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March 2012


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SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE LAUNCHES £1.5 MILLION MATCHED-GIVING SCHEME TOWARDS THE BUILDING OF THE INDOOR JACOBEAN THEATRE


Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the gift of £1.5 million from an anony- mous private donor for a matched- giving scheme to help the Globe reach its fund-raising target of £7 million towards the new Indoor Jacobean Theatre. For every pound raised by the Globe, it will be matched from the £1.5 million pool, bringing the fund- raising total to £4.5 million. Shakespeare’s Globe chief executive,


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The spectacular transformation of London’s Exhibition Road was marked with an official opening this February, following the implementa- tion of a £29 million project taking eight years of planning. The completion of the mixed use


pedestrian and vehicle zone along the major South West London thorough- fare Exhibition Road, saw construc- tion management specialist Schal deliver this landmark project on time and on budget. The company has been a key player


in the capital’s highest profile street regeneration this decade, project managing a development, which has radically changed the appearance of the quarter and will shape the experi- ence of its many millions of visitors that will come each year. The reconceived space runs the


entire half-a-mile length of Exhibition Road, from Hyde Park in the north to South Kensington Underground Station in the South, offering easy access to London landmarks includ- ing the Royal Albert Hall, the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum, V&A Museum and Imperial College, London. The new, single-level road surface


does away with kerb stones and tradi- tional street clutter, such as pedestrian barriers, instead delivering a single ‘shared’ space, divided into pedestrian, mixed use and drivers’ zones. The


three zones are tied together by a repeated bold diamond motif in granite, which runs the entire length and width of the project, creating a unique visual identity for the street. Tall, sleek street lighting masts have been designed to complement the grand buildings of Exhibition Road. Black cast iron drainage channel covers run along each side, about four metres out from the respective build- ing lines. Beside the drainage chan- nels, strips of ‘corduroy’ tactile warn blind and partially sighted people that


they are moving into or out of vehicle free areas. In July 2011 the ambitious scheme


won the ‘Placemaking’ category in the New London Awards, before it had even been completed. Schal’s innovations included a


phased approach, which simplified the project and reduced the risks. The company developed openness and co- operation among the team, using an NEC option D Target cost contract with a pre-construction services con- tract to successfully manage the risks.


Neil Constable commented: “We are delighted to announce the launch of our £1.5 million matched-giving scheme, to raise funds for our new Indoor Jacobean Theatre. Our wonderfully generous anonymous donor has given


this money to enable us to complete the Indoor Theatre, but also by dou- bling donations we receive, we hope that this will encourage others to support this important project. Building starts in October at the end of the Globe’s summer season, so we'd really like to rally the support of our audiences and supporters and ask everyone to get involved at whatever level to ensure works start on time." The Indoor Jacobean Theatre will


be the newest addition to London’s theatre landscape, and it will be the most complete recreation of an English renaissance indoor theatre yet attempted. The Globe intends to


open in November 2013. The Indoor Theatre will seat approximately 320 people, with two tiers of galleried seating and an historically accurate pit seating area, which will provide a uniquely intimate and intense theatre experience. Some of Shakespeare’s greatest plays were written for an entirely different space to the outdoor Elizabethan playhouses. By restoring the Indoor Jacobean Theatre to its intended purpose, the Globe will be able to further its understanding of theatre practices at that time and explore the unique relationship between actor and audience in England’s earliest indoor theatres.


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