CAA EMT Transformation 1

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For the last four months artisans, carpenters, and technicians have been busy transforming	Construction workers at the CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre	
the CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre for the Canadian premiere of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.		
While each new show alters the theatre's stage to fit the play's needs, never before has a show also necessitated		
major alterations to the theatre's lobbies and auditorium.		
That's exactly what this army of theatre workers has been doing.		
First they stripped the auditorium bare of all the seats, carpets, and other furnishings		
to create an enormous empty space of over 1800 square meters, with a height of over 20 meters.		
Next, a building within a building was erected.		
An edifice of scaffolding, so that the painters would have easy access to the auditorium ceiling.		
They meticulously painted the elaborate ceiling and dome in a custom colour chosen by the production scenic designers		
that will extend the world of the show on stage into the auditorium.		
New walls, which have been manufactured off-site, are now being assembled and erected in the auditorium,		
reducing the number of seats from 2300 to 1600, creating a truly magical environment and providing the intimacy needed		
for this latest chapter in the Harry Potter saga.		
A similar treatment is being done to the theatre's lobby,		
so that Harry Potter's world will begin the moment the audience enters the building.		
This isn't a small project. The budget for the theatre transformation alone is over five million dollars.		
The cost of the production itself is many times that amount.		
Suffice it to say, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is unlike anything Toronto has seen before.		
	TEXT ON SCREEN: 
J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
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