“You don’t want to build something like this and then have it dark,” says Morton, “it’s not in our DNA.” Star of the L-shaped foyer is a dance floor for community groups, set on a windowed corner “for maximum visibility.”.
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.
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.
There have been, she admits, “wobbles along the way”: as when incoming mayor Sadiq Khan cancelled Boris Johnson’s cherished Thames garden bridge in 2017: “not a good time for big projects,” Morton observes.
For the executive director of Sadler’s Wells, two days before the theatre opened its doors to the public, the snagging is real.
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