Prince Edward Theatre
The Prince Edward Theatre is a Grade II listed West End Theatre situated on Old Compton Street in the City of Westminster, London.
At the same time as carrying out essential upgrade works, the management of the theatre wanted to investigate the likelihood of increasing the number of seats in the stalls area without having to modify current final exit widths. Using alternative fire safety engineering techniques and the inclusion of some extra passive fire safety measures in the foyer areas, it became possible to show that an additional 168 seats could be safely added. During the refurbishment works, a new seating design which now allows for extra width between rows, has since been installed.
We worked with Landsec, which bought the red-brick office complex in 2005, to design the fire strategy for the 230,000 ft of workspace along with retail and new public space. These include a north-south pedestrian route between Red Lion Court and the former FT building, One Southwark Bridge Road.