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In 1955 , Joseph established a tiny theatre in the round on the first floor of the Public Library. The theatre flourished and in 1976 moved to a supposedly temporary home on the ground floor of the former Scarborough Boys' High School. However, a permanent home proved difficult to find and it wasn't until late 1988 and the closure of the local Odeon Cinema by Rank Leisure that the theatre's long-standing Artistic Director, Alan Ayckbourn , found a suitable venue. The new theatre, known simply as the Stephen Joseph Theatre, comprises two auditoria: The Round, a 404-seat in the round and The McCarthy, a 165-seat endstage/cinema. The building also contains a restaurant, shop, and full front-of-house and backstage facilities. The Round boasts two important technical innovations: the stage lift, facilitating speedy set changes and the trampoline, a Canadian invention which allows technicians particularly easy access to the lighting grid. EXTERNAL LINKS
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