Green light for SPPARC plan to convert listed car park into BRIT School theatre

Spparc Olympia 2

Scheme part of wider £1.3bn redevelopment of the Olympia Exhibition Centre in Kensington

SPPARC’s revised plans to convert a grade II-listed car park into a performing arts space at the Olympia exhibition centre in Kensington have been given the green light.

The multi storey car park, built in 1937, will become home to a new theatre for the internationally renowned BRIT School, whose alumni include singers Amy Winehouse, Adele, Leona Lewis and Jessie J and actor Tom Holland.

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