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Discover how architects created a new kind of theatre for post-war Scotland. Some of the theatres might be described as ‘brutalist’, but they also tell us other stories.
Between 1950 and 1990 there was a surge in new theatre buildings to reflect post-war ideals with theatres conceived as a public space or service. Dr Alistair Fair, a historian of architecture, presents the history of post-war theatre buildings as a history of ideas relating not only to performance and modern architecture, but also to culture, citizenship, and the modern city.
About Dr Alistair Fair
Dr Alistair Fair is a historian of architecture in Britain between 1918 and the 1990s, with specialisms in theatre, university, and hospital architecture. A Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, Fair has written Modern Playhouses: An Architectural History of Britain’s New Theatres, 1945-1985 (2018), and Play On: Contemporary Theatre Architecture in Britain (2019)
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Eden Court, Inverness. Image: Ewen Weatherspoon