Plans for new and improved bar facilities at Sunderland’s Empire Theatre have been submitted to city development chiefs. Sunderland City Council’s planning department has received an application for internal works to the ground floor of the Grade II-listed building.
This includes the removal of the Empire Theatre ’s existing stalls bar and the fitting out of a new bar, as well as relocating a DDA compliant washroom. The plans have been submitted by the Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG), which operates the Empire Theatre, along with several supporting documents.
A design and access statement notes the plans would deliver a “new bar, finishes, furniture and fittings to achieve a much higher quality finish in keeping with many [of ATG’s] other theatres ”. The colour scheme for the new stalls bar is also expected to match the Empire Theatre’s recently-refurbished ‘foyer bar’ and would boast a “much darker, richer and atmospheric [colour scheme] than the existing room.”
