The theatre has recently undertaken an adventurous building upgrade programme.

The existing analogue public address system that provided announcements to both "front of house" (public areas) and backstage areas was at the end of its product life and did not meet the current regulations for emergency sound systems.

The theatre was in need of a fully digital, evacuation compliant, emergency sound system, that was easy to use and was fully integrated with existing equipment, including the fire detection system.

The theatre's IT Manager Charles Baird explained, "we needed a fully approved evacuation system that would satisfy our current and future requirements and our research has indicated that Praesideo is the system we need".