The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is looking to raise �1 million in order to fund the rebuilding of its main theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon
Last April, the RSC staged its last play at its main theatre before completion down the venue for a �100 million overhaul. The plans aim to upgrade the Grade II listed construction, which was built 76 years agone, into a Theatre Village.
The new designing will accommodate a new thrust stage, a riverside walkway as well as changes to the venue's entrance.
The BBC reports that the dramaturgy company has succeeded in raising the required �100 million and was directly hoping to secure a further �10 million, of which �1 million is expected to come from donations from the public.
This year, the RSC's performances of Hamlet at the Courtyard Theatre were set-aside out months in move on after it was confirmed that Doctor Who star topology David Tennant would be playing the Prince of Denmark in the famous play.
The RSC had to urge theatregoers to annul purchasing usuriously priced tickets on Ebay as surging demand for seats at the carrying out made fans of the actor stamping ground to desperate measures.
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