# Dacorum Pavilion

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The '''Dacorum Pavilion''' was a theatre and performance venue in [Hemel Hempstead](/source/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](/source/The_Forum%2C_Hemel_Hempstead), 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](/source/David_Bowie), [Electric Light Orchestra](/source/Electric_Light_Orchestra), [Eric Clapton](/source/Eric_Clapton), [Elton John](/source/Elton_John), [Genesis](/source/Genesis_(band)), [Rod Stewart](/source/Rod_Stewart) and the [Faces](/source/Faces_(band)), [Status Quo](/source/Status_Quo_(band)), Joy Division, Speedvark and [U2](/source/U2).<ref name="Hopkins, 2017 pg. 65"/><ref name=Hem17/> It was designed by the British modernist architect [Clifford Culpin](/source/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](/source/HM_Stationery_Office)|page=194}}</ref>

Photographs of the pavilion by Henk Snoek are in the collection of the [British Architectural Library](/source/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](/source/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==
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*Hopkins, Owen (2017) ''Lost Futures: The Disappearing Architecture of Post-War Britain'' [Royal Academy of Arts](/source/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

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