Welcome to the Dolls House Theatre

The Dolls House Theatre is the only one of its kind in the world and is specifically designed for people interested in dolls house miniatures, puppets and miniature theatre. Whether you are interested in hand puppet, puppet theatre, film set modelling, theatre design, model theatre or wooden dolls house we have something you'll be interested in and can learn from.

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If you are interested in getting involved or have something to contribute we would love to hear from you. Please use our contact page to get in touch. Maybe you have theatre experience? Maybe you're an expert in model theatre construction?. Perhaps you have a dolls house of your own and would like to share it with other people? Why not send us an article about it? Even better let us link to your web site.

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Work begins on Proscenium

01 April 2008
Work begins on Proscenium

Now the design phase is over we've started working on the the proscenium arch. This includes the wood turnings and plastic columns.

As you may have seen from the design drawings the arch includes elaborate wood turnings and columns that help give the auditorium's architecture a focal point.

Over the past few weeks we have been turning different sized wooden dowelDefinition of dowel s on a lathe into delicately shaped ornate columns. Later, these turnings will be covered with a siliconeDefinition of silicone rubber compoundDefinition of compound to create mouldsDefinition of moulds.

A castingDefinition of casting resin will be poured into the moulds which will allow us to make as many columns (pillars) as we like and all looking exactly the same as each other!

Very soon we shall feature a new article about the building of the prosceniumDefinition of proscenium arch which will contain lots of photographs and the detailed steps to build it. So come back soon to read it!

Designing on the computer