Perth Theatre

A discreet entrance arch with glazed canopy set into four storey ashlar tenement block leads to a spacious conservatory-style inner foyer with a glazed ceiling in the back court. The brick-clad auditorium and stage block to the rear contains a delightfully intimate auditorium of two tiers and about 800 seats (including the disused top balcony). Noteworthy Rococo plaster ornamentation - the first balcony is decorated with foliated scrolls and consoles and the upper balcony has delicately modelled festoons. The slips of both tiers curve round to meet slim stacks of superimposed boxes, framed by pilaster with enriched shafts. The ceiling is a plain saucer dome, reputedly a simple replacement for the fire-damaged original and dating from repairs in 1924. The auditorium has been narrowed at circle level by the insertion of side fire escape routes. The theatre will be closed from 2014-2017 for redevelopment.