"It's different because it is specially for children. When you go to the theatre it will be like a memory you'll never forget. It will reach into your imagination," says Akanksha. "Now I could say to my family, 'let's go to the theatre, it's for people like us'," adds Bobby.
Akanksha and Bobby are talking about what it has meant for them to be involved in the development of the first purpose-built professional theatre for children, located on the South Bank in London. They and other children from Tower Bridge Primary School have spent three years working with the Unicorn Theatre on all aspects of the design, including interviewing candidates for the theatre's public artist role.
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