Patrick Robinson, star of stage, screen and of Strictly Come Dancing, is looking on in admiration at the "spaceship" structure that is the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester. Patrick is about to make his Royal Exchange debut in the eagerly-anticipated new production of Tennessee Williams classic Cat On A Hot Tin Roof which premieres here next week.
But this is also the first time he's ever visited the majestic theatre housed in the old cotton exchange building in the city centre, and he has been suitably wowed. Patrick smiles: "It's a beautiful space. I studied to be an architect before I went to drama school so I look at buildings like this, and wow this is an incredible building.
"It's like a spaceship has just landed inside, like it's just materialised in Star Trek. To see the theatre within this building it's incredible, it's beautiful."
