The London Apollo Theatre, Victoria is a world renowned venue. Opened in 1930, its striking art deco design was originally intended for use as a cinema, but after a period of closure in the 1970s it reopened in 1981 as a theatre.
The problem
The theatre was excessively reverberant and the wall and soffit areas in the upper circle required the introduction of acoustic panels to achieve the specified reverberation time of one second.
The complication was that the theatre was Grade II listed and the hanging curtains previously installed to modify the acoustics were rejected by English Heritage. The existing surfaces of the walls and soffit of the upper circle are a textured plaster and to meet English Heritage approval it was necessary to produce acoustic wall and soffit coverings that provided a visual impact similar to existing surfaces.
The solution
The existing walls and soffit were photographed. These images were then reproduced onto the fabric using Acoustic ArtPanel technology. The fabric was applied to the walls and soffit using the FabriTrak system with a 25mm acoustic infill resulting in a perfect reproduction of the existing walls and soffit.
The result
The project achieved the aim of meeting the requirements of English Heritage, the acoustic consultant and the client's brief.
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