Torch Theatre

The Torch opened on 16 April 1977, although according to its website the first in-house production, Alan Ayckbourn’s Relatively Speaking, was not staged until that November. It was designed by Monty Minter and cost £500,000 to build. The redevelopment, which included the studio theatre, was completed in 2008 and appears to have cost ten times what the original had. The studio has a “moat” feature which when unused reduces the seating to 83.