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Haworth Tompkins wins job to restore Britain’s oldest working theatre

By 2023-05-24T11:15:00

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Grade I-listed St George’s Guildhall in King’s Lynn staged first performance in 1445

Haworth Tompkins has landed a job to transform Britain’s oldest working theatre into a nationally important cultural heritage destination.

The practice has been selected as preferred bidder to develop the detailed design for St George’s Guildhall in King’s Lynn, the only surviving theatre in the country where Shakespeare is believed to have performed.

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