 The theatre was redecorated in March 2011 keeping the green and gold colour scheme of the auditorium unchanged.The Opera House hosted the 1958 European premiere of "West Side Story" and the British regional premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "The Phantom of the Opera" with a production that opened in 1993 and ran to 1995, an exceptional run for a regional production.The Opera House was the venue for a stage show, Gorillaz' "Demon Days Live".