Sadler’s Wells East: the insider story behind London’s new dance mecca

That temperature is set to warm: “You are welcome,” beams a neon sign above the biscuity brick entrance. Theatres, like vampires, gravitate to dark spaces, but inside the impression is of light: high ceilings, generous windows, terraces overlooking the Olympic Park. “We’re bringing lots of light in, because it affects wellbeing,” Morton confirms. There’s even a window behind the auditorium, so technicians don’t beaver in the shadows.