Civic Festhall
Of all the unusual architecture in Sigil, many say there’s none more commanding than the Civic Festhall, headquarters of the Society of sensation, a building of staggering grace and beauty.
Purpose / Function
whiloe this building serves as the headquarters of the sensates, plenty of otters cutters find their way to the festhall from time to time, various performances go on in the many theaters.
Ren Hall, named in honor of a legendary prime hero of old, is the largest public theater in Sigil. Performances are staged twice a night, almost always to full houses. Productions vary: one night a githyanki play, the next a ballet performed by lizard men, the third an opera featuring the howlers of Pandemonium. The Sensates put on a lavish performance, sparing no cost in actors, settings, magic, music, and sensory enhancers (such as producing odor where appropriate.
Elloweth Theater is a smaller, more intimate setting,
generally used for dramatic performances and dance interpretation. Its ceiling is made of capiz shell, a thin nearly transparent material that lets in considerable light. As such, the theater is used in the day time for poetry and essay readings, exploratory speeches, and the like.
The Northumber Amphitheater’s the same size as Elloweth Theater, though it‘s an outdoor playhouse.
seats are carved‘of shale and limestone, all descend deep into the ground. Contests are staged here, as well grudge matches for opponents that want an audience. Usually, three performances are held each day though some contests of magic are held at night - for example, to better see the fireworks of a wizard duel
another strange thing within the festhall is the Sensoriums. Sensoriums are rooms within the Civic Festhall where folks can record or experience a certain event or sensation. the Festhall features a Sensate Sensorium and a Public Sensorium, the former usable only by Sensates - even a spotgarnish won’t help.
Architecture
The magnificent structure soars more than 1,000 feet upward, its buttresses and supports
leading from one pinnacle to another, making it a distinctive focal point in the city’s skyline. The Festhall’s granite walls are of 50 different textures that each cry out to be touched, its marble floors veined in colors of the rainbow, its windows the delicate tints of rock crystal mined from a hundred forgotten caverns. s. Even the main entrance is a marvel: The doors some 90 feet high, tall and narrow, and surrounded with glittering stones that form abstract images of sight, sound smell, touch, and taste. Flat against the outside wall, i
geyser of crystal-blue water regularly erupts upward for hundreds of feet seemingly dissipating into the air.
History
The Festhall’s over 600 years old, and its very conjtruction took nearly a century, as the Sensates scoured the planes and a thousand prime worlds for just the right stone, the right wood, the right paint and glass and fabric.
Type
Amphitheatre
Owning Organization
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