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| Portland Theatre :o) |
Standing opposite it you realise how imposing a building it is, the fact it's on a hill makes it seem more so.
It is one of Portland's Grand buildings really, not that many of them these day's but, it's built to last.
Easy to imagine that this was the centre of the community entertainment back in the day, still being used to this day but obviously with these modern times and how things have changed, not as often as at one time.
It's a funny shaped building as it sits in the hill, so some of the floor on what would be the back right of this building is, as we look at it here, sat under the ground, being straight.
The stone used is a mix and it's nice to see some the rough Portland stone called "roach", which is very shelled, hard wearing stone, this can be seen on the corners and the square blocks on the front.
I have to say, in all the years I have been here, I have not been to watch anything in here, must change that as I could take my youngest son there, he loves drama and enjoys it a great deal at school.
Have any of you readers spent an evening at Portland's theatre?
