The DeLaMar Theatre has two halls – a hall with 600 seats, built in the style of the former Nieuwe de la Mar Theater and a large hall with 950 seats. There are eight spacious foyers, a grand café, a rehearsal studio, dressing rooms, a green room and an indoor loading and unloading area.
The buildings’ 1880-built monumental façade at the Marnixstraat has been maintained. Majority of the newly built parts are designed in the same style. Both façades will be linked by a glass façade.
ShowTex Netherlands manufactured and installed all stage draperies and tracks to finish off the total renovation of the historic DeLaMar theater in Amsterdam. The grand drapes for both of the theatre’s stages were created from ShowTex’s Gaudi Mohair Velvet velour sewn into Wagner curtains that part in the middle to reveal the stage, instead of being raised or lowered. With its long satin pile, and 575 gr/m weight, Mohair Velvet radiates an opulent lustre and adds an unmatched level of grandeur to any theatre main curtain. These were installed on durable ShowTrack curtain tracks.
All acoustic drapes, borders, legs, and stage skirting are made from more than 1500m of flame retardant black wool fabric. The Dutch team at ShowTex also supplied sharkstooth scrim in grey and black gobellin tulle, custom cycloramas in filled cloth, and hundreds of meters of black molton masking drapes.
From the permanent dance floor for the stages to front and rear projection screens and a variety of curtain track weights and shapes, the entire fabric and accessory fitting of the DeLaMar was entrusted to ShowTex specialists.
The DeLaMar Theatre expects about 1,500 visitors daily and will feature a wide range of high quality classic drama, music, musical, cabaret, cabaret, comedy and comedies. The cultural venue will also house a specially commissioned photography collection with works from prominent photographers like Koos Breukel, Hans Eijkelboom, Cuny Jansen, Erwin Olaf, Viviane Sassen, and Rineke Dijkstra.
The total development and construction costs amount to over € 60 million ($78.7 million). The new DeLaMar Theatre is designed as a private cultural building with a public function.
