesley, who died of cancer in 1997. Patti Smith performing at Roundhouse, London (4)

Patti Smith performing at Roundhouse, London (4)

In 2008, Michael Boyd, artistic director of the

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, transferred his RSC Histories Cycle to the Roundhouse, rearranging the performing space to match the Courtyard Theatre in

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, where the cycle had first been staged. On 31 March 2009, the charitable circus group NoFit State began presenting ''Tabu'', utilising the open space at the Roundhouse. On 26 April 2009,

and his band performed at the Roundhouse as part of his 2009 UK tour, and in July 2009 the

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) was held at the venue. In January 2010, the Roundhouse introduced contemporary classical music to its events repertoire when it hosted the ''Reverb'' festival, which included performances by the London Contemporary Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment,

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, Nico Muhly, Sam Amidon and the Britten Sinfonia. For the September 2015 Apple Music Festival, Apple announced an environmental makeover gift for the venue: "making major upgrades to the lighting, plumbing, and HVAC systems; installing recycling and composting bins… offering reusable water bottles instead of plastic ones… to reduce the Roundhouse's annual carbon emissions by 60 tons, save 60,000 gallons of water a year, and divert more than 1,600 kilograms of waste from landfills".

Roundhouse Trust

Alongside its role as an arts venue, the Roundhouse is also a registered charity and runs a creative programme for 11–25s through the Roundhouse Trust. From 2006 to 2012 the Trust taught over 13,000 11- to 25-year-olds in live music, circus, theatre and new media. Courses are held in the Roundhouse Studios, which include a music recording suite, film production rooms, TV and radio studios and rehearsal rooms, all located underneath the Main Space.

Architecture

The Roundhouse is Grade II* listed. It was declared a National Heritage Site in 2010, when a Transport Trust Heritage Plaque was presented by

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. It is regarded as a notable example of mid-19th century railway architecture. The original building, in diameter, is constructed in yellow brick and is distinctive for its unusual circular shape and pointed roof. The conical slate roof has a central smoke

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(now glazed) and is supported by 24 cast-iron

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s (arranged around the original locomotive spaces) and a framework of curved ribs. The interior has original flooring and parts of the turntable and fragments of early railway lines. The 2006 renovation was supported with conservation advice and funding from

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and with grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Arts Council England. The project added seven layers of soundproofing to the roof, reinstated the glazed roof-lights, and added the steel and glass New Wing, which curves around the north side of the main building, to house the box office, bar and café, an art gallery foyer and offices.

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Discography

* Alex Korner's Breakdown Group Featuring Cyril Davis: ''Blues From The Roundhouse'' (1957) *

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: '' Carnival of Light'' (1967) *

: Deluxe edition bonus disc of '' Sticky Fingers'', recorded 1971, released 2015 (5 tracks) *Greasy Truckers: ''

'' (1972) ( Hawkwind, Man,

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and Magic Michael) * Hawkwind: "

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" (recorded 1972) * Mott the Hoople: "Saturday Gigs" (recorded 1974) contains the line "Float up to the Roundhouse on a Sunday afternoon". * Man: '' Back into the Future'' (recorded 1973) * Nektar: '' Sunday Night at London Roundhouse'' (recorded 1973, released 1974) *'' The Amazing ZigZag Concert'' (recorded 1974, released 2010) Michael Nesmith with Red Rhodes, John Stewart,

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. * Pink Fairies: ''

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'' – released in 1982 * Man: '' Maximum Darkness'' (recorded 1975) *

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'' Lights Out'' 1976 (bonus tracks only) * Man: '' All's Well That Ends Well'' (recorded 1977) * The Damned: '' The Captain's Birthday Party'' recorded 1977 – released 1986 *

: '' What's Words Worth?'' (recorded 1978) * M People: " One Night in Heaven" 1993 * Opeth: '' The Roundhouse Tapes'' (recorded 2006) * The Dresden Dolls: '' Live at the Roundhouse'' (recorded 2006) * The Stranglers: '' Rattus at the Roundhouse'' (recorded 2007) * Fat Freddy's Drop: '' Live at Roundhouse'' (recorded 2008) * David Gray: '' Draw the Line'' 2009 (bonus CD only) * Oasis: ''Time Flies... 1994–2009'' (Disc 4: iTunes Live: London Festival, recorded 2009) *

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: ''Return to Eden'' Live at the Roundhouse (13 April 2010) *

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: ''Live at the Roundhouse'' (recorded 2011) *

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: ''iTunes Festival: London 2011 (EP)'' (recorded 2011) * Adele: '' iTunes Festival: London 2011'' (recorded 2011) * Ed Sheeran: ''

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'' * Devin Townsend: '' The Retinal Circus'' (recorded 2012) *

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: ''Live at iTunes Festival'' ( Artpop: Disc 2, recorded 2013) *

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: ''Sam Smith Live from the Roundhouse'' (released 2014) * Franz Ferdinand: ''Live 2014 at the London Roundhouse'' (recorded 2014) * Status Quo: '' Aquostic! Live at the Roundhouse'' (recorded 2014) *

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: ''The Final Countdown: 30th Anniversary Show (Live at the Roundhouse)'' (recorded 2016) * Biffy Clyro: '' MTV Unplugged (Live At Roundhouse, London)'' (recorded 2017) * Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets: ''Live at The Roundhouse'' (2020)

References

External links

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