Hall For Cornwall is closed for a complete refit. ...

Hall For Cornwall is closed for a complete refit. The old arena style auditorium and the surrounding on-the-cheap plasterboard interior has been removed and is being replaced by a stalls-circle-gallery style auditorium in steel that sits within the old granite central volume of the old market halls. There will be 1200 seats - more than enough to lure the best touring shows to an eager audience in the far west.

In the daytime the new auditorium will be visible between new granite-arched foyers at the Back Quay and (for the first time) Boscawen Street entrances, allowing the public to experience an all day cultural offer. At show time, the auditorium will be separated visually and acoustically from the foyers by retractable screens, blinds and doors, whose closing will signal the start of the performance.

The granite, steel and wood interiors, complemented with seating fabric echoing the colours of the Cornish shoreline, will give the space a tough authenticity that is uniquely of its place.