The city council said the Victorian building and former nurses accommodation would be restored as part of that work and it was encouraging the owners to move the project forward.
Moving the stage 180 degrees means that for about "half an hour on a bright evening" sunglasses needed for the audience but the company also finds the "stage just sits in the landscape better that way around", he says.The venue is also now a big open space so performers need to be amplified, something their forebears would not have even had as an option.
"From what we know about the original theatre, the way the seating was configured would have created a sort of acoustic bowl and that would have given a lot of support to the performers vocally," he says."But we've got a very good sound system now."You definitely feel that sense of history and that sense of continuity…
"We're very conscious that when people come, they are there to see a great production, but also to experience that unique environment."Emma Wright has performed at the festival every year since 2019 and this year is playing the dual role of Titania and Hipolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
She says that because they cannot build a lot of backstage spaces, the audience and the actors are very aware of each other.
"It feels very intimate, which I love," she says, "and it feels very interactive, right from the get-go.He was a "well-liked young boy" and "our best friend", they said.
A 14-year-old girl and a 37-year-old woman were also been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, police said.Det Ch Insp Tony Platten said the incident had "rocked the local community".
He called for anyone with information to contact the force.Earlier, Ibrahima's father left flowers at the scene of the attack.