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When restoration is complete, the theatre will have a second performance space, to be used for recitals, experimental and educational work, and other events for which the main theatre is unsuitable.

The Centre includes two new stage-sized rehearsal spaces and increased office space.

The cost of the refurbishment has been estimated at £31.5m.A second phase of transformation, now in progress, includes structural improvements and further refurbishment of the theatre, and also the restoration of the Assembly Rooms, a forgotten area on the first floor of the building.

It seats approximately 1,500 people.The theatre is home to Opera North and is regularly visited by Northern Ballet Theatre.

It has hosted many touring productions, musical artists and comedians.The theatre closed at the end of May 2005 for a major refurbishment, entitled transformation, and re-opened on 7 October 2006 with a production of Verdi's Rigoletto.

The exterior is in a mixture of Romanesque and Scottish baronial styles, while the interior has such Gothic motifs as fan-vaulting and clustered columns.

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