The Shed
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Temporary theatre next to the National Theatre on the South Bank
The building provides a temporary venue for the National Theatre while the Cottesloe theatre is being refurbished.
The 225-seat auditorium is arranged in a thrust stage configuration, and can be reconfigurable as a theatre in the round, an arrangement which none of the auditoria at the National currently provides.
A temporary foyer has been carved out from the space beneath the National Theatre's external terraces and provides a connection to the existing foyers.
The theatre is clad in red stained rough-sawn softwood and Rodeca panels, with unfinished internal steel members. The highly visible red boarding continues across the felt roof and there are four red corner ventilation towers.
Data
- Begun: Sep 2012
- Completed: Feb 2013
- Floor area: 628m2
- Sector: Arts and culture
- Procurement: JCT ICD 11
- Address: National Theatre, Southbank, London, SE1 9PX, United Kingdom
Materials 
Professional Team
- Architect: Haworth Tompkins
- Client: National Theatre
- Main contractor: Rise Contracts
- Structural engineer: Flint & Neill
- Quantity surveyor: Gardiner & Theobald
- Services engineer: Ingleton Wood
- Theatre consultant: Charcoalblue
- Acoustic consultant: Arup Acoustics
- Access consultant: All Clear Designs
- Fire consultant: LWF
Suppliers
- Insulation : Rockwool
- Natural ventilation system: Gilberts
- Roof lining: Anderson SBS Capsheet
