Steve Tompkins: 'A theatre should behave like a good host'
The co-founder of acclaimed architects Haworth Tompkins on what makes the ideal theatre, the problem with overlit foyers " and their unlikely inspiration for the Liverpool EverymanIn 1997 the young architectural practice Haworth Tompkins was commissioned to redesign the Royal Court theatre in London. Since then they have transformed the way theatres look and work, redesigning the pop-up Almeidas, the National, Bristo…