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Programme: Jason Hughes

BBC Radio Foyle - Special Features - Playhouse gallery

The newly refurbished Playhouse is open for business.

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THE PLAYHOUSE

The Playhouse in Derry has moved back into its newly refurbished building in Artillery Street.

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In 2004 The Playhouse was a finalist in the BBC programme, “BBC Restoration”. Since then The Playhouse has secured £4.3 million to completely refurbish its historic buildings and build a new extension to the rear. Work started in Artillery Street in October 2007 and it has now been completed.

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INSIDE OUTSIDE

Outside becomes inside, there are doors for giants, wooden cobbles, and echoes of history at the newly refurbished Playhouse. Niall McCaughan from the Playhouse gave Mark Patterson a walking tour.

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One of Derry's most remarkable people, the teacher and icon painter, Sister Aloysius, once lived at The Playhouse.

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