Courtyard, Hereford
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The Courtyard Centre for the Arts is a theatre and arts venue in Hereford, England, located on Edgar Street just outside the city centre. The building was constructed between 1997 and 1998 on the site of the old theatre, The New Hereford Theatre, which had become outdated. It hosts in-house shows alongside national tours and has a total seating capacity of approximately 540.[1] It is also one of the focal points of the annual Borderlines Film Festival.
Planning for the replacement building began in 1993 and received a significant boost when the Lottery Commission provided £3.75 million towards the fund. The glass and wooden building was designed by Glenn Howells and opened on September 18, 1998 after a ribbon-cutting ceremony by Jonathan Stone, then Artistic Director.[2]
The building contains a studio theatre adjacent to its main house (and both double as cinemas), and an art gallery and a conference room on the upper floor. The studio has a third role as a lecture/speech hall; it was from here that David Cameron launched his LibDems 4 Cameron campaign in December 2005.[3]
Between 1998 and 2004 the centre received approximately 1.2 million visitors[4] and in 1999 it was described as being an "ultra-cool, rigourously modern" building.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ The Courtyard - About Us, retrieved 2007-01-18
- ^ The Independent (1998-07-28) More power to regional arts, retrieved 2007-01-18 (from Find Articles)
- ^ BBC News (2005-12-16) Cameron urges Lib Dems to defect, retrieved 2007-01-18
- ^ BBC News (2004-07-24) Blow to theatre's facelift plans, retrieved 2007-01-18
- ^ Pearman, Hugh (1999-02-21) New look Britain - Architecture, The Sunday Times
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