[1] It was converted from a former cinema and church hall by architects Haworth Tompkins.

[2] The Grade II listed[3] Victorian building houses the eponymous 'egg'-shaped auditorium, around which an arts cafe, rooftop rehearsal space and basement technical workshop are arranged.

The idea was supported by the children's author Bel Mooney.

[5] In 2007, the Peter Hall Company made use of the space in order to stage a production of George Orwell's Animal Farm.

[6] The auditorium is flexible in enabling both fully day-lit or blacked out theatre and is usable end-on, in the round, flat floor and traverse.