AHMM has drawn up proposals to create a four-storey annex to Liverpool’s Royal Court Theatre that would be named in honour of Ken Dodd.

The practice has a long record of upgrade and expansion work on the grade II-listed venue, including the 2017 refurbishment of neighbouring pub the Penny Farthing as the theatre’s Courtyard bar.

Under the latest proposals, that building would be demolished to make way for a 1,743sq m structure called the Sir Ken Dodd Happiness Centre, a nod to the late comedian’s signature song. Dodd died in 2018 at the age of 90.

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