Aedas Arts Team was responsible for the restoration, refurbishment and extension of the Victoria Palace Theatre located in the heart of London’s West End. The theatre was originally designed in 1911 by Edwardian theatre architect Frank Matcham. The overarching design approach for the extension and refurbishment works was to ‘complete’ the work of the original architect by stripping away the unsympathetic additions and reworking the original areas by improving and enhancing the building and adding new elements in Matcham’s idiosyncratic architectural style. Additional land enabled the building of a new state-of-the-art stage and stage house, whilst the public areas, auditorium, backstage facilities, rehearsal room and external appearance were improved and upgraded.