by gap74 » Sun Feb 20, 2005 10:35 pm
Believe me, I've inspected it many times! I have the place to myself when I have to lock it up at the end of the night, and if there are any open doors, I'm most likely to have a peek!
The theatre was supposedly built over a disused quarry, hence why the basement goes so far down. There's a whole floor below the orchestra pit, currently home to the orchestra changing rooms and communal areas, a sump room and a few wee LX rooms. The eastern side of the building at this level does not appear to have an external wall, as such, rather it appears to have been built up against a solid wall of bedrock!
I guess you knew it better in it's brown and gold days then Grahame?
I've just come into possession of about 250 slides documenting the 1997 refurb and am currently trying to find the best way to digitise these!
Gary