Festival Theatre

Approx. Time: 3 hours
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The Edinburgh Festival Theatre in Nicolson Street is the city's most exciting development in the performing arts for many years. The Festival Theatre is being created by extending the beautiful Empire Theatre (designed by W. and T.R. Milburn in 1928) to equip it with the largest stage of any presenting theatre in Britain. It will be able to accommodate the world's largest opera, dance and musical companies as well as present drama and variety. There is also a cabaret stage and room for changing exhibitions of art. The width and height of the proscenium will show ballet, dance and opera to the best effect. Many important features of the original auditorium, including the mahogany fittings, are retained, and the orchestra pit can accommodate up to 120 players. It is Scotland's first major lyric theatre.

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