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Swindon Arts Centre is a 212-seat entertainment venue in the Old Town area of Swindon, Wiltshire, England. [1] It opened in 1956. The Swindon Arts Centre is at the heart of Swindon's Old Town, on Devizes Road. The venue hosts a varied programme of entertainment all year round, made up of both professional and amateur productions.
The Swindon Art Gallery collection was established in 1944 by a local benefactor, H. J. P. Bomford, through a significant donation of artworks. [1] Until June 2021 it was displayed in Apsley House, a 19th-century former house [2] on the corner of Bath Road and Victoria Road in Swindon's Old Town, [3] but had to leave when Swindon Borough Council decided in the summer of 2021 that the building ...
South Swindon covers Swindon's Town Centre area, which includes the town's main shopping district, as well as Swindon's Old Town which has further retail and leisure. All of Swindon's commercial theatre venues are in the parish ( Wyvern Theatre , Swindon Arts Centre and MECA), as well as one of the town's three multiplex cinemas.
The Wyvern Theatre is a 635-seat indoor auditorium in Swindon, England, opened in September 1971. It is owned by Swindon Borough Council and operated by Trafalgar Entertainment. [1] In March 2019, Swindon Borough Council stated the building was likely to reach the end of its life by 2027, when its operations contract ends.
Swindon Arts Centre is a 212-seat entertainment venue in the Old Town. [124] The Wyvern Theatre is the town's principal stage venue. [125] Museum & Art Swindon has collections related to local history, archaeology and natural history, as well as an important collection of modern British art and studio ceramics. [126]
Nan Tait Centre; The National Centre for Craft & Design; New Art Exchange; Newcastle Arts Centre; Norden Farm Centre for the Arts; North Wall Arts Centre; Norwich Arts Centre; Nottingham Contemporary; Number 8, Pershore
An art centre or arts center is distinct from an art gallery or art museum. An arts centre is a functional community centre with a specific remit to encourage arts practice and to provide facilities such as theatre space, gallery space, venues for musical performance, workshop areas, educational facilities, technical equipment, etc. [ 1 ]
The building was extended to the northeast with a tower, as well as accommodation for a corn exchange at ground floor level, to the designs of Wilson and Willcox of Bath in 1866. [2] A wine store was built on an adjoining site and its upper hall was used as a magistrates' court from 1871 to 1891. [3]