The newly completed Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff – Wales’ national music and drama conservatoire – opened in October 2011 to a new intake of students.

The transformation of the Royal Shakespeare and Swan Theatres has involved tremendous challenges, both architectural and technical, over a period of six years. It will revolutionise the RSC’s relationship with its audience and with the town of Stratford-upon-Avon.

Originally, the architect‘s office, COBE, were only commissioned to renovate the theatre in Taastrup near Copenhagen in terms of energy consumption. But, as is well known, energy efficiency is defined as the quotient of benefits and expenditure. The architects, therefore, decided to endow the building with a new aesthetic appearance and to increase the amount of available space within it.

Terry Pawson Architects’ VISUAL & the George Bernard Shaw Theatre opened to the public on Saturday 26 September. The new 18 million Euro arts centre in Ireland will programme and host touring international contemporary exhibitions and theatre productions.

The new Curve Theatre in the St. George’s Conservation Area in Leicester, is Rafael Viñoly Architects’ first completed project in the United Kingdom. By exposing the production, construction, and technical components of the theatre to the public, the design turns the traditional theatre configuration “inside out” and blurs the boundaries of performance and audience.

A new highlight within the cultural landscape of the Danish capital Copenhagen was opened on February 16th, 2008. The new waterfront building for the Royal Theatre was designed by Danish architects Boje Lundgaard and Lene Tranberg.

With the Agora Theatre, UN Studio have completed one of the first buildings within West 8’s new central plan for Lelystad. The architects have designed a multi-coloured light crystal with a complexly folded exterior envelope that incorporates the fly tower.