This book charts a twentyyear period in theatre design that maps the growth of largescale adaptable theatre through Charcoalblues work alongside the worlds leading architects. From the remaking of Londons Young Vic Theatre in the mid2000s through larger scale projects for the Royal Shakespeare Company the National Theatre the Royal Opera House and many other cultural organisations worldwide the practice have provided specialist expertise collaborating with and mindful of everyone in the business from actors and musicians producers and directors to engineers and architects. Highly illustrated with photos and drawings the book includes sections on adaptable theatres temporary spaces anticulture palaces theatrical transformations and hidden gems.