Sky Mirror (Nottingham Playhouse)

A major piece of public outdoor sculpture has been erected on the forecourt of the Nottingham Playhouse Theatre. The work is titled Sky Mirror and although it was commissioned as the centrepiece for the re-development of the Theatre forecourt area, it has become a tourist attraction in its own right. The work is like a very large stainless steel dish mirror that is nearly six metres in diameter and over a metre deep in the centre. The dish does remind you of a giant silver wok standing on its edge. The dish tilts back at 16 degrees towards the sky and dominates the whole of the forecourt area. At the base of the dish is a water feature, although there ...  Read the complete review