The '''Dacorum Pavilion''' was a theatre and performance venue in Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire.<ref name="Hopkins, 2017 pg. 65">Hopkins, 2017 pg. 65</ref> The Pavilion closed in June 2002. The site is occupied by The Forum, which houses council offices and a library.<ref name=Hem17>{{cite news|url=https://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/news/looking-back-at-hemel-hempstead-pavilion-15-years-on-from-closure-1-8042790|title=Looking back at Hemel Hempstead Pavilion - 15 years on from closure|date=6 July 2017|work=Hemel Today|accessdate=10 April 2018}}</ref>
Acts to have performed at the Pavilion included David Bowie, Electric Light Orchestra, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Genesis, Rod Stewart and the Faces, Status Quo, Joy Division, Speedvark and U2.<ref name="Hopkins, 2017 pg. 65"/><ref name=Hem17/> It was designed by the British modernist architect Clifford Culpin.<ref name="Hopkins, 2017 pg. 65"/>
The cost of constructing the Pavilion was estimated at £341,500 in 1964.<ref name="Commons1964">{{cite book|author=Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons|title=House of Commons Papers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L5wMAQAAIAAJ|year=1964|publisher=HM Stationery Office|page=194}}</ref>
Photographs of the pavilion by Henk Snoek are in the collection of the British Architectural Library.<ref name='RIBApix'>{{cite web|title=Dacorum Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead|url=https://www.architecture.com/image-library/RIBApix/image-information/poster/dacorum-pavilion-hemel-hempstead-hertfordshire-at-night/posterid/RIBA76174.html|work=Royal Institute of British Architects|accessdate=10 April 2018}}</ref>
The local activist group AViD (Arts Venue In Dacorum) are campaigning for the return of an arts venue in Hemel Hempstead.<ref name=Hem17/>
==References== {{reflist}} *Hopkins, Owen (2017) ''Lost Futures: The Disappearing Architecture of Post-War Britain'' Royal Academy of Arts {{ISBN|9781910350621}}
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Category:Buildings and structures demolished in 2002 Category:Buildings and structures in Hemel Hempstead Category:Modernist architecture in England Category:Theatres completed in 1964