We’re standing in the spanking new auditorium at Sadler’s Wells East, when Britannia Morton spots a chip in the black woodwork leading down to the stage. “That shouldn’t be there,” she says, alarmed. “We’ll have to get that covered up before Thursday.”
For the executive director of Sadler’s Wells, two days before the theatre opened its doors to the public, the snagging is real. London’s East Bank hopes to become an essential cultural destination, with the V&A and BBC both opening new bases alongside Sadler’s Wells.
