HT is collaborating with Troubadour Theatres on two innovative, fully demountable theatre projects, designed for an 8–10 year lifespan, in Canary Wharf and Greenwich.
The first, located in Canary Wharf, is already on site and set to open this October with the world premiere of The Hunger Games: On Stage, written by Conor McPherson and directed by Matthew Dunster. With a capacity of 1,300 seats, this venue will bring a major new cultural destination to the heart of Canary Wharf, offering world-class live performance alongside an exciting food and beverage offering.
Meanwhile, the Troubadour Greenwich Peninsula Theatre is due to be submitted for planning in October and is scheduled to open in Autumn 2026. Envisioned as a future flagship venue, it will feature two 1,500-seat auditoriums, purpose-built as receiving houses to host large-scale, dynamic productions. Equipped with state-of-the-art technical facilities and modern front-of-house spaces, the theatre will provide a flexible, vibrant home for groundbreaking productions and international live entertainment.
Both venues are designed to deliver:
- Landmark cultural hubs on land awaiting permanent development
- A circular, sustainable approach to construction and materials
- Purpose-built, fully demountable structures and cladding systems
- Flexible, soundproofed, and technically advanced infrastructure
Five Haworth Tompkins projects have secured six shortlist places across the 2026 AJ Architecture Awards and NLA Awards. The recognition reflects the breadth of our expertise across culture, housing, regeneration and masterplanning - from the sensitive transformation of listed cultural buildings to major residential developments and urban masterplans.
Planning permission has been secured for the first phase of the transformation of St Botolph's Quarter in central Colchester, marking an important milestone in the city's long-term regeneration.
Pembroke Mill Lane for Pembroke College, Cambridge, has been shortlisted for the 2026 RIBA Stirling Prize, the UK's most prestigious award for architecture.
Wonderful to see the new performance spaces at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) alive with performance, rehearsal and teaching.
Pembroke Mill Lane, Cambridge has received a RIBA National Award.
Haworth Tompkins has been shortlisted in two categories at this year's Building Design Architect of the Year Awards.
We are so pleased to see The Court Theatre continue to receive industry recognition, with multiple honours at Friday night's Property Council New Zealand Industry Awards, including the Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Judges' Choice Award.
In the second of three NLA articles, Tom Gibson, Associate Director at Haworth Tompkins, reflects on the practice’s international mass timber projects and the lessons they offer for timber construction in the UK.
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