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September 2007
Demolition reveals internal wall posters.

Photo by Stewart Hemley.
October 2007
Removing the existing cafe and reataurant to reveal the original riverside facade.
October 2007
The original auditorium being demolished.

Photo by Stewart Hemley.
November 2007
Demolishing the roof of the old Royal Shakespeare Theatre to make way for the new building.
November 2007
Original auditorium being demolished. Photo by Stewart Hemley.
November 2007
Demolition begins on the outer wall.

Photo by Stewart Hemley.
January 2008
Auditorium before the roof was constructed.

Photo by Stewart Hemley.
April 2008
The demolition work is complete and construction begins, inside the external walls of the original building. The safety curtain on the right marks the point where the stage was, and is surrounded by the proscenium arch, which still exists and marks the beginning of the current thrust stage.

Photo by Stewart Hemley.
August 2008
The frame of the auditorium starts to appear.

Photo by Stewart Hemley.
September 2008
The shape of the new auditorium can be seen from above, just before work begins on the roof.
September 2008
This marked a major milstone in the project as the massive 30 tonne steel roof trusses were lifted into place, over the new auditorium.
November 2009
The Tower lantern being lifted.

Photo by Stewart Hemley.
November 2009
The new auditorium begins to take shape from the inside.

Photo by Stewart Hemley.
May 2010
Original teak flooring from the 1932 RST stage being relaid in the foyer of the new Royal Shakespeare Theatre.

Photo by Stewart Hemley
The Royal Shakespeare Theatre foyer, where the original floorboards were relaid, and the drum wall of the auditorium.

Photo by Peter Cook.
Royal Shakespeare Theatre auditorium with audience. Photograph by Peter Cook.

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Royal Shakespeare Theatre from Clopton Bridge. Photograph by Peter Cook.

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