Theater 't Speelhuis

Theater 't Speelhuis was a theatre in Helmond, the Netherlands.

The theatre was designed by Piet Blom,^[1]^[2] who also designed the cube houses in Helmond and in Rotterdam. It was opened in October 1977^[3] by then Crown Princess Beatrix.^[1]

The theatre was completely destroyed by fire on 29 December 2011.^[1]^[4] The building was a municipal monument, not a Rijksmonument, as was wrongly reported by several media.^[5]

Gallery

Piet Blom's first floor design, 1974
Entrance square with cube houses
Backside of the theater
't Speelhuis on fire
The remains of Theater 't Speelhuis, two days after the fire
Demolishment in September of 2012

The tower of the new venue in the background
The church of Our Lady became a theater
The new venue 'Het Speelhuis' in 2019

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Speelhuis volledig door brand verwoest". Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch). December 29, 2011. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
^ "Afscheid van 't Speelhuis in Helmond". Nieuwsuur (in Dutch). December 30, 2011. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
^ "Gedrapeerde kubus". De Waarheid (in Dutch). August 19, 1977. p. 3. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
^ "Devastating fire at Theater 't Speelhuis". Official website of Theater 't Speelhuis. Retrieved January 2, 2012. (WebCite archive)
^ "Theater Het Speelhuis verwoest door brand". Architectuur.org (in Dutch). December 29, 2011. Retrieved January 6, 2012.