Reading Rep combines high-class productions with ground-breaking education and community engagement. Working with new directors, new playwrights and new practitioners, they present productions from classics to new writing, revivals to musicals; producing outstanding shows of world class for the widest possible audience.

Drama by Design worked with Reading Rep to provide a coordinated desig .. read more

This award winning project has created an inspirational venue for training the next generation of actors, writers, journalists and linguists.

The building houses a fully equipped flexible theatre space
with 180 seats, capable of multiple configurations. The theatre is supported by
a full suite of backstage facilities including dressing rooms, scenery workshop
and green room. There are .. read more

This project involved the conversion and refurbishment of a derelict building, formerly a swimming pool and bowling alley, into a student hub at the University’s Medway Campus. The purpose-built student centre features a main events/performance space, café/bar, catering facilities, large open-plan spaces for meetings and a mixture of social activities and also includes offices for the students .. read more

New Adelphi is a landmark building that is the focus for arts and culture on campus. The space has been carefully designed to inspire and motivate; housing the music, performance, art, design and architecture students and providing a rich environment to stimulate curious minds.
This pioneering new build features a 350 capacity theatre, a 140sqm studio theatre, 2 large TV acting studios, 6 industry .. read more

Holme Grange School is an independent school for girls and boys aged 3-16 years. It offers a unique educational experience in an idyllic setting in 21 acres of Wokingham countryside.
This project involved the construction of a new building incorporating a 300 seat theatre, drama studio, music classrooms and practice rooms. Drama by Design worked with the architects on the design of the building an .. read more

Licensed Victuallers is a non-selective, fully co-educational day and boarding school of 900 pupils aged 4-18 based in Ascot, Berkshire. The striking modern architectural design of the school ensures that the needs of the pupils and staff are fully accommodated and the purpose built theatre is at the heart of the school.
The school was having issues with access to the theatre house light fittings .. read more

Drama by Design has been appointed by BAM Construction to project manage the specialist installations for the University of Salford’s new Gateway building.

This state-of-the-art £55m building will transform student life at the University of Salford when it opens in early 2016.
The ‘Gateway Project’ will provide a distinctive, aesthetically pleasing entrance to the campus from Salford C .. read more

Drama by Design has been appointed by Sheffield College to work with architects Race Cottam on the design of a new build creative media and performing arts building.
The new £8.8 million, two storey extension at Hillsborough College will have performing arts, media facilities, and general teaching rooms including a theatre (with tension wire grid and flexible seating), three drama studios, two da .. read more

Situated on 128-acres, 20 miles south of Central London, ACS Cobham enrols over 1,350 students aged between 2 and 18.
This project involved a £13m conversion of the school’s Cafetorium into a new Performing Arts Centre. Drama by Design worked with the architects on the design of the building  and designed and specified all technical systems including project management through to completio .. read more

The Grand Hall is excellent when used for its original purpose, as a Concert Hall.  In the current economic climate and with changing audience demands, concerts form only a part of the programme and adaptation to enable other types of entertainment and public benefit is now required.
Drama by Design were employed as theatre consultants to look at two aspects of the proposed refurbishment of the b .. read more