The Dacorum Pavilion was a theatre and performance venue in Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire.[1] The Pavilion closed in June 2002. The site is occupied by The Forum, which houses council offices and a library.[2]

Acts to have performed at the Pavilion included David Bowie, Electric Light Orchestra, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Genesis, Rod Stewart and the Faces, Status Quo, Speedvark and U2.[1][2] It was designed by the British modernist architect Clifford Culpin.[1]

The cost of constructing the Pavilion was estimated at £341,500 in 1964.[3]

Photographs of the pavilion by Henk Snoek are in the collection of the British Architectural Library.[4]

The local activist group AViD (Arts Venue In Dacorum) are campaigning for the return of an arts venue in Hemel Hempstead.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hopkins, 2017 pg. 65
  2. 1 2 3 "Looking back at Hemel Hempstead Pavilion - 15 years on from closure". Hemel Today. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  3. ↑ Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons (1964). House of Commons Papers. HM Stationery Office. p. 194.
  4. ↑ "Dacorum Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead". Royal Institute of British Architects. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  • Hopkins, Owen (2017) Lost Futures: The Disappearing Architecture of Post-War Britain Royal Academy of Arts ISBN 9781910350621

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